-Google migration.

-Board member terms.

None.

Pat Henyan - Assistant Head of School started discussion on our new Cell Phone-Free policy.

-Each teacher has lockable cabinet with universal key, and students give their advisors their cellphones. They can only have them at lunch or when they go home.

-We are also not sending our laptops home this year so that students do not forget them, and they do not need to do schoolwork on their phones.

-Zephan Wolman (Student) - Likes the policy because it is an easy way to keep track of students. She also said students are more attentive in class.

-Isabelle King (Teacher) - It surprised her how well the policy has gone so far, and how many behaviors have gone down because of the policy. Overall a more positive environment.

-Pat (Admin.) - 95% improvement on cellphone-related problems./Teachers and staff have been dedicated in enforcing the policy.

Questions

-What do the parents think?

*Most parents are 100% on board.

-Is there an issue with students communicating through laptops?

*Not an issue yet.

-Are students trying to find ways around it?

*Zephan has not heard word of students trying to get around the policy.

*A lot of students are enjoying it.

HR Committee met three times ove rthe summer.

Matthew Newberg

-Asked students and staff how the school year has gone so far - Stronger start to the school year this year.

-Cellphone-Free Policy has been very positive.

-Curveball - A few resignations before the start of the school year.

*Waiting list for new Threshold students.

*Had to choose new model for Threshold leadership - two teacher leader positions with full class loads and admin. duties.

*They feel like it is going well so far.

*Campus enrollment is above goal.

*Staffing challenge is the biggest one right now.

Board had already approved funds to fund the Dean of Threshold position. Instead, two $5,000.00 positions for lead threshold teachers.

Robert Dodge - Lee would like to join our board.

*Proposing nomination for him - We will vote on it next month.

Robert Dodge - Ashley could not be here.

-Audit has just began/not many updates.

-We will have a better update next month.

New application for board for our documents - agendas, minutes, meetings, etc.

-Training session before our next board meeting.

Robert Dodge - Three areas of goals we are looking at.

-Next plan - Objectives to achieve those goals.

*Marketing and Recruitment

*Financial Stability

*Curriculum

-Continuing building this plan.

-Posting this on Board OnTrack.

-Final Overview of Strategic Plan - Robert, Mary, Evan, and Emanuel.

Robert Dodge

-Look for minutes from when we made the split to find correct terms. (June of 2023?)

-Robert and Alyssa to solidify this and put it in Board OnTrack.

Migrating all of our documents to our own maineacademy.org has been messy, but doing the best that we can to get everything back.

None.

Training session for Board OnTrack - 10/17/2024 at 3:30PM.