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Mary Busby, Interim Chief Academic Officer, presents the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California Data Presentation for School Sites. She introduces all Site Directors and a few Deans that have came to the Board Meeting to show support of the data being presented. For Benito Juarez Elementary, Dr. LaSonya Walker and Janice Galindo was here. For Richmond Charter Academy, Dean, Sarah Carloni was here. For John Henry High School, Stacy Drakeford and Rose Azor were here. For Oakland Charter Academy Jocelyn Brooks was here. For Downtown Charter Academy, Kelly Le was here. For Oakland Charter High School, Jasmine Nash tuned in virtually. Mary begins a slideshow presentation. For Richmond Charter Academy, The English Language Arts/Literacy Slide shows growth and the standard exceeded, the Mathematics slide also demonstrate growth and wins. For John Henry High School, we can also see 10-30% growth for English Language Arts/Literacy from the last school year to this school year, Mathematics has also improved.  Downtown Charter Academy shows a growth of up to 50% for the Standards required in Mathematics. Oakland Charter Academy shows improvement in mathematics especially showing an increase of over 58%. Mary also wants to point out that our students are overall doing better than Oakland Unified School District Students, and they show a bigger growth in academics. Mary goes over English Language Proficiency Assessments for California next which is testing for academic proficiency and we can see growth in all areas. Elisa Gallegos, Board Member, asks the Site Leaders about California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Data and if they have seen this data previously, Kelly Le, Site Director of Downtown Charter Academy, states that they do receive this data beforehand, but this is new data that came out in late September. Elisa asks how the sites go about test taking, and how they deal with students having testing anxiety. Dr. Walker states that they plan their curriculum to end in March/April so that the instructional staff can focus on preparing students for the testing  instead of trying to finish teaching curriculum. Stacy states that they encourage students to try their best so that they do not have to revisit material. Kelly states that they collaborate with families, and helping them understand what testing looks like. Carloni states that they get the students involved in the data, and that they celebrate all growth. She also says that they get into the routine of testing prior so that it is not new and scary. Mary continues with presenting the  English Language Proficiency Assessments for California data. She shows Oakland Charter High School with significant gains across the board on every level. John Henry High School Students also moved up a level. The Board takes a moment to thank the Site Directors for all their work. Kelly, invites the Board to visit her school so they can see students in action. 

Sylvia Flores, Chief Operating Officer, presents her CEO Report to the Board. She begins by telling the board that from the last time she presented our Attendance and Enrollment Numbers we have gained 10 students, but we are still down 15 students based on June meeting's projection. She shares an image that shows the the difference in students from budgeted enrollment to current enrollment. The difference in numbers show the current standings: Benito Juarez Elementary -8 students, Richmond Charter Academy -2 students, John Henry High School +13 students, Downtown Charter Academy +5 students, Oakland Charter Academy -3 students, Oakland Charter High School -20 students. Sylvia and team are working on a strategy plan for 2025-2026 school year to avoid this gap. The scheduled date to open enrollment is November 1st, Lottery is held around mid January. Amethod Public Schools is also connecting with "Oakland Enrolls" to ensure participation in Oakland recruiting events. Currently, the team is brainstorming new ideas to ensure we are attracting families and students to our schools. The Average Daily Attendance for all schools is presented; a slight change happened in Oakland Charter Academy that went down just one point, although historically there are lower attendance numbers around this time of the school year. Sylvia is ensuring the schools are staying on top of that data and contacting families for chronic absences. She presents the date for the Oakland Charter High School Renewal Townhall on October 29th at 5pm which will be held at Oakland Charter High School. Sylvia proceeds with the next topic and states she will have Northwest Evaluation Association and iReady benchmark assessments data presentations at the November Board Meeting. Elisa Gallegos, Board Member, asks what kind of communication has been established regarding the Oakland Charter High School Petition Renewal. Ms. Nash, Site Director of Oakland Charter High School, has also been sending out messages through parent square to alert them. At school, there are daily announcements to alert the students there is a Petition Renewal and their presence is requested. Next, the Site Directors share different school events. John Henry High School states that senior night was last Friday. They made it to Volleyball Finals, and the Soccer Team is on its way to being Champions again this year. Richmond Charter Academy shares that they have parent teacher conferences coming up, and they have a holiday event in November, and a Trunk or Treat happening in the parking lot. Dr. Walker, Site Director of Benito Juarez Elementary states they had a wonderful Hispanic heritage night. They had a grandparents day celebration which was great. They will also host a reading night for the parents soon. Kelly Le, Site Director at Downtown Charter Academy has a fall festival on November 1st, to celebrate the Halloween holiday and also include even those who do not celebrate Halloween. Oakland Charter High School is going to Downtown Charter Academy to talk about enrollment. They are launching their Family Staff and Teachers meetings as potluck meetings to get everyone involved. Jocelyn Brooks from Oakland Charter Academy states they had a successful back to school night, Midterms were last week, and they went well. Teachers are happy about the scores. Parent Teacher Conferences were successful and teachers and parents felt heard and supported. They started an 8th grade committee where members were voted in. Ms. Brooks is doing the work to ensure the students feel valued and heard, and that the staff and families feel supported. Oakland Charter High School is having a Admission night for its seniors in late October, as well as their Homecoming Dance. They also have scheduled meetings with Downtown Charter Academy and Oakland Charter Academy to help with enrollment for next year. Sylvia thanks the site directors for being here and their dedication. 

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