Dr. Smith- I had a meeting with the other charter leaders and the TPS chiefs and there were some positive outcomes of that meeting. It is clear that TPS has heard some of the concerns. They have agreed to retain the building maintenance component for all charter schools next year. We pay them just under $16,000.00 for maintenance a year. They are waiving the maintenance fee for all charter schools.  Given what we know now, that leaves us with a estimated savings of just under $16,000.00 for all of the services under transition.  In two weeks, the TPS chiefs will be visiting TSAS on April 23rd to discuss how they can partner with us.  They have committed to having onsite conversations with all charter schools to get a better understanding and discuss how partnering can be improved. 

We are still in pursuit of custodial, child nutrition programs and groundskeeping services. We are hoping to have final decisions in May or June. 

We will have the second half of our accreditation visit tomorrow, April 9th. I am still working to get our attorney retainer finalized. 

Dr. Mortimer and I met with the Friends of TSAS foundation. The current president, Scott Grizzle, will be transitioning from leadership as his son will be graduating this year. Jochen Talmon will be stepping into that leadership role next year. The foundation will be focused on two events next year and will be working to develop donors and grant writing. Daniel Sharples has been the primary contact with the foundation and, starting now, I will become the primary lead, while Daniel will work to build a brand new PTA that we desperately need.  I am hoping that there will be a representative from the foundation at each board meeting to better help with sharing information. 

An amicus brief has been filed on behalf of a number of charter organizations.  The National Alliance of Public Charter Schools worked to file this brief. The brief specifically states that charter schools are public schools. We will be closely watching the outcome of that SCOTUS case.

Dr. Hahn gave a brief description of his class observations and is thinking of more ways in which he could support teachers. He spoke of pursuing teacher preferences on different electives both the teachers and students are interested in.  Students' selections of elective classes are being used to build the schedule based on student requests, and the goal is to have the schedule done before the end of the school year. ACT testing started this week along with state testing. Teacher interviews have also rolled out this week. 

Dr. Hahn- The faculty council has nothing new to report.

Mickey Peercy detailed the financials, announcing the ending net assets are in the positive now, following the transfer of the Redbud funds. So far this year, our revenue over under expenses were at $300,000 net income. Really that number should be around $400,000.00 and things look more stable this year as opposed to the last couple of years. Dr. Smith outlined funds received.  Title I, Title I.A and Title IV are starting to come in with Title I at 50% and we expect the other half by the end of the year. Title IV we received 100%. There was an issue with our March payroll.  Our payroll accountant attempted to cancel payroll submitted as she needed to make amendments due to insurance changes.  That left the submission with errors halting pay. Ashanti reached out to the bank and made arrangements to have the submission expedited and was told that we could incur a fee up to $350.  Submission was expedited and all staff were paid by 2pm on payday March 28th.