Jan. 14 Meeting Highlights

Total enrollment: 118, down by 7 from the previous month

   Reasons: moving, student needs more restrictive setting, the educational model

Attendance:  All grades at 90% or above, except K (88%)

     Staff absences decreased in December

Suspensions/expulsions

   K-1

   1st-2

   2nd-2

   3/4--0

   Primary reason: physical aggression

Standardized testing/screening

  Students have completed MAP, DIBELS IXL and Lexia

  Paying attention to 2nd and 4th grade performance in particular

     Received updates on performance

  Task force will dig deeper into data-meeting scheduled for Feb. 2

PTO Engagement

100 days in school celebration-Jan. 16

Staff/team building event-Jan. 21

Parent-teacher conferences held on Jan. 26

Black History Month presentation-2/27

Task Force

Updates to policies-Board will need to vote on these

Plan for family engagement discussed

Special Education-currently at 16% (19 students)

 Anticipate 5 students will qualify for services

Goals

Discuss proposed calendar

Start/end time modification proposed-end time 2:30

Potentially end early dismissal on Wednesdays

Lanier Family Foundation Literacy Grant

    GSU PhD student coming to monitor and supervise work and progress of the students 

Recruitment

  Meeting scheduled for next Thursday

Alex met with Jasmine last month

Recruiter began

Set up excel spreadsheet to aid in recruitment

Sarah: 

  Learned from families that there is a lack of awareness of the school and messaging about the school's education model 

Need to address these 2 points to help with recruitment

Next year's calendar needs to be approved

December net income totaled $245k
Revenue totaled $459K for the month
 

• Local: $71K NSVF grant payment, $4.5K of rent, $135k of Coupa Charter Fund and $50K Lanier Family Foundation
• State: $104K of revised QBE funding
• Federal: $7k child nutrition program, $29K IDEA grant and $57K of CSP grant

Expenses totaled $213K for the month – a decrease of ~$12K vs prior month due to lower Consultant cost and  staff recruitment cost.

 

Ending cash balance as of 12/31/25 was $771K or 91.5 DCOH. December cash increased by $228K due to grant payments

Discussed school expansion

Transitioning treasurer role

  Al will transition into that role and Sarah will provide information to aid in transition

Sankofa now has a Chorus and Step Team

Fawn will be meeting with Cameron to get insight into possibilities for Sankofa

Current mortgage holder

   Wants Sankofa to provide plan for maximizing current space

   Not willing to pay architect (need that to make plans for daycare facility and master plan)

   Daycare has moved out so want to plan for classroom expansion and renovate 2nd floor

ED Contract Review (term ending)

Budget Review

  Will occur during finance comm. meetings

  To discuss budget amendment and budget for next school year

   Full Board will need to vote on budget at a future meeting (after public hearings)

Governance Training

  If not already registered please let Errika know because other methods of training will need to be worked out so we are in full compliance

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