Roll call - take attendance of Board Directors.

 

 

Suggested motion: The One City Board of Directors approves Scott Klug as a Board director with his first term beginning on February 23, 2021 and ending on February 29, 2024.

Note: Please review Mr. Klug's full biography by clicking here. 

There is no Guest Presenter for this meeting.

 

One City Chief Operating Officer, David Stephan, and One City's retained broker, Annette Gelbach of Key Commercial Real Estate of Madison, will update the Board on our conversations with our current property manager, Urban Land Interests, and the brokers for WPS Insurance Company.

One City Schools has a strong foundation of active and engaged parents. Parent representatives who serve on One City's Board of Directors will have the opportunity to share an update with the Board on behalf of the One City parent-led Parent Council.

Parent Board Members Ms. Toya Pedracine-Stewart, Dr. Wajiha Akhtar-Khaleel and Ms. Jodie Pope will present/lead the discussion. 

For your information and review, attached to this agenda are the monthly departmental updates for January 2021 from One City's Executive Team:

1. Family and Community Initiatives - Ms. Marilyn Ruffin 
2. One City Expeditionary Elementary School - Mr. Faren D'Abell
3. One City Preschool - Mr. Bryce Pickett
4. New School Development and Memo on potential uses of WPS Facility - Ms. Devon Davis
5. School Health, Facilities and Operations - Mr. David Stephan
6. Fundraising and External Relations - Ms. Gail Wiseman

One City began promoting opportunities to enroll in One City's preschool and elementary school for the 2021-22 school year on February 1, 2021. We are hosting four Open Houses this month: two for the preschool and two for the elementary school. We are also holding Virtual School Tours for interested families. We will enroll children in 4K through 4th grade next school year. 

Marilyn Ruffin, One City's VP of Family and Community Initiatives, and our Registrar, will discuss our enrollment activities and timelines for the 2021-22 school year with you, and ways our Board, existing parents and community members can help with our recruitment efforts. 

Please Note:

• Enrollment begins Monday, March 1, 2021
• Enrollment ends Friday, March 19, 2021 at 5:00pm central time
• If more applications are received than the number of seats available in a particular grade level, One City will select students for enrollment for that grade level via a live online lottery.
• If there are still seats remaining in a grade level on March 19, 2021 after the 5:00pm deadline, One City will fill these seats on a first-come, first-serve basis. 
• The Lottery, if necessary, will take place virtually on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Parents will be invited to join the lottery live online via Zoom at 12pm central time. All children selected for enrollment will receive their official written notification via email on Thursday, March 25, 2021. A paper letter will also be sent to their homes. All children not selected will be placed on our wait list in the order that their name was drawn in the lottery. Parents will have the option of whether or not to place their children on the waitlist.

 

One City's CEO will provide an overview of what One City is doing to recruit, onboard, develop and retain effective and dedicated team members with the goal of positively impacting student achievement and operating notable, high quality schools. He will cover the following topics:

One City Schools has recruited nearly two dozen leaders and organizations in early childhood education to apply for a $20 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation through its $90 million Racial Equity 2030 Initiative. One City's grant seeks to expand access to high quality early childhood education for families of color and those who are economically disadvantaged in Madison (and possibly Dane County). The details of One City's application are still being fleshed out but One City's CEO will share information with you about this Initiative. One City will be the agency applying for this grant. One City's leading partner in this initiative is UW-Madison's Center for Research on Early Childhood Education.

Individuals and the organizations they represent that are participating in this initiative are the following: 

1. Kaleem Caire, Founder and CEO, One City Schools
2. Beth Graue, Sorrenson Professor of Education and Director, Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE), UW-Madison 
3. Jackie Anderson, Wisconsin Infant-Toddler Policy Project Manager, Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA)
4. Erin Arango-Escalante, Administrator, Division of Early Care and Education, WI Department of Children and Families 
5. Jody Bartnick, Executive Director, Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C)
6. Courtney Bell, Professor, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, UW-Madison 
7. Hayley Chesnik, Senior Director of Strategic Collaborations, United Way of Dane County 
8. Amy Claessens, Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies and CRECE, UW-Madison 
9. Nar Doumbya, Co-Director of TEACH Early Childhood Wisconsin, Wisconsin Early Childhood Association 
10. Paula Drew, Early Care and Education Research and Policy Analyst, Wisconsin Early Childhood Association 
11. Dorothy Edwards, Professor, School of Education, UW-Madison
12. Sarah Esmond, Outreach Program Manager, School of Medicine and Public Health, UW-Madison 
13. Kimber Liedl, Business Engagement Director, Wisconsin Early Childhood Association 
14. Coral Manning, Early Childcare and Education Manager, City of Madison Child Care Division 
15. Lana Shkylar Nenide, Executive Director, Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health
16. Bryce Pickett, Director, One City Preschool 
17. Toni Rivera-Joachin, CEO, Families and Schools Together (FAST)
18. Ruth Schmidt, Executive Director, Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA)
19. Joe Sensenbrenner, Founder, Resilient Cities Center 
20. Terri Strong, Early Childcare and Education Consultant, City of Madison Child Care Division 
21. Jessica Tormey, Representative for Families and Schools Together (FAST)
22. Kennan Wood, President, Wood Communications

Suggest topics for future meetings.