MOT Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday October 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Location
High School Campus
1275 Cedar Lane Road
Middletown, DE 19709
Directors Present
A. Bigesby, B. Pace, C. Dallas, C. Slater (remote), D. Mower-Wade, D. Whitaker, K. Swab, M. Ali Khan, M. Hewitt, S. Doan, S. Sullivan (remote)
Directors Absent
B. Reiling, K. Gaines
Ex Officio Members Present
J. Elston, N. Southworth
Guests Present
S. Noll
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Public Comment
A.
Public Comment
III. Title I Presentation
A.
Title I Presentation
Mitch Weiss shared the Annual Title I Presentation to the Community.
- Provided an overview of Federal Funding allocations, noting changes over the past few years
- Explained uses for all federal funds
- Title I - partial funding for MLL teacher
- Title II - stipends for teacher-leaders, partial support of reading support, fees for DE Science Coalition
- Title III - we do not receive funding, but do provide MLL services
- Title IV - partial fudind for reaching support
- Perkins - HS Biotech equipment
- IDEA - partial fuding for Special Education teachers and EDs
- Reviewed Title I schoolwide plan
- Reviewed Title I goals
- 50% growth for MLL students
- 70% will meet ELA target
- 65% will meet Math target
IV. Governance Committee
A.
Committee Report
Need to schedule a Governance meeting as there are two High School parents openings for the Board.
V. Student Experience Committee
A.
Committee Report
No meeting has been scheduled at this time.
VI. Finance & Operations Committee
A.
Committee Report
The committee met on 10/21/2026 and reviewed the current budget and expenditures with no issues discovered.
Discussed steps taken to account for FY27 decrease in local funding from ASD
VII. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Monthly Report
Ned Southworth presented the information from the attached documentation.
- Admission cycle started for the school year 2027-2028
- Continue to work on connecting the K-8 and High School to promote the students matriculating from the grade school to the high school
- Attendance at HS Open House was high, K8 Open House is tomorrow
- Reviewed student growth in ELA and Math.
- Organizational Performance Framework - MOT Charter School "met standard" with a score of 100%
No public comment was presented at this meeting.