Opening Items

Motion to approve the submission of the application for increased enrollment attached on the Board of Trustees behalf.

The approval of this application would allow Alma to add up to 1,188 additional scholars across two additional campuses over the next five years. This plan is the results of our strategic planning work begun at last October’s Annual Retreat.

Attached is a snapshot of our current data on scholars who joined Alma this year as a result of our expanded enrollment. It is a testament to the hard and creative work of our faculty that these scholars appear to be performing on par with their Alma peers on our interim exams. They appear to be testing slightly lower on MCAS, a more cumulative measure. 

Holidays and Vacations:

Alma del Mar follows NBPS when it comes to school vacations and holidays, due to the ease of syncing up bus schedules.
Holiday Vacation - Friday, December 21, 2018 - Tuesday, January 1, 2019. (All schools will re-open on Wednesday, January 2, 2019.)
Feb Vacation - Week of February 18, 2019.
April Vacation - Week of April 15, 2019. (Note: Good Friday is April 19, 2019)
Labor Day………………………………………………… Monday, September 3, 2018
Columbus Day ….......................................... Monday, October 8, 2018
Veterans Day ………...................................... Monday, November 12, 2018
Thanksgiving Recess …................................Wednesday November 21 - November 23, 2018
Martin Luther King Day …........................... Monday, January 21, 2019
Memorial Day ….......................................... Monday, May 27, 2019

Number of Days:

Alma del Mar will be following the model of 187 school days, as we did for the first time in 2017-18.


Important Dates:

First day of school is August 20th, 2018.
Last day of school is June 21st, 2019.
The Alma del Mar Lottery will be held on Wednesday, February 27th, 2019. 

Alma del Mar will have its second annual 8th grade graduation on June 14th, 2019.

Finance

• Alice is moving to Colorado and Matt Marko is taking her place. Central Source will be supporting him as he gains financial skills.
• $30K of the $60K contingency remains in FY17-18 driven by Professional Development cost overruns, high SPED program costs, lower than projected nutrition revenue and high nutrition expenses.
• The Finance Committee recommends that the Board approve a budget for the Foundation in August to track revenues and expenses related to expansion. A simple budget with the network level salaries will be presented at the next meeting. If the seats are granted a more detailed budget with facility and start-up costs will need to be reviewed and approved.

Development