Breakthrough Public Schools

Breakthrough Public Schools Joint Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday October 20, 2021 at 5:00 PM EDT

Location

Citizens Southeast Cafeteria
15700 Lotus Drive
Cleveland, OH 44128
Meeting of the Boards of Breakthrough Public Schools, Citizens Academy Southeast, Citizens Leadership Academy, Citizens Leadership Academy East, Village Preparatory School Cliffs, Village Preparatory School Willard, and Village Preparatory School Woodland Hills.

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order J. Howard, A. Kopit 5 m
  B. Record Attendance J. Howard, A. Kopit
  C. Welcome Ralph Johnson! J. Howard
  D. BPS Board Votes to Approve Minutes from 9/1/21 Special Board Meeting Approve Minutes J. Howard
     
  E. BPS and School Boards Vote to Approve 9/14/21 Joint Board Meeting Minutes Approve Minutes J. Howard, A. Kopit
     
II. Public Comment 5:05 PM
  A. School Boards Public Comment A. Kopit 5 m
  B. Public Comment - LEA's use of IDEA Part B Funds A. Kopit
   
Opportunity for public comment, including individuals with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, regarding the LEA's use of IDEA Part B funds. 
 
III. Academic Excellence 5:10 PM
  A. Fall iReady Results A. McRae 15 m
   
The attached document provides network, school and grade-level summaries for BPS 2021-2022  performance on the i-Ready diagnostic assessment in reading and math for the fall assessment window.  Primary content is contained in Slides 1-17.  Appendices starting on Slide 18 are included for those interested in additional detail.
 
  B. Academic Excellence Committee Updates D. Eisenberg
IV. Family Partnership, Enrollment, and Marketing 5:25 PM
  A. Enrollment Update A. Prass 5 m
   
Updated report will be shared at the meeting.
 
V. Talent 5:30 PM
  A. Staffing Update J. Younker 10 m
  B. Total Rewards Update J. Younker
VI. Finance 5:40 PM
  A. September 2021 Financial Reports L. Zucca, A. Lee, D. Mangen 10 m
   
The September 2021 Financial Reports have the latest revenue projections based upon anticipated FY22 State/Federal funding and student FTE enrollment (Attachments 1 and 2).  Detailed financial reports for each of the Breakthrough Schools can be found in the "Documents" folder -> "Board Documents" -> "Meeting Documents" -> "October 20, 2021".  The proposed resolutions for the approval of the September 2021 Financial Reports are included below (Attachments 1a and 2a).
 
  B. Approval of Revised FY22 Budget Matrices and Five-Year Forecast submissions D. Mangen 5 m
   
The FY22 Budget Matrix and the updated Five-Year Forecast for each of the Breakthrough Schools are required to be submitted each October.  Attachment 3 includes copies of the submissions recommended by the Joint BPS-Schools Finance Committee. The proposed Board resolutions for the Five-Year Forecast / Budget approval is provided below (Attachments 3a). 
 
  C. Financial Committee Updates D. Mangen 5 m
   
FY22 Compensation Review
FY23 Network Budget Process 
PPP Loan Forgiveness Update
FOB Investment Committee Update
 
VII. Governance 6:00 PM
  A. Governance Committee Updates K. San Marco 3 m
VIII. CEO Support Committee 6:03 PM
  A. CEO Support Committee Updates P. Harris 5 m
IX. Network Updates 6:08 PM
  A. Health and Safety Updates T. Thornton 15 m
   
Update materials will be shared at the meeting.
 
  B. BPS Board Votes to Approve Refreshed Cleveland Plan D. Eisenberg
  C. BPS Board Ratifies Updated Casualty/Liability Insurance Contract Package S. Wernet, D. Mangen
  D. Annual Plan Qualitative Dashboard P. Schaar
   
Update will be provided verbally with the written dashboard to follow next week.
 
X. School Boards Consent Agenda 6:23 PM
  A. School Boards Vote to Approve Consent Agenda Vote Alan K. 2 m
   
Please see attached document for votes. Supporting documents are in the "Documents" folder -> "Board Documents" -> "Consent Agenda" -> "October 20th, 2021".
 
XI. School Resolutions
 
No resolutions this month.
 
XII. Sponsor Updates
  A. CMSD Updates
   
Matt Rado is unavailable to join this month but sent the attached updates.

 

 
  B. Buckeye Updates
   
Maureen is unavailable this month but will send written updates as necessary.
 
XIII. FOB Update 6:25 PM
  A. FOB Updates J. Zitzner 5 m
XIV. Executive Session 6:30 PM
  A. Executive Session of the Board of Citizens Leadership Academy East A. Kopit 30 m
  B. Executive Session of the Board of Breakthrough Public Schools J. Howard
XV. Resumption of Public Meeting
XVI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting J. Howard, A. Kopit