Sankofa Montessori
Minutes
December Academic Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday December 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Location
Please go to zoom.com and join meeting.
ID to join: 601 495 1069
Through a culturally responsive, child and family-centered Montessori education, Sankofa Montessori ensures that all of our students develop the knowledge, skill, and agency to have a life of purpose.
Committee Members Present
A. Allen-Thames (remote), E. Moore (remote), S. Harvey (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Dashboard Planning
B.
Leadership Team’s Corner
Enrollment: FTE 88, no new enrollment in December
11 K applications, 0 1st applications, 0 2nd applications
Utilizing AdBorg- a service to track site visits, ads and websites, analytics, and shadow dates
Plans for the staff to advertise within the local community with door hangers and tags, canvasing to daycares and businesses to help with recruitment
Staff: One staff member (teacher) on probation for unprofessionalism; one assistant leaving with replacement coming on January 2. Additions: 1 Special Ed teacher and 1 Behavioral interventionist. No school counselor this school year.
Suspensions: (Out of school): 3 K, 7 1st, 0 2nd
(In school): 2 K, 1 1st, 0 2nd
Expulsion: One from 1st grade, child on one year expulsion after hearing
School testing: Jan 8-12 MAP Reading and Jan 15-19 MAP Math will occur
No reporting to state until year 3, when 3rd grade students will take the GA milestones (NWEA)
Other: Holiday party was a success and teachers/staff shared wins about classrooms and learning in the school
C.
Discussion of Special Education
Psycho-educational testing: No testing in 1 1/2 weeks, but resuming testing in the new 2024 year.
No updates on dashboard planning. Will plan to continue with current Excel spreadsheet method.