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Breakthrough Public Schools

BPS and School Board of Directors Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday June 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT

Location

BPSPDLC at Hampden (Boardroom) - 10118 Hampden Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44108

Meeting of the Boards of Breakthrough Public Schools, Citizens Academy Southeast, Village Preparatory School Cliffs, and Village Preparatory School Woodland Hills.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order S. Steinhouse, A. Garg 1 m
  B. Record Attendance S. Steinhouse, A. Garg
  C. BPS and School Boards Vote to Approve the Minutes of the May 21, 2025 BPS and School Board of Directors Meeting Approve Minutes S. Steinhouse, A. Garg 1 m
     
II. Public Comment 5:32 PM
  A. School Boards Public Comment A. Garg 5 m
III. FOB Update 5:37 PM
  A. FOB Updates FYI S. Ertle 5 m
IV. CEO Update 5:42 PM
  A. CEO Update Discuss A. McRae 30 m
   
  • Readiness Metrics & Summer Training Approach
  • CEO Annual Reflection
  
  B. Financial Update FYI C. Farmer 5 m
  C. NLT Reports FYI 5 m
V. Committee Updates 6:22 PM
  A. Academic Excellence Discuss A. Garg 5 m
  B. Governance Discuss A. Garg 10 m
   
  • Retreat Overview
  • Celebration of outgoing Board members
  
  C. Finance Vote A. Lee, L. Zucca 5 m
   

Financial reports are in the "Documents" folder -> "Board Documents" -> "FY25 Financial Reports".

 

On June 13th, we received notification from the Sponsors that ODEW had updated the guidance for Five-Year Forecasts to require that our Assumptions include a capital asset replacement policy. The Five-Year Forecasts have been updated to include a summary of our replacement policy. There are no other changes to these documents, which were already approved by the Boards.

  
VI. School and BPS Boards Approve Consent Agenda 6:42 PM
  A. School Board Vote to Approve Consent Agenda Vote A. Garg 1 m
   

Please see document linked here. Supporting documents are in the "Documents" folder -> "Board Documents" -> "Consent Agenda" -> "FY25" -> "School" -> 

 

  
  B. BPS Board Vote to Approve BPS Consent Agenda Vote S. Steinhouse 1 m
   

Please see document linked here. Supporting documents are in the "Documents" folder -> "Board Documents" -> "Consent Agenda" -> "FY25" -> "BPS" -> 

  
VII. Board Resolutions 6:44 PM
  A. School Legal Entity Mergers Vote 5 m
   

VPC and CAS Boards Vote to Approve Merger

  
  B. Sponsor Contracts Vote 5 m
   
  • CMSD Sponsorship Contract - Village Preparatory School Cliffs
  • CMSD Sponsorship Contract - Citizens Academy Southeast
  
  C. Board Appointments Vote 10 m
VIII. Sponsor Updates 7:04 PM
  A. CMSD Updates M. Rado 5 m
  B. Buckeye Updates Emily Puterbaugh 5 m
IX. Executive Session 7:14 PM
  A. BPS Board Vote to Enter Executive Session Vote Sam Steinhouse 5 m
  B. School Boards Vote to Enter Executive Session for the Purpose of Discussing Personnel Matters Vote 15 m
X. Closing Items 7:34 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting S. Steinhouse, A. Garg