Menlo Park Academy Governing Board
Board Meeting
Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday February 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST
Location
Menlo Park Academy
2149 West 53rd St.
Cleveland, OH 44102
The regular meeting of MPA’s governing board will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM at Menlo Park Academy, 2149 W. 53rd Street, Cleveland, OH 44102. Meeting dates and times are posted in several places in building as well as online. We will endeavor to enable virtual attendance, when possible, at this meeting link – https://meet.google.com/bqx-niry-mqu.
Agenda
| Purpose | Presenter | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | Opening Items | 6:00 PM | |||
| A. | Record Attendance | Twana Rogers | 1 m | ||
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | Tiffany Randle | |||
| C. | Public Comments | Discuss | Tiffany Randle | 5 m | |
| II. | Sponsor Update | 6:06 PM | |||
| A. | Sponsor Update | FYI | Allison Lentz | 5 m | |
| III. | Financials | 6:11 PM | |||
| A. | Monthly Financial Report | Vote | Jeffrey Sugalski | 5 m | |
| IV. | Education/Program Report | 6:16 PM | |||
| A. | Education/Program Report | Discuss | Jessica Esway | 5 m | |
| B. | Gifted Cohort | FYI | Jessica Esway | 10 m | |
| V. | Admissions, Enrollment, & Marketing Report | 6:31 PM | |||
| A. | Admissions, Enrollment, & Marketing Report | Discuss | Jessica Esway | 5 m | |
| VI. | Operations Report | 6:36 PM | |||
| A. | Operations Report | Discuss | Deborah Zeffren | 10 m | |
| VII. | Board Committees | 6:46 PM | |||
| A. | Audit & Finance | FYI | Jeffrey Sugalski | 5 m | |
| B. | Development | FYI | Teri Harrison | 5 m | |
| C. | School Culture | Vote | Twana Rogers | 5 m | |
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Approve Charter as presented |
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| D. | Enrollment Task Force | FYI | Sam Sherwood | 5 m | |
| E. | Program Excellence Committee | FYI | Shruti Aring | 5 m | |
| VIII. | Resolutions for Considerations - Operations | 7:11 PM | |||
| A. | 1st Day School Supplies | Vote | Jessica Esway | 5 m | |
| B. | Safe Routes to Schools Grant | Discuss | Jeffrey Sugalski | 10 m | |
| C. | Mural Letter of Support | Vote | Sam Sherwood | 5 m | |
| D. | 2025-2026 Calendar DRAFT | Discuss | Tiffany Randle | 5 m | |
| IX. | Resolutions for Consideration - Academic | 7:36 PM | |||
| A. | Speech Services | Vote | Jessica Esway | 5 m | |
| B. | Summer Program | Vote | Jessica Esway | 5 m | |
| C. | Field Trips | Vote | Jessica Esway | 10 m | |
| X. | Resolutions for Consideration - Admissions | 7:56 PM | |||
| A. | Bloomwell Group | Vote | Jessica Esway | 5 m | |
| B. | Testing | Vote | Jessica Esway | 2 m | |
| C. | NEO Parent | Vote | Jessica Esway | 5 m | |
| XI. | Resolutions for Consideration - HR | 8:08 PM | |||
| A. | Resignations | Vote | Deborah Zeffren | 5 m | |
| B. | New Hires | Vote | Deborah Zeffren | 5 m | |
| C. | Hold Harmless Agreement | Vote | Deborah Zeffren | 2 m | |
| D. | Insurance Renewal | FYI | Deborah Zeffren | 3 m | |
| XII. | Resolutions for Consideration — Board Committees | 8:23 PM | |||
| A. | School Facilities Planning Team (Development subcommittee) | Vote | Jeffrey Sugalski | 10 m | |
| XIII. | Executive Session | 8:33 PM | |||
| A. | Executive Session | Vote | Tiffany Randle | 30 m | |
| XIV. | Closing Items | 9:03 PM | |||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||