Prelude Prep
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday January 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This Meeting will be conducted by telephone conference in accordance with the Governor’s
authorization concerning the suspension of certain open meeting law requirements for COVID-19.
Committee Members Present
Dr. Denise Miner-Williams (remote), Lauren Lewis
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
MaryAnne Malicki (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Test scores
B.
Enrollment remains at 158
C.
Attendance
Last month was 92%, a decrease mostly due to illness.
To address this, in addition to weekly parties for perfect attendance (no tardiness or early withdrawals), a daily raffle drawing will be held.
D.
Staffing
1. New 3rd grade teacher on board. Will be teaching reading, math, social studies. Seems to be a good fit.
2. Ms. Malicki asked about delineation of pay levels for aides. Ms. Lewis will prepare a job description to define criteria for the current two levels of pay.
III. Other Business
A.
Truancy Prevention Program
Program meets later this month. A review of records is being made not only for absences but for tardiness. There are a limited number of meeting slots (20 minutes) with the magistrate each month.
Ms. Lewis will prepare a document addressing the impact of this program on the budget. The program magistrate would like to see an attendance rate of 96%, which would be very challenging. Prelude goal is 95%.
The cost for this program is $12,500/year and the program meets the criteria to use safety funds to cover the cost,
B.
Lavinia group consultation
Consultations (12 all-day sessions) continue to demonstrate effectiveness with teachers, providing guidance for both new and experienced teachers on how better to teach content as well as addressing assessment of subject matter acquisition by students.
C.
TEA grant
Application for LASO3 grants submitted:
1) Strong Foundations Implementation (math)
2) Strong Foundations Planning (ELAR) and
3) Technology lending grant.
MOY testing took place before Christmas break. Results are being calculated.