M. Michalowski asked if there was any time that the public could speak on agendized items. She said that she is reiterating this from the previous meeting. 

The OMI Board and lawyer A. Serrao adjourned to closed session at 4:22pm. 

The OMI Board and lawyer A. Serrao adjourned to closed session at 4:22pm. 

The OMI Board reconvened to open session at 4:45pm.

No action was taken.

The focus of the power up was math, reading, writing, and relationships. Professional developments were aligned in order to allow teachers to get a handle of the new material.

M. Streshly mentioned that a good writing program can uplift a lot of other areas of study as well as reading.

M. Streshly mentioned vertical alignment in curriculum so when students change teachers year to year, there will be a consistency in material that is taught from year to year.

For November, the disbursements dropped but were leveled out until the end of the year at about $780,000.

More revenue was coming in because of the one time funding that OMI received. 

The cashflow looked to be on track and well above the $1,500,000 cash reserve line.

Pertaining to the scholarships for cadet recruiting events, OMI leaned on cadets to help with the initial redesign feedback of the website overhaul and recruiting events at other schools. T. James would like to compensate cadets that have helped and will help in an effort to get more more from cadets. T. James will be looking into the military funds allocated for recruitment in order to compensate those cadets that help.

Odua Isibor was introduced into the team and has been a great help with the process of changing the website. The redesign decision was made in order to focus on the cadet leadership, recruitment, and the fun that OMI offers. Edlio will be providing a mock up of the newly materialized website that OMI is trying to bring out in order to capture that focus. 

Proposals were taken off of the board packet because there was an interesting proposal sent from Hermes Networks. Many of the features in the Hermes Network proposals were cloud based and so it covered telephone, camera, and firewall. T. James mentioned that he would combine the product offered by Hermes and tie it in with another company product from Honeywell.

Next Board meeting will have the necessary proposals. T. James mentioned that he received an updated e-rate proposal from Comcast for better internet. $2500/month for a 5gb service and it includes installation. He mentioned as well that he and the facilities team are looking into proposals for fiber installation throughout the whole campus or in phased installations.

J. Breckenridge asked if the January board agenda can include an update on where OMI stands on teacher credentialing. This would be added to the personnel report.

She also asked if there could be an update on teacher/staff retention in order for the Superintendent to have all the tools necessary to engage in teacher retention.