Schoolwide Goals

Attendance goal-less than 2% of students will be chronically absent

Reading-85% of students will show growth

NWEA-average growth percentile of 60% from where students started to end of the year

3rd grade-85% of students will outperform their zoned districts on Milestones

Social/Emotional goal-improve ability to engage in positive supportive parent interactions by 20%

Staffing Updates

24 Flight Crew Members 

  - 9 leads

  -6 co-guides

  -4 support staff

 - 5 flight control (leadership team)

Contractors-recruitment contractor; paternity leave coverage discipline associate (paying higher due to going through agency); 1 on 1 sped para; gifted teacher (still seeking)

Transitions/additions

  -Art teacher transitioned off team to go to grad school; hiring for new teacher

  -New K teacher hired-Ms. Tolliver

  -Hiring for contracted ESL teacher-find candidate through agency but not confirmed

  -DOO position posted; yet to find qualified candidate; temporarily delegated duties to    Coordinator of Operations (getting stipend to take on specific duties;  hiring contractor to take on FTE, CPI, and another reporting bucket;  looking to hire qualified DOO candidate for SY 25-26

 -Adding on CNA due to student need 

Gifted/ESL hires will be certified

Status of staff with shifting of duties?  Based on feedback, staff morale is good; leadership team has been conducting one on one check-ins

   Strategic about building in staff culture including activities and monthly recognitions

Who is taking care of leadership team?  Sarah is working with leadership team, including weekly one on ones;  Sarah has the Board and also has an executive coach, RedefinED,  and other superintendents   

Financial impact of changes-big impact  based on student composition after 1st FTE and what students needs;  will be discussing in depth at next Finance meeting

Organization Structure

Leadership structure remains the same for SY 25-26

Adding Montessori coach in house/asst. principal to support Dir. of Curriculum and Instruction

Adding another specials class-will need 2 teachers there

Succession planning-how to use current org structure to support succession planning and groom next leaders for Sankofa 

Calendar Overview

Aligned calendar with calendars released by neighboring districts; Clayton has not released

   Will make sure that families understand how calendar structured

Start July 30; Last day May 28

Moved curriculum night to earlier in August

Moved Back to School bash to a Saturday

Moved Love Day school dance to a Saturday

Fall Festival moved to a Saturday

Parent-teacher conferences changed to an all-day event for ease of parents and teachers

Added Doughnuts with Dad or male figure; Muffins with Mom or mother figure; Grandparents Day; Career Day; Kindness Month

Discussion of start/end time for staff

Keep things as is or change

Question of retention based on some feedback from teachers who left to go to districts closer to their homes

How does changing the start/end time impact families and drop-off/pick-ups?  

Adding 4th grade next year and after-school activities

  Speaking to companies to contract out those activities

  For after school activities, someone in the org structure needs to be the point of contact for that and be able to communicate with families/answer questions when necessary

Upcoming next month

Community Handbook-will have changes for Board to review at next meeting

Staff Holiday Party

Double good fundraiser-raised $10,500