MOT Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 21, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Location
High School Campus
1275 Cedar Lane Road
Middletown, DE 19079
Meetings will be held in the STEM Commons
Directors Present
D. Watlington, H. Johnson, J. Taylor, K. Swab, L. Latan, L. Savino, M. Ali Khan, S. Sullivan
Directors Absent
S. Stallone, T. Piser
Ex Officio Members Present
N. Southworth
Non Voting Members Present
N. Southworth
Guests Present
J. Camponelli, R. Dallas, T. Howarth
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Public Comment
A.
Public Comment
III. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Committee Report
Ned Southworth reviewed the information that is included in these meeting minutes. Ned talked about the Accelerated Scholars Program. Ned discussed the application for safety and security grant.
John Camponelli discussed the Culture and Climate at the High School. John also discussed the implementation of the Emergency Planning Committee
Terry Howarth talked about the house teams in the K8 Academy.
IV. Marketing & 20th Anniversary Committee
A.
Committee Report
Jennifer Taylor discussed the last meeting that it was decided to create a committee to promote the 20th anniversary event
1. break the committee into 4 sub committees
Fundraising committee Jenn
Gala event to be headed by Kelly Swab
K-8 family event for families to be headed by Ned Southworth
High School event to be headed by Tracey Flowers
External marketing to promote the school as open enrollment for students is 11/7/2022
V. Governance
A.
Committee Report
Jennifer Taylor discussed added Mir Sadiq "Ali" Ali Khan as co-vice chair for the Board.
Lou Savino indicated that an email was sent out to faculty to determine interest in adding a faculty member from K-8 campus and a faculty member from the High School campus.
VI. Finance & Operations
A.
Committee Report
Dave Watlington discussed the committee meeting. He discussed the review of the income and expenses. There were not issues discovered in the financial audit by the committee.
VII. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Monthly Report
Ned Southworth reviewed the information that is provided with the meeting minutes
Current enrollment: 1385 with anticipation of adding another student to make the total 1386
Secretary Holodick visited the High School and the K-8 buildings on 9/20/2022
Entered contract with Ultimate Scholastic Staffing Solution to assist with filling daily vacancies
Transportation update: 17 routes per campus. Traffic has been an issue with the busses dropping off students at the High School campus then having an issue with being able to pick up students and dropping off at the K-8 campus.
Back to school network: donated to backpacks with supplies, PTO has been supportive with initiatives in the school campuses.
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