Rev. Newton provided an invocation.

The Elementary Lead Eagle Ambassadors led the Board Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and they performed the Star-Spangled Banner which they have been learning in Music class. 

Mr. Thompson welcomed the guests to the first board meeting of the 23-24 school year.

Ms. Rauschenbach read the LSC Mission Statement.

Mr. Davis read the LSC Vision Statement.

1. August Lead Teacher of the Month was presented by each Academy Director
   • EA- Robbie Dirk
   • PA- Jennica Greco
2. August Teaching Fellow of the Month was presented by the Academic Interventionists from each campus. 
   • EA- Jordan Blanding
   • PA-  Emeral Franklin
3. August Support Staff Member of the Month was presented by the MOD and the PA Academy Director.
   • EA- Kenneth Robinson
   • PA- Eunisha Sweeney

Dr. Ivey recognized all of the organizations that have given monetary donations, book bags, and school supplies, as well as services like haircuts and reading support from service dogs. The community really rallied around the opening of the Elementary Campus and came through for a number of training events that were held for staff members before the beginning of the year.

During this time, Dr. Ivey and the Board recognized Emily Hatfield and Micah Vaughn with the Network Leadership Excellence Award.

Heather Bass, occupied by her husband and children, took an oath and was sworn in for a two-year term as the newest member of the LSC Board of Directors.

Maria Newton-Ta'Bon, Mirrissa Bradford, and Kaleigh Pearson were sworn in by Board Member, Jenny Knopf to be the grade-level representatives for the 23-24 school year.

There were no speakers signed up to participate in public participation.

Dr. Ivey gave an update from his monthly Executive Director's report. 

• Teaching and Learning is 71% complete with 
• Talent is 50% complete
• Family & Community Engagement is 89% complete
• Communication & External Affairs is 100% complete
• Operations & Business Administrations is 80% complete
• Additional Considerations is 83% complete

Total on-track/complete 30/38 which is 79%.

Mr. Thompson gave an update from the Executive Committee regarding the following topics.

• Off-Site #2 visit that he briefly attended with the Senior Leadership team this past month
• An update about the EA 4th grade expansion
• A recent visit with the York Prep board members who toured both campuses earlier this month

Dr. Thompson gave an update from the Finance Committee regarding the following topics

• The Site II renovations and timeline
• The 23-24 budget
• A brief overview of the current budget expenditures vs. revenue
• An update about the self-operative food services program that has launched this school year

Ms. Knopf gave an update from the Academic Excellence Committee to include the following topics-

• 23-24 enrollment update- currently at 586/586. The Enrollment Policy was updated to say that all seats will continue to be filled up until the 135th day of school.
• An update on MTSS & the progress monitoring implementation
• She also motioned for two new policies to be put into place regarding a test security policy & procedures, as well as, updating the scholar enrollment policy.

Mr. Davis gave an update from Development Committee to provide the Board Members with a current list of grants that have been submitted and ones that have been awarded and/or pending.

Dr. Ivey and Mrs. Hardy gave an update on behalf of the leadership team to provide the new Rally Cry for the remaining months of the 2023 school year. After meeting for an offsite at the end of the 22-23 school year, the leadership team was tasked in creating a Rally Cry with a thematic goal and a realistic timeline. It was during this offsite that the Rally Cry "2 Campuses, 1 Brand" was launched. From this, three new values were named along with a plan to monitor our progress to goals including,

1. Scale up MTSS
2. Implement Progress Monitoring with Fidelity
3. Implement Collective Leadership
4. Leverage Operational Efficiency
5. Grow Financial Strength. 

Each of these goals is being monitored at a weekly meeting, where the leadership team is coding each of them red, yellow, or green with clearly listed metrics to hold ourselves accountable.

The Academy Directors gave an update on academic achievements at their respective campuses from the fall MAP data and also introduced the intervention pyramid. The intervention pyramid includes three tiers of support that every scholar will receive at LSC. Every teacher has identified the "bubble children" and they hope with a little extra support, these children will be able to move to a lower tier of support so that all scholars are receiving the support that they need individually as well as collectively in the classroom.

Mr. Thompson thanked the Board Members for their time.

There was nothing discussed during this portion of the meeting.