D. Eisenberg called the meeting of the school boards to order at 5:06 PM on January 29, 2025.

Presentation from Talent Acquisition Team

• For this year, hired 88 teachers, including 16 intervention specialists, and 199 employees total
• Focused on retention, recruitment, interview process, onboarding, and systems development
• Retention: 100+ teachers teaching on a sub license, working/helping this pool to get full licenses; pay increases as a high leverage opportunity to help retain
• Recruitment: do own sourcing, get 70% of applicants from indeed; Marketing plan - increase ad spend for this year, based on data from Jetpack (marketing) to target ads & messages; some events (including mixers, career fairs, interview prep event, licensure support events)
• Interview Process: TA helps handle scheduling/logistics, making pairings with schools, for most desirable candidates try to move from application to offer within a week

No members of the public asked to speak.

Highlights:

• 64% of goal for the year, doing particularly well on major gifts work
• Heavy in event planning and spring tours
• Tour with 4 Ohio House members 2/7 (Reps Manning, Deeter, Thomas, Ray)
• Focus on budgeting season at the state level, advocacy work

Metrics update - continuing to build out this tool, add of scholar assessment data, how do we square being over on enrollment and under on retention - ongoing enrollment of scholars backfills departing scholars

Midyear Interim Assessment Results (iReady): How the network assesses student growth. Distribution of students' relative grade placements is very similar to last year. Headlines:

• Scholars are making vertical movements (students are making learning/making growth within the year at a similar rate to last year), consistently true across all schools
• More MS scholars are attaining stretch goals
• Math Tier 1 instruction continues to be an area of focus - historically a lot of investment in reading/ELA
• Achievement of scholars with exceptionalities continue to be behind, we see a slight uptick in the percent of these students on grade level in ELA this winter, compared to last winter.
• Schools use midyear iReady data to help inform interventions and accelerations.

Family Experience Survey: Administered twice per year, 454 respondents this past fall. Headlines:

• Families are most happy with education quality, teacher quality, and student satisfaction; least happy with student behavior, meal options, response to scholar needs, and a lack of communications 
• Network NPS is 9 points higher than last year. Most schools made double-digit NPS gains this fall.

As of end of December, on track to revised budget. Projecting a deficit of -$6.8 M (budget is -$6.9M), still using very conservative assumptions for projections.

4/6 entities are meeting goal of spending within budget. One is within the margin of error (Glenville), one is being driven by special educations services (Woodland Hills).

FY24 audited financial statements for BPS are in packet and we have a clean audit for FY24. June financial projections were <1% from final audited statements.

FY26 budgeting started this week, first draft will be presented to the board in March. 

AEC met last week and supported BPS with thinking through org structure for academics function(s), how to better keep board updated on scholar learning throughout the year, additional consulting supports have started with Learning Team and in schools.

iReady headlines: we are seeing within-year growth, but not as much as we would want to see. All school leaders and academic teams have analyzed their data, made plans for intervention & acceleration of students as needed. 

Time to begin nomination process for incoming board members. Overview of timeline was presented, with the goal of notification in May. 

Presented analysis of current board demographics, skills, connections that the Board is looking to advance, diversify, or plan for succession.

Need to schedule annual contract meeting on 4/1/25. Will need at least one board member to join (will be virtual). Share updates from CMSD, CMSD board will approve in May, BPS will approve in May or June. Southeast will be a new contract since it was up for renewal for this year.

Sponsor update is in the packet. Second biannual report will be published in March. Buckeye will be offering another board training (includes Sunshine Law training), date TBD.

Will be receiving contract renewal within the next week. 

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:21 PM

Respectfully Submitted,
S. Steinhouse