Enrollment

2024-25

  87 K

  25 1st

  14 2nd

  12 3rd

  138 newly enrolled

  64 returning students

  Total=202 students

Campaign for recruitment ended March 15

There were 128 unsubmitted applications when the committee met

Personnel

1 new Special Ed teacher hired and began

Suspensions/Expulsions

K-0 OSS, 0 ISS

1st-6 OSS, 1 ISS

2nd-0 OSS, 1 ISS

Noted that all suspensions occurred on a day when there was no outdoor recess

Institute active indoor recess on inclement weather days with body movement to hopefully curb some of the misbehavior

January MAP testing

Data showed that some students were taking too long to answer each question, and some taking too little time

Noticed a dip in scores from the Fall testing

Will have students do testing in their own classrooms for the Spring testing instead of pulling them out for testing

Teachers will have oversight as they test

Also looking at Reading Mediation teacher tracking data, looking at pre and post math curriculum to see where there are gaps prior to Spring testing

Attendance

Above average at 92%

Plan to implement AM Morning Cycle to improve curriculum and will be led by teachers and co-teachers.  PM Cycle will focus on literacy and math through seminars led by the teacher.  New schedule will not be implemented until 2024-25 per Sarah. 

Discussed delaying 2nd phase of construction by 1 year and instead maximizing current space to maximize growing enrollment.

School receiving donation from the Brown Toy Box

3 additional students identified for special ed through evaluation

February Finance Report

Received $313,267

Expenses=$211,934

  Salaries=$75,867

  Benefits=$21,257

  Professional services= $44,855

  Building services= $39,845

  Supplies=$7,183

  Uncategorized expenses=$5,620 of uncategorized expenses.  

Positve cash flow=$101,333 

Ending balance of the operating account=$463,807.

Based on Edtec’s projections, we are projected to end June 2024 with $142,446 of cash in the operating account.  This is an increase of $282,572 from January’s projections. The main differences from the previous projection were due to Sarah’s successful efforts to 1) request redfinED’s funds earlier, 2) getting Charter School Development Corporate to delay rent payments, and an increase in (Quality Basic Education) QBE funding.  

Based on the current projection, the lowest balance (besides June 2024) will be in May 2024 at $142,446.  Cash on hand ranges between 20 and 44 days between March 2024 and June 2024.  Cash on hand will be 44 days in March 2024 and drop to 20 days in June 2024.  

We are projected to have a positive cash balance through June.

From Sarah--New School Venture Fund agreed to give us half of the funding we would be getting in July;  forward funding $75,000 in April

Pause for moving forward with renovation on the 2nd level

Will report back once new plan is outlined

Received $1.25 million grant from CSP  to support the opening and preparation/opening and preparation for the operation of a replicated high-quality/expansion of a high quality charter school in Georgia.

This is the max that we could receive

Can only be reimbursed 90 days back

   expenses in June, July, Aug 2023 cannot be reimbursed

   Can be reimbursed back to Nov. 20, 2023-approximately $45,000

We can submit purchase orders for items to be directly paid, rather than covering the costs and submitting for reimbursement going forward

Staff Updates

6 classrooms next year-adding one class to each level

Asking all current staff back

  2 confirmed-lower elementary

  2 confirmed-primary

Offers out for remaining openings, with exception of special ed and last primary slot

Working with Teach for America to fill the last 2 slots

Hired Associate Director of Curriculum and Instruction (Christa Farrow)-she will be coming to the April Board meeting

2023-24  still have all of our staff, and new special education teacher started and is working on her caseload and working with kids (began a few weeks ago)

Corrective Action Plan

7 findings out of all measures, and had an opportunity to correct those findings

Submitted corrective plan on those findings, and they were all accepted

Able to get partial points back towards our total comprehensive performance framework score

   Our academic score will be missing because we do not take the Milestones until 2024-25

    Will be a score for Operations and Finance

Strong Finish

39 days from last day of school

Spring Break begins next week

April 8-Staff PD, last one before year end

State of the School Address-for returning and prospective families

   will outline priorities for 2024-25

   Academic priorities: 

1.   skill building, specifically around preparing students to understand what the    MAP    assessments are (making sure kids can transfer skills learned in the curriculum to the test)
2.    Supporting teachers to focus on data responsive planning
3.    Finishing strong with Montessori Reading and Remediation Pathway-when used with fidelity the data shows that the students are growing

Reminders:

Art Show-March 29 (Friday), 1-2pm

Launched Double Good Fundraiser-to raise money to purchase Montessori Materials and have a field experience for 2023-24 

    Sold 4451, and the school gets half of those earnings-$2, 275.50 (as of 1pm today)