Recited

John Sanchez excused absence.

Dr. Miner-Williams:

1. Enrollment 170; 6 new, 4 withdrawals.      Attendance thus far: 95.04%

2. Truancy Prevention Program held on 17 Sep with 3 families enrolled.

3. Testing is currently underway.

4.  Lavinia consulting group has had four visits since school started to assess and assist with implementation of curricula. They meet with both teaching and administrative staff.

5. Student Support: students are being evaluated for ARD (admission Review and Dismissal)

6. Family Engagement: Grandparents Day was celebrated with a well-attended picnic

7. Compliance: the Chare Authorizing Office has a new document out that assesses each Charter School in its status towards their next renewal. (Ours is in 2035.) We are in good standing.

Documents for potential funders ("one-pagers") are being updated with new information on school progress. John Sanchez is Point of contact.

Ms. Lewis:

1. Repairs to piping are completed.

2. The portables had to be releveled due to soil shifting (doors had not been closing properly).

3. Ms. Paquette raised question about dried out grass on campus. Ms. Lewis states that there is an irrigation system in the new section of the property but it is very expensive to run.

1. Priority is o Board expansion. We will interview two new candidates.

2. Fundraising ideas being explored.

1. 53 days cash on Hand. 10 points for assets to liabilities. Debt to capitalization remains high at 102%, above 95% target, which is driven by building costs. This can come down with more income (fundraising or increased enrollment.)

2. On Charter FIRST Forecast, the budget variance is flagged as yellow status. The is because  it covers a three-year variance and two years ago Prelude's accounting office had a miscalculation issue which resulted in a failure in this area. Our rebuttal to get this corrected was refused. At present, however, we are on track.

3. Our current financial rating improved from a C to C+, with goal to reach at least a B rating.

4. Audit is ongoing with Calvetti Ferguson.

5. A requirement for Board "give/get" contributions was brought up but no decision made on amount

6. Succession Planning: The Board on Track recommendation that the superintendent go line-by-line responsibility assignment to different roles in the school would not work for Prelude as school admin staff are not involved in Superintendent responsibilities. The Principal would have to take over and a deputy wouled be required to handle the workload.

Interviews after Board meeting.

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