Northwest Indiana Lighthouse Charter Schools
Minutes
November 2021 NWI Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday November 29, 2021 at 5:30 PM
Location
Gary Lighthouse College Preparatory Academy and live on YouTube at https://youtu.be/WJ1rslS5EWI.
Directors Present
A. Payne, B. Bridges, C. Mosley, M. Swope, S. Caruthers, T. Smith
Directors Absent
L. Kinsey Brown
Guests Present
A. Nicholson, Andrea Franz (remote), C. Jackson (remote), Catherine Livesay (remote), Gwendolyn Adell (remote), J. Beasley, Jonathan Tebeleff (remote), M. Rivera (remote), Sol Salgado (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
A. Payne called a meeting of the board of directors of Northwest Indiana Lighthouse Charter Schools to order on Monday Nov 29, 2021 at 5:37 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
C. Mosley made a motion to approve the minutes from October 2021 NWI Board Meeting on 10-25-21.
T. Smith seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Finance
A.
East Chicago
S. Caruthers made a motion to approve packages and list of bills for the month of October for EC and Gary.
T. Smith seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
B.
Gary
S. Caruthers made a motion to approve packages and list of bills for the month of October for EC and Gary.
T. Smith seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
4th sector contract update: Looking at financial policies and what the board has in place and coming to terms and agreements with the policy regarding contract approval.
III. Governance
A.
Board Recruitment
Always looking for new members. Contact information is listed on the LHA website.
IV. LHA Network Reports
A.
RVP Report
B.
Lighthouse Academies, Inc. Updated Mission Statement
C. Mosley made a motion to accept the updated mission statement.
M. Swope seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Amina Payne brought up a question of where does the organization fall in the mission statement. One statement about scholars and the other about the organization. Jessica Beasley noted that we will make some tweaks and present in the next meeting in January.
C.
Operations Report
V. Closing Items
A.
Public Comments
No in-person guests and no comments on the live YouTube broadcast.
B.
Executive Session
C.
Adjourn Meeting
C. Mosley made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
B. Bridges seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
A. Nicholson