Alisa Diakite & Scott Thomas gave a presentation on how the Middle School is running with the start of the new year.  They detailed the changes from last year and their impact. Details can be read in the attached file "Final What is going on."

They report that the drop in enrollment has been an asset for the Middle School.  The current enrollment is below target for the year.

per grade in middle school

Previous Years target: 145

Current Years Target: 130

Current enrollment: 109 Example

We have 8 students on the waitlist in the 7th and 8th grades that are siblings.  There was a discussion if we should make offers to those students. 

Heidi Berkowitz shared an updated hiring status report.  Changes have occurred since the report was posted two days ago.  Hiring has occurred but there are still open positions in Spanish, Character Education, Math, Social studies, Music, Special Education, and Computers. See attached file.

Executive Director Search

Anissia Vixamar reported that the survey was going out to the community to rate the skills that an Executive Director should have to incorporate into the search process.

Interim Executive Director Search

Matthew Yezukevich reported they are narrowing the resumes and anticipate interviews can begin the first week of October.

The videos have not been sent to the board to date. We expect them at the board meeting in October.

The Board reviews the current number of volunteers.  We still have it open until the end of the month.  Susie Girard will host an information session after school on Monday 26SEP2022.

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Three appeals were heard in August and one in September.  None of the appeals were granted based on the information provided to the committee.

Enrollment is low based on our targets.  The Outreach team is working toward filling open spots.  It should be noted that 24 withdrawals occurred in the High School.

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The Board reviewed the facilities report provided by Lesly Michelot.

In addition to the reports an update on the following was provided

• Synergy Security Training
• Ovens
• Yellow House Demolition.  The house has been demolished but not the garage.
• Energy Audit
• Assessment of rool support system for solar

The Board asked about walkthroughs and how often they occur?  Lesly reports he is in the hallways all the time and making notes of repairs. The following are repairs that have occurred recently

• Cameras
• Getting Keys to teachers for their classrooms
• Graffiti in restrooms

Last winter a salary adjustment was done using an internal process. It was not conducted well.  It did not consider all staff members.  It was going to lead to the creation of a chart that did not get completed due to a change in staffing within leadership.  

Spring of 2022 it was clear a better review was needed so an actuary was hired to look at all staff and compare salaries to other schools (8) in the area as well as a national look.  The goal is to move toward a step grade structure more in line with traditional public schools.  

This is tied to the review process for staff.  Would it be Merit-based or not?  It impacts the rollout but not the results in five years' time speaking strictly financially.  It needs to be linked to the system we use for evaluations.

It was suggested we return to the old tool as a coaching tool until November and allow a sub-committee to determine what we use going forward.  

Kathleen Foley and Matthew Yezukevich will connect to establish a timeline. 

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Seeing the lack of form for Privilege of the Floor the Chair decided we did not have time for the privilege of the floor this evening due to the need to adjourn to an executive session.  

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