Prelude Prep
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday February 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Notice is hereby given that a board meeting is scheduled at 09:00 AM.
This Meeting will be held at Prelude Prep- 1707 Centennial Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78211.
Items will not necessarily be discussed or considered in the order they are printed on the
agenda below. If, during the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should
be held in an executive or closed session, the Board will convene in such executive or closed
session as permitted by and in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.
During the meeting, the Board will consider, discuss, and may take action upon the following:
Directors Present
Dr. Denise Miner-Williams, Jennifer Paquette, John Sanchez, Kim Munoz, Steve Viola
Directors Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Pledge of Allegiance
C.
Record Attendance
D.
Public Comments
None
E.
Approve Minutes
II. Reports and Updates
A.
Committee Reports
1. Development:
a. working on website to include getting an active donation link; one-pagers; new board member packets are online
Due-out: Welcome letter to Board of Advisors (Ms. Paquette)
Website donation link (Ms. Paquette)
2.Finance:
a. Our new CPA company is working out well, getting balance sheets out in a timely manner.
b. The balance sheet shows variances much higher than the desirable 10%. These need to have explanations; Ms. Paquette will reach out to company to ask that explanations be included.
3. Academics
a. We currently have a population of 8% (plus more being tested) students with dyslexia, 20% requiring SpEd.
b. Oct EOM testing scores available. Achievement scores are still low. An additional math program, Number Stories, is being implemented to assist with math. The Lavinia Group training for the teachers is working with them to improve their skills on teaching critical thinking. Part of the problem is that critical thinking requires inferencing other basic skills that many of these children do not have.
c. Enrollment 162; Attendance down to 93.9%, but we are hoping for a waver for the days of extreme cold that had extremely low attendance with all San Antonio schools.
d. Staffing
a. we are fully staffed.
b. Ms. Lewis is working on explicating the standards/requirements for each of the three levels of Aides to assist with evaluation and pay scales. This is due in April.
B.
Board Training
We currently have no sites for the required six hours of board training. TEA is said to have a free 3hour course on safety.
Ms. Paquette and Ms. Lewis are exploring this.
III. New Business
A.
Resource
Mr. Viola stated he is now part of Texas WildLife, which has free training for teachers. He is working on getting help in establishing the garden that the children are to be working on.
IV. Follow-ups
A.
Charter renewal
Renewal for ten years has been approved.
B.
New Board Member Candidate
C.
Board Retreat
Scheduled for 4 March at the school from 3-7.
V. Closing Items
A.
Call for Agenda Items
Please send all agenda items for next meeting to Ms. Paquette.
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