Recruitment:  Current enrollment numbers are at 146 (grades 9-11) and 50 students pending application completion.  Recruitment efforts in the next couple of weeks will include more radio and digital advertising, a Fox6 spotlight feature, and a couple of in-person recruitment events. 

Funding: Alabama Power has granted $25,000, EBSCO awarded $200,000.  We are currently working on several grant proposals.

Staff:  The school is completely staffed with 28 full-time employees. 

Students:  Camp is wrapping up in the next couple of months and we've had 90 students over the summer.  They've travelled all around the state including visits to the EJI in Montgomery and Flight Works in Mobile. 

Dr. Pineda offered to help with any recruitment efforts with the LatinX community: El Jefe radio station, Mi Pueblo grocery store with billboard, and the church. He suggested 2 of the current latinx students to join him in sharing their journeys. 

Terry Mills requested recruitment materials be disseminated to the board - both for digital and print purposes. 

Renovation with Monumental at current site started Tuesday and estimated completion date is early August. 

Our two mandatory public budget hearings are August 15 and September 5.  It is important that anyone able to attend in person do so.