Kylie requested the following items be added to the Agenda:

II. I. PCA Contract Release - Vote

II. J. PCA, INC Part Time Athletic Director position - Vote

II. K. PCA Part Time PE position - Vote

There was no public comment.

Kylie is recommending the hiring of Ramona Mulkey for a teaching position at PCA for the 2023-2024 school year. 

Kylie is recommending the hiring of Michelle Avera and Chloe Hubbard to fill open Paraprofessional positions at PCA for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year. 

Kylie recommends hiring the following persons for certified teaching positions at SCCA for the 2023-2024 school year: 

Perry Everson 

Audrey Davis 

Paula Baggett 

Ashton Webb 

Lynn Aldridge 

Paula Smith

New enrollment numbers for next school year indicate the need for an additional Special Education paraprofessional position at PCA for the 2023-2024 school year. The substitute budget has doubled in the last two years and it is time consuming for administration to try to find subs for absent personnel. Admin is requesting the addition of a full time sub/Para position for the 2023-2024 school year.

PCA is on target to meet on Operational CPF with a predicted score of 96.

SCCA is on target to meet on Operational CPF with a predicted score of 96.

PCA met in all 3 areas of the SCSC Comprehensive Performance Framework.

SCCA met in all 3 areas of the SCSC Comprehensive Performance Framework.

Coach Daniel McFather has accepted a Head Football Coach position at Miller County for the 2023-2024 school year. He is requesting release from his 2022-2023 contract for Spring Football training at Miller County. His resignation will be effective April 10, 2023. Caleb McFather will also be accepting a position at Miller County for the 2023-2024 school year. He is requesting release from his 2023-2024 contract. 

Kylie is requesting the addition of a Districtlevel part-time Athletic Director position.  This will help strenghten leadership and communication in our athletic programs and relieve a burden on administrators who need to spend the majority of their time focused on academics.  

The resignation of Daniel McFather leaves an open part-time PE position as well as the open Head Football Coach position. Kylie is asking approval to make the Part-time PE position a Full-time position for the 2023-2024 school year if it is necessary. 

This is the first presentation of the PCA FY 24 General Operating Budget. The Finance Committee reviewed each line item for errors/needed additions. These will be corrected before the Budget is presented for Approval at the April board meeting. All added positions are included in the budget and a surplus of $213,389 is projected.

There were no oral or written public comments regarding the PCA FY 24 General Operating Budget.

This is the first presentation of the SCCA FY 24 General Operating Budget. The Finance Committee reviewed each line item for errors/needed additions. These will be corrected before the Budget is presented for Approval at the April board meeting. All added positions are included in the budget and a surplus of $286,000 is projected.

There were no oral or written public comments regarding the SCCA FY 24 General Operating Budget.

This item was tabled at this time.

Several classified staff members have approached Administration regarding pay - bus drivers, paraprofessionals, etc. In order to retain staff members administration is seeking approval to increase salaries of certain PCA classified personnel. The Finance Committee has approved this request in the total amount of $138,482.00.

Several classified staff members have approached Administration regarding pay - bus drivers, paraprofessionals, etc. In order to retain staff members administration is seeking approval to increase salaries of certain SCCA classified personnel. The Finance Committee has approved this request in the total amount of $64,759.00.

Both schools previously held credit lines with Amazon. Amazon dissolved these in January. The Finance Committee is requesting approval from the Board to open a credit card with Amazon for each school. Established credit card procedures will be followed and the card will be in the name of each principal. The Board will vote to approve a credit card for the District Office as well.

Based on the results of our school nutrition Administrative Review, we are required to increase adult/staff meal prices and document that increase. SNP is requesting the Board approve the increase of $.50 per adult/staff meals. The new prices will be $3.00 for breakfast and $4.00 for lunch for both schools.

This session will be held on April 28, 2023 at 9:00 AM in the PCA, INC Central Office Board Room. 

An NPR Reporter, Grant Blankenship, contacted Erin and Rochelle via email. He was requesting a response for a potential story regarding some charter schools' disproportion in enrollment racial make-up to community make-up and discipline incidents disproportion to racial enrollment.  We will make a response to the reporter indicated what we have done and will continue to do to increase our enrollment diversity.  Our minority population has increased by 18% since 2015. Our lower grades, which is mostly where we are able to grow enrollment, show more diversity than upper grades. We will continue to work on improving our markteting and outreach plan to continue the upward trend in diversity.  Black students being disciplined at a higher rate than white students is a nation-wide issue. While discipline data collected indicates that PCA actually has a smaller disproportion in discipline than the local schools in the counties we serve, we understand that any disproportion is not acceptable.  We will respond to the reporter the ways we have already attempted to decrease the disproportionatly (which has been working to close that gap).  Further discussions of additional ways to address this disproportionality should be a part of our annual retreat.

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