Reviewed the Opportunity Calendar and upcoming community events.

Confirm the Board Election Results with Rachel   - New 

Community Night went well and the PTO received good interest from the volunteer interest survey. An email will be sent via Parent Square to ask for parent interest and volunteering and feedback on events.

New officers would like to meet with Y. Jones and C. Billings re: planning. Rachel will send dates to get together. Additionally, it was suggested that the PTO learn how to better communicate and differentiate when to work with the Executive Director and when to communicate with the Board so they can share this with parents, especially around making public comment during meetings.

A television ad buy proposal was sent to board members to review wtih the goal of increasing community engagement and increasing the interest list for Tigard and Tualatin. The Charter Growth Fund grant would cover the ad buy as the balance for the current phase is $227,000.

The board discussed the proposal and cost including the work of Grow Schools which manages digital and social media.

Without understanding the full scope of Grow Schools, Dani suggested a conversation with DMG who has deep data tools to target key audiences and geoframing (polygonal attribution.) Dani is unable to differentiate between the work of Grow Schools and a local digital marketing company and needs additional information.

Andrew suggested that he would like to see some diversified engagement.

Jesus offered that the current digital strategies are not sufficient for Tigard enrollment so the exploring a TV buy is will add a layer to the current marketing.

Sarah asked if we know why our current marketing is not working to fill open slots in Beaverton or adding to our Tigard Tualatin list. The strongest thing we have is work of mouth. With a significant purchase. She asked if there an expectation of how many families we should add to the list.

Our marketing efforts will include.

1. Public Events
2. Social Media
3. Digital Media
4. TV Media

J. Urdiales introduced Academic Success Coach - Luis Samayoa to give a presentation for his masters program and instructional project for his Principal licensure.

He offered details about training with NWRESD, observations of practices and instructional strategies and then new opportunities for small group instruction and data analysis. 

As a result of the rounds, he found that Arco Iris small group instruction is effective, data analysis is effective and we have consistent practice across classrooms. One of the new strategies included deploying a student talk routine to bridge the students through a series of visuals and anchor charts.

The project has led to some conclusions to support 2026/27 school year instruction which will focus on classroom consistency practices. The partnership with NWRESD will continue

J. Urdiales explained the Singapore Math curriculum review timeline which will include Board adoption.

26/27 - Curriculum review and adoption

27/28 - Roll out

J. Urdiales written report is attached.

April 2026 Financials

ADMw received for (Month): $352,505.00

Total income for (Month): $503,458.95
 

Cash balance for (Month): $4,076,608.00
 

Accts Receivable for (Month): $1,008.00
 

Net gain/loss for (Month):   $68,264.85

+$68.3k for the month of April.

Year to date +$783.8k versus +890.9k during the same month last year.

*Note that post auction timing can skew month to month and year over year.

*Reminder that there is no June ADMw check distributed.

Grants

• The Fund Ed document is being updated - with four grant proposals in the works.

Community Relations - PR

• Outreach for Expansion

Families are welcome to join this small committee.

The charter proposal for Tigard Tualatin School District will be submitted in October to be considered for opening in 2027/28.

Action Items

1. Charter proposal delivery date to TTSD

2. Connect DMG with Arco Iris Board for digital marketing consideration; consider a street team

3. Adopt Executive Director Annual Review

Called to order at 8:25 pm after a break between the monthly board meeting.

The Board and Executive Director Jesus Urdiales discussed the annual executive review.

Executive Director Jesus Urdiales updated the board about a student safety incident that occurred and the actions and protocols put into place.

Exec session closed 9:36pm