BELIEVE SCHOOLS, INC
Minutes
July Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday July 21, 2021 at 5:00 PM
Directors Present
A. Bennin, C. Crawley (remote), H. Harshman (remote), J. Fulk (remote), L. Turner (remote), M. Canada (remote), M. Whitmire (remote), T. Hughes (remote)
Directors Absent
C. Glier, D. Bouie
Guests Present
K. Neal-Brannum (remote), T. Vonderheit (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
L. Turner called a meeting of the board of directors of BELIEVE SCHOOLS, INC to order on Wednesday Jul 21, 2021 at 5:00 PM.
B.
Welcome and Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes
J. Fulk made a motion to approve the minutes from June Board Meeting on 06-23-21.
M. Whitmire seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| C. Crawley |
Aye
|
| C. Glier |
Absent
|
| T. Hughes |
Aye
|
| L. Turner |
Aye
|
| M. Whitmire |
Aye
|
| A. Bennin |
Aye
|
| H. Harshman |
Abstain
|
| J. Fulk |
Aye
|
| M. Canada |
Aye
|
| D. Bouie |
Absent
|
II. Executive Director Report
A.
Facilities Update
B.
Other School Updates
III. Closing Items
A.
Next meeting
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:29 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Turner
Hot Topic Items:
KNB shared the current transportation situation and barriers that BCC is facing. We currently have three active options:
1. Miller overcommitted contracts and can no longer service our route at the correct start and end times. They are able to run our route at 9:00AM and 4:00PM. They are short staffed and no longer have personnel to staff all routes.
2. TMT Consortium: TMT has partnered several schools together to attempt to operate group satellite routes. They are struggling to find drivers to run the routes.
3. Bus Drivers: BCC is trying to hire drivers to operate routes internally.
Summer school is still in session. ⅓ of our incoming freshmen are in attendance. Working on culture and academics for incoming scholars.
We’ve recently entered into a partnership with Milestone HR for HR support.
Facilities:
TMT gave BCC 350k for support with the building purchase. Current ask for building is 2.9 million, with TMT support we’ll come in at 2.6mil. TMT is also covering an additional 40k for CIES payment coverage. This is for the support provided with the building purchase/legal fees.
Bill K. is helping with a 5 year budget pro-bono.
KNB shared the State of BELIEVE Presentation with the board. She explained that the leadership team just reviewed this with new staff as well during PD. Highlights from State of BELIEVE:
Enrollment 21-22: 142 students; still in enrollment full force but sitting comfortably
Finance: Ended the year with 500k in reserve; above expectations for authorizers