1. Student enrollment is increasing slightly due to transfers.
   1. Preparing to publish offer letters
   2. Truancy Program
      1. Program is positively impacting student attendance
      2. A very positive—though unexpected—benefit has been the impact on school culture. There has been an observed change in parent behaviors, with a greater sense of personal accountability and a more deliberate emphasis on their children’s school attendance and academic performance. As a result, teachers report increased satisfaction, as students are more consistently present and engaged in lessons
      3. Data support that increased attendance rates have increased by tens of thousands of dollars our funding from the state. 
2.  Development
   1. Met twice since the last meeting to discuss Prelude Prep’s strategic plan development
      1. Focus is this plan to include the strategic development plan
      2. Very labor-intensive process which should include interviews and surveys of parents, faculty and all stake holders
      3. Parent Teacher Organization should be setup asap
         1. L Lewis expressed concern about the parents really being concerned about having a job. 
         2. She does have a handful of parents that have been identified to lead the organization
         3. J Taylor Paquette communicated that the PTO should be stood up formally now.  She has templates and training that can be provided if L Lewis and team need additional labor to kick off the PTO
         4. Budget development and review discussed with an emphasis online item detail and timing of budget development and review each year. 
         5. J Taylor Paquette emphasized the necessity that the budget and event planning must be address and approved the previous year or we won’t have time to implement fundraising campaigns and events or mobilize PTO and other volunteers to help with fundraising initiatives.
   2. L Lewis has setup Zeffy for Prelude Prep
   3. Continue working on website to include getting an active donation link; one-pagers; new board member packets are online
   4. J Taylor Paquette will develop and publish a board task/due out tracker.  Event calendar will be developed and added to the website.
3. Finance
   1. CPA firm met with L Lewis and reviewed cash flow.  We have accomplished 60- and 40-day cash flow.

For next year we have received a pledge of $500k. We believe we will also achieve our enrollment goal for 2025-2026.  We will request an advance of $125k prior to June 30, 2025 will place Prelude in a very good position to meet our days of cash on hand to pass the 72 – 79 days of cash on hand requirement. 

1. Board requested that CPA firm provides year to year comparisons.  This will help communicate health of the organization to the entire board of director and to current and future funders, board of directors and advisors.

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. Lewis will purchase the association membership and provide chairwoman access to the account.  Board members will be able to utilize this association membership to finish training requirements.  J Taylor Paquette plans to discuss a topic of board governance operations each board meeting. For example, timing of budgeting and timing event planning.  

Discussed that we need to acknowledge when a board member has missed X of consecutive board meetings

1. Curriculum has not changed much.
2. Curriculum has not been reviewed with Dr. Denise Miner Williams, but no significant changes have been made. 
3. Will not be using Blue Bonnet Curriculum reading program. 
4. Switching to Blue Bonnet Math curriculum.  Per L. Lewis, the Blue Bonnet Math curriculum is basically the same math curriculum being used at Prelude Prep.  The name change is more of a branding change then a curriculum change.

Send any items for next month meeting to Ms. Paquette