The Principal's report was attached to the agenda. 

D. Alexander provided an update on the Charter Renewal Process. The external reviewer hired by ISBE will be looking through the application. ISBE will be visiting the school on October 27th which is days before the external reviewer turns in their application on the renewal length. D. Alexander advised that when ISBE visits, they will already have a view of their decision. ISBE will be interviewing focus groups of teachers, administration, students, etc. Afterward, they will hold a public meeting that will be open to everyone. There is no set time as of yet. Each individual will have two minutes to speak. ISBE will vote on December 14th. 

B. Lane advised that PTC will be working on a sound system for plays and musicals. Any money helping towards that will be great.

B. Lane provided an update on the Principal's Evaluation and Goals. She advised that there were a few questions on the goals, and they are awaiting those answers.

K. Kelly and G. Swick provided the update on the COO Evaluation. The evaluation was given to D. Alexander. There is a date for him to share his goals, and comments on the evaluation that was given to him. D. Alexander asked for more time due to multiple projects going on. 

M. Gibb provided an update on Governance, and that they are working on creating a Governance Committee. M. Gibb is straightening out the training, and what it will entail. M. Gibb introduced M. Rodriguez as she would be joining the Governance Committee. 

D. Alexander provided information about (3) new capital spending items in regard to the Administration Building. 

• Re-do of MEP Engineering Plans - $22,300
  • This is so that all utility connections and all mechanical rooms are in the Administration Building Garage. 
• Pre-Construction Services - $12,500
  • Three proposals were obtained from general contractors.  D. Alexander recommended Bulley and Andrews be chosen for pre-construction services due to familiarity with the campus and historic knowledge. Their proposal was $12,500 vs $4,500 for the other two vendors (Mazur and Stronberg).
• Development of RFPs for potential bond underwriters, bond counsel, and trustee - $10,000

S. Egger discussed the August 31, 2022 Financials. S. Egger started with the ISBE dashboard and advised that we focus on those standards. Green means everything meets expectations with the Illinois State Board of Education. Anything in yellow is cautionary where we are below the standard but close to meeting the standard. Red means exceeds expectations. The current August Financials meets expectations. 

K. Kelly advised that there were two Master Planning Meetings with the architects. The architects did a presentation at each meeting. There was great attendance from Staff when the architects visited the school for their meeting. Staff problem-solved some items such as locker placement, the importance of the elevator (LULA), and fireplace safety. Master Planning wants staff involvement as much as possible on this project. 

K. Kelly provided an update on the Environmental Work Group. She advised that there were staff members that attended the meeting during the morning. However, it was difficult because it was before school started. Environmental Work Group to allow for more attendance from staff is scheduling these on Fridays after school and release time for teachers. 

K. Kelly talked about how Morton Arboretum was out on Monday where the whole school got to participate in planting Oak trees. 

The COO Operations Report was provided by D. Alexander.

K. Shaw did not have any updates. K. Shaw did request that if anyone knew of any community events to let her know. K. Kelly will check with Housing Development on the Biking Event. The Housing Development had let EMSA send a flyer home with their families. K. Shaw did receive a question from an attendee about Outreach. K. Shaw explained that for Outreach, typically an event they attend allows different vendors to have tables. The tables are free of charge, and they provide information to these families about EMSA. 

D. Haight provided the following updates:

• Next meeting is October 12th
• EMSA won an award from the Arbor Day Foundation. This can be used to talk about EMSA when applying for grants. 
• Need to narrow down how to approach the mini-capital campaign with Katie Taylor. 

Board did not enter Executive Closed Session.