Circle City Prep

Minutes

October Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday October 25, 2023 at 4:30 PM

Directors Present

C. Miller, D. Fischer, D. Neves (remote), D. Rosenbarger (remote), D. Sawyers (remote), K. Lennon (remote), L. Tarble, N. Riggins

Directors Absent

A. Sowder, R. Grimm

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

N. Riggins

Ex Officio Members Present

M. Murphy

Non Voting Members Present

M. Murphy

Guests Present

C. Eckerle

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Miller called a meeting of the board of directors of Circle City Prep to order on Wednesday Oct 25, 2023 at 4:36 PM.

C.

Welcome Guest(s), Public Comment

II. Consent Agenda

A.

Approve Previous Board Minutes

K. Lennon made a motion to approve the minutes from August Board Meeting on 08-28-23.
L. Tarble seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
D. Rosenbarger
No
D. Neves
No
D. Sawyers
No
D. Fischer
No
R. Grimm
Absent
C. Miller
No
N. Riggins
Absent
L. Tarble
No
K. Lennon
No
A. Sowder
Absent

B.

Approve October Agenda

K. Lennon made a motion to Approve agenda.
L. Tarble seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
N. Riggins arrived.

III. Head of School Update

A.

Q1 Progress

STEP Data- 40 minutes of reading has been moved to a writing block. Makes teachers very intentional with their reading lessons. 

Instructional team is doing more walkthroughs 

Admin are also all taking a STEP group each to work with the most need scholars

 

Referral decrease starting to happen in Q2, averaging closer to 10 per day rather than 25

 

Enrollment is continuing, a lot of high need scholars incoming recently

 

AYS is a partner with us, but are actively enrolling up to 30, right now we have 19

B.

Oct Staffing Update

Staff vacancies- some will not be filled, others we are currently hiring for 

 

2 parental leaves are coming up- we will be getting long term subs for the 6 paid weeks they are out

 

Career conversations are happening this quarter, so we will have a better idea of who will be returning SY25

 

 

C.

Board Support at Events

Fall Fest 11/2- after school

 

Ribbon cutting 11/9- Board arrive at 8:30am

IV. Board Chair Update

A.

Committees

Chad will be meeting with Committee chairs to go over goals and put them into BOT

B.

Strategic Plan Creation

What does a strategic plan for CCP look like? What is the vision for this school? 

 

The governance committee will be meeting about this

V. Finance Committee

A.

August & September Financials

C. Miller made a motion to approve financials for August and September.
N. Riggins seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
D. Neves
Aye
K. Lennon
Aye
N. Riggins
Aye
R. Grimm
Absent
A. Sowder
Absent
L. Tarble
Aye
D. Rosenbarger
Aye
C. Miller
Aye
D. Fischer
Aye
D. Sawyers
Aye

B.

July - September Transaction Report

C.

Director of Finance Update

VI. Development Committee

A.

Capitol Campaign Update

Funding in from the Bader foundation

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 5:33 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. Miller