Ryan Fisher spoke regarding Menlo's sponsorship of the Boy Scouts.

Sponsor representative A. Lentz reviewed attendance initiative and annual performance reports; discussed October site visit and meeting with J. Esway and L. Goodall; reviewed the SPED report from H. Tester.

J. Esway reviewed the Education Director board report. Winter Benefit confirmed for Monday, December 16, 2024 at Lakewood High School. Teachers meeting on Math data coursework, WIN timelines for intervention in progress. Report card preparation in progress. Honor and Merit Roll Assembly confirmed for December 18, 2024. 

J. Esway reviewed the Enrollment Report. We are seeing an increase in enrollment with new admission testing in place. The next testing dates are scheduled for November 15, 2024 and December 7, 2024 for Pre-K enrollees.

D. Zeffren reviewed the Operations Director report. She will follow-up with the Boy Scouts to discuss Menlo Park Academy procedures.  

J. Sugalski reviewed the committee report. Met on November 12, 2024 to revise and review the community finance report for FY24.  Will be uploaded for approval at the next board meeting. Continuing work on the financial dashboard to share with the board and the recruitment of two new members to work with on the financial dashboard. 

T. Harrison reviewed the committee report. To date raised $10,000 of the $130,000 goal.  Looking into volunteer recruiting, community engagement, and establishing event leads. Staff is working on defining database processes and reporting needs for integrating this with our accounting system. Discuss the structure of establishing meeting cadence with the planning process.

T. Rogers reported that the committee recently had a meeting to review the data of the school to improve on ways to service our student body. Develop techniques to track performance, comparisons, and population, and include more specifics in reporting student demographics. The next committee meeting will be on Friday, January 3, 2025 at 5pm. 

S. Sherwood reported that an onboarding meeting occurred earlier this month to perform an audit to identify gaps. Working on identifying processes and procedures that could be streamlined.

S. Aring reviewed the committee goals for SY2024-25 for grades K-5 on languages and culture program. Discussion on the Trimester 1 Parent Survey in progress. MAP scores and report cards under review.  Classroom communication is good with 4 out of 5 rating. The suggestion was made to measure the House Program using student behavior data and a student survey.

Ongoing discussions about Boy Scouts agreement with Menlo Park Academy and the club's desire for continued sponsorship. 

$300 Floor Lead Stipend for Erin Peters, Joel Black, Loren Koppenhaver, and Kelley Baughman.

$166.66 Club Stipend for Near West Theatre; Megan Dolar - Mad Science; Shannon Tagliarina - Quiz Bowl; Karen Sacco for Mock Trial; Liz Mindala and Starr Coulsonfor - Dungeons and Dragons; Michelle Hudak - Progress with Chess.

T. Harrison and T. Randle reviewed the progress on the building refinance. Closing is planned for next month. There will be items to vote on for the next meeting.

Brainstorm experiences for the Board leaders to donate to the winter benefit. T. Harrison asked for these experiences to be sent over by the end of day tomorrow (11/22).

No public comments.

The board exited the Executive Session at 9:27 PM.