Menlo Park Academy Governing Board
Minutes
Strategic Planning Board Meeting
Date and Time
Sunday July 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Location
Menlo Park Academy
2149 West 53rd Street
Cleveland, OH 44102
The quarterly strategic planning session for Menlo Park Academy will take place on Sunday, July 13, 2025 at Menlo Park Academy, 2149 W. 53rd Street, Cleveland, OH 44102.
Directors Present
Sam Sherwood, Teri Harrison, Tiffany Randle, Twana Rogers
Directors Absent
Jeffrey Sugalski
Guests Present
Deborah Zeffren, Elaine Beeghly, Jessica Esway, Liana Wiemels
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. New Hires
A.
New Hires
1000 sign on bonus
III. Introductions
A.
Introduction & Governance Review
School culture committee will be a sub committee to PEC
IV. Annual Survey Results
A.
Annual Survey Results
Review of parent, staff and student satisfaction survey. Survey showed positive results. Parents, Students and Staff report over 80 percent satisfaction with the education executed and received at Menlo.
Review and discussion around room for improvement at Menlo for the upcoming school year based on survey results.
V. Assessment Results
A.
Assessment Results
Discussion surrounding student assessment results from the 2024/ 2025 school year. Students are successful in reading competency. All 8th grade students met competency score for 10th grade ELA assessment. In Math, 70% of students met achievement goals for year. Majority of students in high school math scored proficient or above in state end of course exams.
VI. Lunch
A.
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
VII. OKRs
A.
2025-2026 OKRs
Discussed Objectives and Key results (OKR's ) for upcoming school year and reviewed the previous year results.
OKR to create a 5 year strategic plan was added to the OKR list for the upcoming school year.
VIII. School Year Theme
A.
School Year Theme
Discussed ideas to finalize 2025/26 school theme. Theme to be decided by next regular board meeting.
IX. Organization Structure
A.
Org Chart
Discussed and reviewed organizational chart for accuracy.
B.
Job Descriptions
Administrative roles and responsibilities were discussed along with the approval of the organizational chart.
X. Strategic Planning
A.
Strategic Planning
Discussed the implementation of the 5-year vision for MPA. The first goal discussed is to establish strategic pillars, prioritization of goals, identifying success indicators and implementing initial actions or enablers to execute the plan. Discussions on plan creation are ongoing. Planning to prioritize the execution of a natural play space for Summer 2026
Discussion surrounding the importance of the vision, mission and values of MPA. Discussed the role of a non-profit board of directors. Menlo is both an Ohio Community School as well as a non-profit organization. Discussion about board committees and their duties to advance the organization.