The next order of business was to present Ms. Earlisha Williams, a Legacy Village parent, and serves as Executive Director of Human Resources at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is also an attorney. She has met with our Board members, Interim CEO and the LP leadership Team. Ms. Williams previously served as a LP Board member and is aware of the duties and responsibilites. Ms. Abdullah recommended that Ms. Earlisha Williams be approved to serve on the Legacy Prep Board or Directors.

Ms. Abdullah gave special thanks to Mr. Davis, Dr. Tucker, Mr. Giles, Ms. Buckelew, and Mrs. Toole for their leadership through a challenging 1st semester. She said without their leadership and the work of the guides and other LP Village staff, we would not have made it this far.

Dr. Tucker reminded us the lessons that we learned during a challenging school start this year. She is proud of the way our staff has risen to the occasion. 

Mrs. Toole reported to the Board on average daily attendance. Our goal is 90% average daily attendance and we currently have 92.5%. She also reported that Giving Tuesday raised $24,435, we also have 11 parents who volunteered their time. 

Our year to date scholar retention rate is 99%, our goal is 90%. Our scholar attendance number on count day was 359 and now we have 356 scholars enrolled.

Our staff retention rate is 83%, which does not include our reduction in force. Our Year 3 goal for preventable staff attrition rate is 10%. We did not meet our goal for staff retention.

Mr. Giles and Mrs. Gresham updated the Board on school infractions/positive and negative behaviors and which of the 3 tiers the negative behaviors fell under. He said there have been 12 suspensions this school year. He shared that the Culture team have done small groups and restorative groups to address many of the negative behaviors. Also, family nights have been held along with 63 village visits by Mrs. Gresham.

He also shared the truancy report, which included a breakdown of unexcused absences, unexcused tardies and early dismissals. Parents are contacted by personal phone calls, emails and letters to address these issues.

Mr. Giles is also working with UAB to have a COVID testing and vaccination site at LP for scholars and families.

Mrs. Gresham has begun a partnership with a counseling agency that will provide small group counseling for some of our scholars who are exhibiting consistent negative behavior. 

The Board asked questions regarding truancy numbers and Mrs. Gresham said the numbers were higher than ideal. She has had some positive response from parents but many families have not responded. She said next steps for many of these would be to inform authorities. The Board agreed that follow up and strategic planning is needed to address this serious problem.

Ms. Buckelew updated the Board on Math and Literacy Assessments.  The tests are rigorous and scholars must not only choose the right answer but be able to successfully navigate through the testing software. The test results drive instruction and guide us in changes that need to be made to increase scholar testing and instructional success.

Dr. Tucker reported to the Board on the State Department of Education Compliance Monitoring. She said that we have satisfied all findings for the Compliance visit for Federal Programs.We are now waiting on approval from Dr. Dean.