Miles Ahead Charter School

Minutes

Academic Committee Meeting, July 13th

July 13th, 2023

Date and Time

Thursday July 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Location

Virtual

Committee Members Present

A. Lee, C. Browne-Roberts, C. Menifee, J. Browning, K. Bloxson

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Browning called a meeting of the Academic Committee Committee of Miles Ahead Charter School to order on Thursday Jul 13, 2023 at 7:04 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

A. Lee made a motion to approve the minutes from June 2023 Academic Committee Meeting on 06-15-23.
J. Browning seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Academic Committee

A.

Staff updates on curriculum

Kolt decided not to hire the additional paraprofessional until enrollment evens out. All other staff have been hired.

B.

Radical Scholars FY24 Proposal for MACS

Have been a partner with us so it would be beneficial to keep that partnership. Kolt is hoping to ask for a reduction in cost, and we will pay for materials and use CSP funds to cover the cost of about $30,000. 

Question to ask: What percentage of the materials are consumables and what are reusable?

A. Lee made a motion to Approve Radical Scholars' proposal and schedule.
C. Browne-Roberts seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

CPF Tracker

Discussed and reviewed key components of the CPF that outline what we are legally bound to do as a school, our goals, and our academic model.

There is a possibility that this might change (depending on state standards change and other factors), but as of today, this is what we will follow.

Who on the staff will be tasked with getting us a list of students' home schools so we can compare data?

D.

LKES Trainings and Evaluators

Ashley and Justin will sign up to do the initial training. 

E.

Determining next steps for academic committee

Since this committee was created when the board was operational we need to determine our role going forward as we transition to a governing board.

 

Ashley shared that we should keep the committee but meetings should be every other month for a shorter time. During these meetings, we will review student data.

 

Next tasks- review the calendar to adjust meeting dates.

 

Meeting dates: September 7th @ 7 pm

                          November 9th @ 7 pm

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:57 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Browning