Sankofa Montessori
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday December 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Committee Members Present
A. Allen-Thames, M. Duffy, S. Harvey
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
BoardOnTrack
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Harvey called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Sankofa Montessori to order on Tuesday Dec 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM.
C.
Community Building
D.
Lead to Report out at Board Meeting
E.
Approve Minutes
A. Allen-Thames made a motion to approve the minutes from 11/8/22.
M. Duffy seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Content
A.
BoardOnTrack Presentation
B.
Enrollment Dashboard
C.
Arete Montessori Teacher Training Discussion
Idea looks good on paper. The emphasis on cultural relevance is important to us. The test is going to be are the trainers good and we wont know that until we do the program.
D.
Additional roles discussion for 23-24 SY
Make sure the nurse is for the same nurse
Setting it up to dilute the program academically
Meeting State standards is important, but you can do that without hiring a full time person
If we hire a person to do that alone, all they are going to care about is the standards and we wind up diluting a program.
E.
Board Strategic Planning dates discussion
F.
Facilities (closed to the public due to active contract negotiations)
G.
Management Updates
H.
Next Steps
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:31 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. Duffy
Brianna presented to Board.