N. Wray and board members thanked Dominic Ledesma for his service to the board. Mr. Ledesma served as a parent board member. Mr. Ledesma said that he enjoyed his time on the board and stated that the Ledesma family will remain strong supporters of One City Schools. 

K. Caire provided a summary of One City's May financials. 

K. Caire reported that One City has about one month's cashflow left in the bank for operations and about one month's worth of funds to request from DPI through the end of July. 

Once next year's budget is finalized, One City can submit a number of funding proposals to different foundations and organizations.

One City will receive one charter school payment this month and we will receive the next payment in September. 

Accounts payable increased due to purchasing new office and classroom furniture. 

Lower levels of revenue are due to reduced government funding. We are requesting reimbursement this week. 

We received our last $1.1M payment from Pleasant Rowland at the end of May, and will need to replace her support with additional fundraising. 

Expenses dipped lower than usual because of staffing changes which saved on costs.  

$1.4M of the $2.5M goal for operations has been raised. Funds for the capital campaign total $279K cash on hand in addition to $780K in pledges not yet received. 

Next year's budget will be finalized as soon as state and federal aid beyond per pupil payments are published online. K. Caire and T. Jaeckle will review and discuss next year's budget with the Finance Committee and then with the full board during the July regular board meeting. 

Alice Torti, One City's new CFO, will officially join the team on July 6.

M. Ruffin reported that the preschool (2K-4K) is full for the 2022-23 school year, with 82 students. 

OCES (5K-5th) is also full, with 288 students.

Both the preschool and elementary school have long waitlists. 

OCPA (6th grade) is full, with 62% completed paperwork.

Total enrollment at the Pleasant T. Rowland Leadership Campus for fall 2022 is 399 out of budgeted 504 students.

Marketing efforts will focus heavily on 9th grade over the next several months.

K. Caire provided a review of recent tours: Dick George of Ascendium, Juli Aulik and Shiva Bidar of UW Health, and Terry Murawski and Jeff Cook of Starion Bank. 

Local business leaders attended a luncheon hosted by Kim Sponem at One City. 

Dr. Jack Daniels and his wife Kamile Daniels donated $15K after the luncheon hosted by Kim Sponem.

Mark Bakken also attended the luncheon with Kim Sponem and stated that he will help make connections to develop our technology space.

Dan and Natalie Erdmann pledged $200K over 2 years after their tour of the school with G. Derzon.

We recently submitted a proposal for $2M to the Cuna Mutual Foundation. The proposal will go before the board at its September 19, 2022 meeting.

We need to raise an additional $10MM to complete the renovation of the facility and $4MM for operations.

We will approach Judith Faulkner to determine her interest in a partnership and ways that she can support One City.

D. Davis provided an overview of the program and plan for opening OCPA. 

New staff begin next week and will spend July and August engaging in professional development and building the curriculum on the framework that D. Davis and N. Navarro-Albaladejo developed in the past year. 

Staff and incoming families will meet so staff can collect baseline academic data to ensure scholars are provided with appropriate support and enrichment opportunities. 

D. Davis provided a sample schedule for a 6th grade student: Monday through Thursday, scholars will dive into interdisciplinary expeditions, math, Crew, and athletics. On Friday, scholars will engage in academies, Leader in Me, student-led clubs, and other academic enrichment opportunities. 

Staff will send a course catalog out to families in the next month so scholars can select courses. 

Most OCPA staff have earned a master's degree or higher so they are eligible to offer dual-credit courses through Madison College. This allows OCPA to provide college credit to scholars at no cost.

One City staff will review the organizational structure of One City Schools at the regular meeting of the board in July.

K. Caire reported that Ron Rice, VP of Government Relations for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, will join us virtually and explain the national political landscape of charter school education at our upcoming advocacy planning meeting. Bill McCoshen will join us to describe the legislative cycle. 

Fern Knepp returned to the Federal Reference Bureau. Latoya Holiday will fill the position of VP of Government Relations for OCS. Ms. Holiday's first day will be July 11, 2022.

Vanessa Moran, Director for the Office of Educational Opportunity, worked with the American Federation of Children to shoot a promotional video for our school. OCS staff will share with the board once we receive the video.

N. Wray reminded board members of the advocacy planning meeting scheduled for June 30, 2022.