Breakthrough Public Schools

Breakthrough Public Schools Joint Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday April 13, 2022 at 5:00 PM EDT

Location

BPS Home Office Cafe

3615 Superior Avenue

Building 44, Suite 4403A

Cleveland, PH 44114

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

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order J. Howard, A. Kopit 2 m
  B. Record Attendance J. Howard, A. Kopit
  C. BPS and School Boards Vote to Approve 3/9/22 Joint Board Meeting Minutes Approve Minutes J. Howard, A. Kopit
     
II. Public Comment 5:02 PM
  A. School Boards Public Comment A. Kopit 5 m
III. CEO Update 5:07 PM
  A. CEO Updates R. Johnson 13 m
IV. Family Partnership, Enrollment, and Marketing 5:20 PM
  A. Enrollment Update A. Prass 5 m
V. Talent 5:25 PM
  A. Total Rewards Updates J. Younker 10 m
VI. Finance 5:35 PM
  A. March 2022 Finance Reports L. Zucca, A. Lee, D. Mangen 10 m
   

The March 2022 Financial Reports for Breakthrough Schools and BPS (below) have the latest revenue projections based upon anticipated FY22 State/Federal funding and student FTE enrollment (Attachments 1 and 2).  Detailed financial reports for February and March 2022 for each of the Breakthrough Schools can be found in the "Documents" folder -> "Board Documents" -> "Meeting Documents" -> "April 13, 2022".  The proposed resolutions for the approval of the February and March 2022 Financial Reports are included below (Attachments 1a and 2a).

 
  B. Finance Committee Updates L. Zucca, A. Lee, D. Mangen 10 m
   

- Draft FY23 Network Budgets

- Breakthrough 2030 Financial Plan Update

- Updated Five-Year Forecasts coming in May

- Investment Committee Update

 
VII. Academic Excellence 5:55 PM
  A. Academic Department and Academic Excellence Committee Updates A. McRae, D. Eisenberg 15 m
  B. FY23 Strategy Risks, Open Questions, and Potential Contingencies A. McRae
VIII. Network Updates 6:10 PM
  A. Health and Safety Update T. Thornton 3 m
  B. CLA/CLAE Merger Update M. Johnston 2 m
   

Written update can be found here. Please review in advance - we will not spend time reviewing the document in detail but will have time to respond to questions.

 
IX. School Boards Consent Agenda 6:15 PM
  A. School Boards Vote to Approve Consent Agenda Vote A. Kopit 2 m
   

Please see attached document for votes. Supporting documents are in the "Documents" folder -> "Board Documents" -> "Consent Agenda" -> "April 13 2022".

 
X. School Resolutions 6:17 PM
  A. School Boards Vote to Ratify Transportation Resolution A. Kopit 2 m
   

A change in community school transportation laws requires a community school to establish the school's start and end times for a particular school year by no later than April 1st prior to the beginning of that school year.  At the advice of legal counsel, Alan Kopit signed the below resolution so that we could meet the deadline to submit information to CMSD.  We are now asking the school boards to ratify.  

 
  B. School Boards Vote to Approve Updated Lottery and Admissions Policy A. Kopit
  C. VPWH School Board Votes to Approve the 2022 CMSD Partnership Agreement A. Kopit
XI. CEO Support Committee 6:19 PM
  A. CEO Support Committee Updates P. Harris 3 m
XII. Governance 6:22 PM
  A. Governance Committee Updates K. San Marco 3 m
XIII. Sponsor Updates 6:25 PM
  A. CMSD Updates M. Rado 5 m
  B. Buckeye Updates M. Barbessi 5 m
XIV. FOB Update 6:35 PM
  A. FOB Updates S. Ertle 5 m
XV. Executive Session 6:40 PM
  A. Executive Session 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. J. Howard, A. Kopit 18 m
XVI. Resumption of Public Meeting 6:58 PM
  A. Boards vote on resolutions coming out of executive session J. Howard, A. Kopit 2 m
XVII. Closing Items 7:00 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting J. Howard, A. Kopit