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Breakthrough Public Schools

Breakthrough Public Schools Joint Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday May 18, 2022 at 5:00 PM EDT

Location

Breakthrough Public Schools Home Office Cafe

3615 Superior Avenue

Building 44, Suite 4403A

Cleveland, OH 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 3 m
  B. Record Attendance J. Howard, A. Kopit
  C. BPS and School Boards Vote to Approve 4/13/22 Joint Board Meeting Minutes Approve Minutes J. Howard, A. Kopit
     
II. Public Comment 5:03 PM
  A. School Boards Public Comment A. Kopit 5 m
III. FOB Update 5:08 PM
  A. FOB Updates J. Zitzner 5 m
IV. CEO Update 5:13 PM
  A. CEO Updates R. Johnson 20 m
   

- Meta Metrics Update

- Staffing Update

- FY23 School Staffing Contingency Options

  
V. Sponsor Updates 5:33 PM
  A. CMSD Updates - Including Spring Site Visit Reports M. Rado 20 m
   

Site visits concluded this week and reports are still being finalized.  They will be uploaded as soon as possible early next week.

  
  B. Buckeye Updates M. Barbessi 5 m
VI. Finance 5:58 PM
  A. April 2022 Finance Reports Vote Linda, Andrew, Doug 25 m
   

The April 2022 Financial Reports for Breakthrough Schools and BPS (below) have the latest revenue and expense projections based upon anticipated FY22 State/Federal funding and student FTE enrollment (Attachments 1 and 2).  Detailed financial reports for April 2022 for each of the Breakthrough Schools can be found in the "Documents" folder -> "Board Documents" -> "Meeting Documents" -> "May 18, 2022".  The proposed resolutions for the approval of the April 2022 Financial Reports are included below (Attachments 1a and 2a).

  
  B. FY23 Budgets and Schools' May 2022 Five-Year Forecast Submissions Vote D. Mangen
  C. School Vote to Approve CMO Fiscal Officer Waiver Vote D. Mangen
  D. Minimum Hourly Rate Vote R. Johnson and D. Mangen
   

The Network Leadership Team is recommending a minimum wage of $15 per hour for BPS and Breakthrough Schools 10-month and 12-month full-time and part-time employees effective in FY23, excluding interns.

  
VII. Academic Excellence 6:23 PM
  A. Academic Excellence Committee Updates D. Eisenberg 25 m
  B. FY23 Academics Strategy-in-Brief A. McRae
  C. Annual Student Demographics Comparison A. McRae, T. Thornton
VIII. Network Updates 6:48 PM
  A. Health and Safety Updates T. Thornton 3 m
IX. School Boards Consent Agenda 6:51 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 6:53 PM
  A. CAS, CLAE, VPC, and VPW Boards Vote to Approve Modified Sponsorship Contract with CMSD, Effective 7/1/22 A. Kopit 7 m
  B. CLA Board Votes to Adopt Modified Attachments 4 and 5 of CMSD Contract, Effective Retroactive to 7/1/21 A. Kopit
  C. VPWH Board Votes to Approve Modifications to the Sponsorship Contract with Buckeye Community Hope Foundation, Effective 7/1/22 A. Kopit
XI. Governance 7:00 PM
  A. Governance Committee Updates K. San Marco
XII. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting J. Howard, A. Kopit