Argosy Collegiate Charter School
Minutes
April Academic Achievement Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday April 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Location
Virtual Meeting - Zoom
The matters listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may, in fact, be discussed. Other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 30-A, Section 20(e) requires any person making a video or audio recording of the meeting to notify the Chair at the start of the meeting.
Committee Members Present
Chandra Orrill (remote), Diana Grady (remote), Emmanuel Echevarria (remote), Hanan Khamis (remote), Michael Goodman (remote), Renee Howayeck (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Monique Campeau
Guests Present
Kristen Lima (remote), Meagan Hughes (remote), Michelle Carney (remote), Sunil Jagannath (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Vote to Approve March 2025 Meeting Minutes
II. New Business
A.
Review and discuss March AAC Dashboard: School overview
B.
Review and discuss MTSS District wide update
We are excited to have successfully completed Cycle 3 of 4 for this school year. We spoke about the validity of the data, CFUs and MAP is stronger than ever and scholars see the direct connect between showing what they know, and receiving the needed support for that which you need to learn next.
We are holding our third of four School Improvement Team meetings tomorrow and will have key take aways for the May AAC meeting. We mentioned the importance of working to build in times in our HS schedule where intervention in ELA/Math can happen in blocks 1-5- this schedule is currently in the works and we will have updates in the coming weeks/ months to finalize what additional support can be provided to those that need this.
C.
Discussion of 3 budgets for FY 2025 - 2026
Salary is a top priority for staff on budget considerations
Management has drafted 5 budget iterations.
Governor's budget came out at a 4.9% increase
We will be asking for a vote accounting for a 2% increase
favorable would be 3% or higher- if that were to happen, the salary increase could happen for teaching staff
We need to ensure we are competitive in salary
Question arose as to what our base salary is ($50K for bachelors and $52K for masters) but Fall River public is higher
Question arose of if we have considered possible federal grant allocation disruptions
We don't want to wait to post essential positions/ compensation meetings (hope to do after April board meeting)
General concerns of federal funding as it relates to the school budget arose.
D.
Discussion and Vote of staffing plan for 2025 - 2026 SY
Staffing plan is drafted.
Yellow= 2 new positions because we are doubling the number of scholars on BCC campus next year. It is labeled as assistant dean, but this will be more unique in that the job description will also need to include more academic component more aligned with liaison work. The other position is a second school psychologist so each can be campus specific and focus more on social emotional learning (SEL).
Blue positions are tabled until the final budget comes in
HS math teacher
HS ELA teacher
HS math interventionist
HS reading interventionist
III. Closing Items
A.
Chair's Remarks
Diana messaged her great satisfaction in the AAC committee and the team Sunil and Kristen have built.
enrollment at 570. Transfers out of district for causing decrease- but this will not effect budget for remainder of SY.
Chronic absenteeism is a statewide indicator and we are on track to exceed our target
1 staff departure in April