Springfield Prep
Minutes
Academic Achievement Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday February 11, 2020 at 8:00 AM
Location
594 Converse St. Longmeadow, MA 01106
This meeting of the Springfield Prep Charter School Academic Achievement Committee was held at 594 Converse St., Longmeadow, MA on 2/11/2020 at 8 am. Meeting notice was posted on the school's website (www.springfieldprep.org) on 2/6/2020 at 8:45 pm.
Committee Members Present
J. Pistorius, S. Balogun
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
J. Yiannos, N. Abramowitz, W. Soref
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Balogun called a meeting of the Academic Achievement Committee of Springfield Prep to order on Tuesday Feb 11, 2020 at 8:04 AM.
C.
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes
S. Balogun made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Achievement Committee Meeting on 10-17-19.
J. Pistorius seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Academic Achievement
A.
Academic Achievement Dashboard Review
The Committee reviewed the February Academic Dashboard. The Committee discussed attendance, enrollment (inclusive of application data for SY 20-21), and behavior trends. Attendance is comparable to this time last year and is significantly less than two years ago and than similar schools. Behavioral trends are significantly improved over the prior year. The school is fully enrolled for 19-20 and applications are up for 2020-2021. Fifth & sixth-grade applications are currently lower than our goal, potentially due to the presence of area schools with grades 6-12, but the school expects to fill those seats before the school year begins. The school continues to exceed ANet network averages and ranks highly among network schools. Growth is high on STAR and STEP performance is the highest YTD that it has been over the past 3 years.
III. Closing Items
A.
Academic Achievement Committee Board Report
Sherriff will present highlights from the Dashboard to the Board at the February 26th, 2020 Board meeting.
B.
Next Academic Achievement Committee Meeting
The next Academic Achievement Committee meeting will be held Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 at 8:00 AM.
C.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:08 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
B. Spirer
Documents used during the meeting
- 2020_02_11_academic_dashboard_Final.pdf