Board Meeting Minutes

June 18, 2025, 7:30-9:00 AM

Minutes Draft

Circle City Prep

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday June 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM

Location

Circle City Prep

4002 N Franklin Rd

Indianapolis, IN 46226

Directors Present

A. Sowder, D. Sawyers, K. Lennon, L. Tarble, N. Riggins, R. Grimm (remote)

Directors Absent

D. Neves, D. Rosenbarger

Ex Officio Members Present

M. Murphy

Non Voting Members Present

M. Murphy

Guests Present

Amanda Liles, C. Eckerle, Max Glenn

I. Opening Items

A. Record Attendance and Guests

B. Call the Meeting to Order

L. Tarble called a meeting of the board of directors of Circle City Prep to order on Wednesday Jun 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM.

C. Welcome Guest(s), Public Comment

II. Consent Agenda

A. Approve Previous Board Minutes

D. Sawyers made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 05-21-25.

N. Riggins seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
N. Riggins	Aye
L. Tarble	Aye
D. Neves	Absent
R. Grimm	Aye
D. Sawyers	Aye
A. Sowder	Aye
D. Rosenbarger	Absent
K. Lennon	Aye

B. Approve Agenda

Adding an executive session to review Murphy contract

III. Head of School Update

A. Network Updates

Staffing:

Pausing 2 roles at ACE- dependent on enrollment

Candidates are in the pipeline for 5/6 ELA at ACE and MS Science at CCP

Willie Byrd will be joining in July as the COO

Enrollment:

Are at budget enrollment right now for CCP.

ACE enrollment is not gaining traction yet, but enrollment team is focusing their time on ACE. Changing from door-to-door to more event focused

Lilly Grant- received the phase II grant

Summer school is currently in session, IREAD final take is next week

IV. Finance Committee

A. May Financials

B. May Transactions

CC transactions are not included in this report

A. Sowder made a motion to Approve transactions.

K. Lennon seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
N. Riggins	Aye
D. Rosenbarger	Absent
R. Grimm	Aye
D. Neves	Absent
K. Lennon	Aye
D. Sawyers	Aye
A. Sowder	Aye
L. Tarble	Aye

V. Board Chair Update

A. SY26 New Board Members

Jeff Frank

Max Glenn

Katina Knox

David McKissic

Jamie VanDeWalle

D. Sawyers made a motion to Approve new board members.

K. Lennon seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
N. Riggins	Aye
D. Sawyers	Aye
D. Rosenbarger	Absent
L. Tarble	Aye
R. Grimm	Aye
D. Neves	Absent
K. Lennon	Aye
A. Sowder	Aye

B. SY26 Board of Director Officers

Chair- Leslie

Vice- Nigel

Treasurer- Drew (interim)

Secretary- Max

K. Lennon made a motion to Approve officer slate.

D. Sawyers seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
N. Riggins	Aye
R. Grimm	Aye
K. Lennon	Aye
D. Neves	Absent
A. Sowder	Aye
D. Rosenbarger	Absent
L. Tarble	Aye
D. Sawyers	Aye

C. SY26 Board Committees

Governance: Nigel, Kevin, Jamie

Academics: Darius, Katina, Max

Finance: Drew, Leslie, Jeff

Development: David, Max, Jamie

D. SY26 Succession Plan

Future- succession planning for Directors in the org

D. Sawyers made a motion to Approve succession plan.

N. Riggins seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
R. Grimm	Aye
D. Neves	Absent
D. Rosenbarger	Absent
N. Riggins	Aye
K. Lennon	Aye
L. Tarble	Aye
A. Sowder	Aye
D. Sawyers	Aye

E. SY26 Board of Director Meetings

Going back to every other month with the new school year

K. Lennon made a motion to approve meeting cadence.

A. Sowder seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
D. Rosenbarger	Absent
N. Riggins	Aye
K. Lennon	Aye
A. Sowder	Aye
R. Grimm	Aye
L. Tarble	Aye
D. Neves	Absent
D. Sawyers	Aye

F. Bylaws

N. Riggins made a motion to Approve bylaws.

D. Sawyers seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
A. Sowder	Aye
D. Rosenbarger	Absent
D. Sawyers	Aye
D. Neves	Absent
N. Riggins	Aye
K. Lennon	Aye
R. Grimm	Aye
L. Tarble	Aye

VI. Executive Session

A. 2-Year Executive Director Contract Review

N. Riggins made a motion to Approve remainder of contract for 24-25 and 25-26.

K. Lennon seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
K. Lennon	Aye
A. Sowder	Absent
L. Tarble	Aye
D. Neves	Absent
D. Rosenbarger	Absent
R. Grimm	Aye
D. Sawyers	Aye
N. Riggins	Aye

VII. Closing Items

A. Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:53 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,

L. Tarble