Explorations Charter School
Minutes
Governing Board Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday November 21, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Directors Present
Ginni Block (remote), Lori Noto (remote), Robert Peterson (remote), Sarah Annis Haynes (remote)
Directors Absent
Bill Hallam, Hilary Paden, Melony Brady-Shanley
Ex Officio Members Present
Joe White (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
Joe White (remote)
Guests Present
Jill Johnson (remote), Susan O'Rourke (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes - 10/17/2023 Regular Board Meeting
II. Financial
A.
Monthly Report
III. Committee Updates
A.
Finance Committee
Finance Committee needs to meet.
B.
Policy Committee
None at this time.
C.
Personnel Committee
Bill and Sarah have had scheduling issues. Hoping to meet soon.
D.
Director Evaluation
Lori suggested that we start fresh in January. Ginni and Lori to meet with Leo from Board on Track to hopefully get better templates to be used.
IV. School News
A.
Attendance/Chronic Absenteeism
October:
CA (ytd) = 28.8% (was 41.9% last year)
Avg Daily Attendance = 90.1% (up from % last year)
Avg. Daily Attendance / CA
9th - 87.6% - 26.7%
10th - 92.67% - 23.8%
11th - 89.92% - 25.9%
12th - 89.47% - 41.2%
Joe and Beth spend 2-3 days a week on attendance issues.
State noticed chronic absenteeism down from from last year and last month.
Bob, Sarah and Jill have held tried to meet with chronically absents students and their parents. Only three meetings have had both a parent and a child have attended.
Joe
Jo
B.
General Updates
1. Enrollment: Started the year with 89 students. Currently down to 80.
Discussion held.
V. Other Business
A.
Renewal Visit Discussion
State visit went well. They stated that they are seeing improvements in curriculum and attendance. All issues were addressed.
December 12 - Public Hearing
December 13 - Snow Date of Public Hearing
B.
Flooding Emergency Update
1. Winsted Health Center - Jeff continues to hold art classes up there. Jeff uses the van for one call for a student who is in the wheelchair and another in crutches.
2. Public Adjuster - Positive things, working on final numbers.
3. Asbestos Update - No asbestos found
4. St. Anthony - Joe to follow up about getting more information.
C.
Board Members
1. State requested that we need a new teacher representative. Jill is to ask at a staff meeting who might be interested. Will need to put this in teacher contracts.
2. Need to find a Current parent rep.
3. Need a student rep.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- Monthly Report October 2023.pdf
Susan presented. 33% into the school year. Had to buy new QuickBooks. There will be a new budget to be reviewed by Finance.