Alma del Mar
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Friday September 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Location
Frederick Douglass Campus
First Floor Conference Room
767 Church Street, New Bedford
Or, Zoom
Committee Members Present
A. Teevens, J. Korn, K. Wang (remote), M. Moore (remote)
Committee Members Absent
C. Bator, C. Wood, I. Almeida, J. Goldrick, L. Hicks, M. Kay, M. Rosario, T. DeLoach
Guests Present
Kaitlin Goldrick
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes from June 2025 Committee Meeting
D.
Opening Items
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Preliminary MCAS Data Review
B.
Extended School Year Review
A. Teevens presented ESY and LAMP grant overview from M. Carvalho. Committee discussed strategies to increase engagement and gathering data on experience, especially for middle school scholars.
C.
Charter Renewal Update + SOA Plan Review
A. Teevens provided a brief overview of the charter renewal process status and our current priorities in the SOA plan. A. Teevens will share the full SOA plan and Year 1 Progress Report with the committee to review in advance of the October meeting.
D.
Committee Goals
J. Korn reviewed the committee goals from last school year. Committee members will bring feedback and recommendations for this year to the October meeting.
E.
Committee Logistics
Committee will meet on Friday October 17 at 9:30am. J. Korn will send a poll to see if a different day of the week or time of day will work better for future meetings.
III. Closing Items
A.
Looking ahead to Board Meeting
A. Teevens will bring preliminary MCAS data and J. Korn will bring Degree Completion Program status update to the full Board meeting next week.
Committee reviewed preliminary MCAS data for 2025, comparing data to the past 5 years and looking at the differences across campuses.