• No Public Comments were made

Good news and celebrations:

• Received Sid Richardson Foundation grant for $90K to do HVAC repairs at TeSA and FWAFA
• Teacher Incentive Allotment recipients:
  • TeSA
    • One teacher (before tax and TRS deductions) awarded $11,610.00
  • FWAFA
    • Two teachers (before tax and TRS deductions) awarded $2,474.27
    • One teacher (before tax and TRS deductions) awarded $5,730.27
    • One teacher (before tax and TRS deductions) awarded $12,220.26
  • Teachers will recieve checks upon their return for the 2024-2025 school year
• Coffey Anderson - Country music singer songwriter and Netflix star will perform at Gala's VIP reception
• Lisa Smith's retirement celebration is May 31, 2024
• Next week is Staff Appreciation - TCA+A secured a donation from Sprinkles Cupcakes to provide a cupcake to each staff member
• Today is Principal Appreciation Day - please help us recognize Mrs. Compton and Dr. Jackson for all they do
• Working to get funding to update and fix FWAFA's auditorium especially the seating
• The State of TCA+A - May 30, 2024 | 9am - 11am | Hyatt Place Fort Worth/TCU 
  • to share our story with corporations, realtors, & community members 
  • who do you know that we could invite

Other news:

• On Friday it was announced that Chapel Hill Academy will be closing due to finances
  • partnering with them to offer their students and staff a place at TeSA and FWAFA
• On average 40% of charter schools end up closing

• The S & G Group went over their findings from their 2022/2023 research efforts to define the challenges and opportunities facing TCA+A through the development of a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) Analysis. This body of work allowed them to develop their TCA+A Strategic Map. 
• Research efforts included a review of existing materials, a stakeholder analysis, a study of best practices, and a competitor review. They also conducted a goal setting exercise, had the board complete its own self-assessment (January 2023), and facilitated a communications audit.
• The S & G Group recommended the following organizational strategic focus areas:
  • Strengthen the TCA+A Board
  • Strengthen the TCA+A Leadership Structure
  • Strengthen the Schools' Structure
  • Heighten Focus on Academics
  • Enhance Fund Development
  • Strengthen Brand and Marketing

• from 11:05am - 11:25am

Anika Perkins informed everyone:

• Spend time this afternoon creating a strategic plan using a Root Cause Analysis Protocol
  • look deeper and closer to figure out the root cause of a problem 
    • Changes like the pandemic and staff turnover over the last few years delayed our efforts.
    • Where are we now?
  • Protocol Description
    • 10, 5, 5 - perform an initial brainstorm of the problem with 10 statements, then add 5 more, then stretch to add 5 more
    • 2 Circles - mark each one of the twenty as a 'Circle of Control' or a 'Circle of Influence' 
    • 5 Whys - help to take the root cause even further
• Break up into 2 groups to work on the recommended strategic focus areas
• Starting with focus area #2 as focus area #1 is for the board to work on separately

• from 12:00pm - 12:45pm
• Mr. Bates left at 12:00pm and returned at 1:34pm

• Continued to work in groups on the recommended strategic focus areas
• Did not get through focus areas 2 - 6
• TCA+A will continue to work on them and put together a complete strategic plan report for the organization

• Convened to Closed Session at 3:12pm
• Opened in Closed Session at 3:13pm

• Closed Closed Session at 3:55pm
• Reconvened in Open Session at 3:56pm

• No action was taken