No public comment

• PTO report by Jillian Henss.  
  • Raised $303 at last restaurant night
  • Raised $1300 at Bottle Drop so far this year
  • Movie night last week, approx 100 people attended
  • Art Lit Committee completed 2nd project this week, Canadian Intuit Art
    • 3 more planned for the spring
  • Room parents preparing for Winter Celebration Day tomorrow
  • Staff Appreciation gifts to be handed out tomorrow.  Each staff member will receive $150 gift card and a spirit wear tshirt

Sarah Z. will attend the next PTO meeting in January

Academic Excellence

1. December 9 SDW focus/topics:
   • Best practices for Math small group instruction guided by Singapore Math specialist
   • Data analysis (started Cycle 3 Interventions)
     • Our main focus remains on supporting students not making progress during class Interventions and/or Workshop based on data. (Students in need of Tier 2 support.)
   • Planning time
   • Team Winter Celebration / Get Together
2. January 17 SDW focus:
   • Best practices for small group instruction rotations guided internally by the team who attended training through NWRESD, recently.
     • Tamara Gomez
     • Laura Lagarde 
     • Kathy McKenna
     • Mario Orozco
     • Marta Torralba

Team Training and Retention

• Current team and Hiring for SY 25-26
  1. Hiring opportunities being explored with Spain and Mexico
     • Wednesday, November 20th meeting with Spanish liaison - informed us that the Embassy of Spain will be creating a rotation so that a representative from Washington/Idaho can attend these fairs, also.  
     • We have sent them tentative numbers for new hires, which is 2 as a placeholder.  
       • Why a placeholder? We haven’t had any team members who are currently on a J1 VISA express that they won’t be returning next year. We will continue these conversations next year.
     • We have a call scheduled in January with the Embassy of Mexico to explore this opportunity, too.
• Admin Team sent out short feedback survey to staff and will share compiled data at an upcoming Board meeting
• Team Training (SDW) 
  1. Our next training session for the year will take place January 17. As mentioned above, our focus will be on small group instruction.

Community Engagement and Positive School Culture

1. Current and upcoming events: 
   • AFG (Annual Family Give) kick off occurred November 1-15, 2024:
     • Total fundraising efforts to date. Including AFG and Move-A-Thon: $128,368.28
     • Sending two notifications before the end of year with AFG reminders.
   • Winter celebrations / community gatherings:
     • Performances by every grade level in the gym Tuesday, 12/17/24. Families were invited!
     • Winter Celebration on Friday before Winter Break.  Supported by the PTO and classroom parents
     • PTO Movie Night last week
   • Coffee and Cafe con el Director:
     • We are starting a Family Equity series next year, similar to Familias Unidas format
       • January and March in partnership with WE Empower (DEI Consulting)
         • January Themes: Allyship and Bias Awareness
         • March Themes: Cultural Competency and Creating Safe Spaces.

Financial Responsibility

• Grants - updates 
  1. Internal funding opportunities: presentation of Q4 SIA report
     • We intend to apply again for these Internal funding opportunities: 
       • SIA grant and EL grant.
       • Combined grant opportunities around $500k.
  2. External partnerships:
     • Arco Iris continues to partner with FundEd for more grant opportunities this year. 
       • We applied for Charter School Growth Fund
       • We are putting together another application for expansion with New Schools
• Enrollment for 24-25
  1. Total enrollment for the year and current projections:
     • 2024-25: 416 
       • Families have expressed re-enrolling at Arco Iris once they return in January.
  2. Open enrollment:
     • January 6 - February 28
       • Adding information to our website.
       • Perla looking into social media posts.
  3. Lottery Date:
     • March 17, 2024

No report

Sarah B and Adreana consulted with PACE.  Determined it is not best to rewrite our current policies.  Recommended pursuing a procedure for anonymous reporting.  A draft of the report is being reviewed by PACE, and then will be presented to the Board for review.

▪ ADMw received for (Month):    $346,035.00
▪ Total income for (Month): $443,394.47
▪ Cash balance for (Month): $3,598,452.94
▪ Accts Receivable for (Month): $2,570.60
▪ Net gain/loss for (Month):   $7,797.79

Continuing with 9 month CD's

No report

No report

• Christa and Jesus will be writing the new charter agreement, as consultant contact put their services on hold. 
• Not pursuing building tours until new charter agreement is submitted to BSD.

Michelle and Adreana scheduled to meet in January to discuss the accreditation process.

No action items