MOT Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Location
High School Campus
1275 Cedar Lane Road
Middletown, DE 19709
Directors Present
D. Mower-Wade, D. Whitaker, J. Taylor, K. Swab, L. Latan, M. Ali Khan, S. Doan
Directors Absent
C. Slater, L. Savino, S. Sullivan
Ex Officio Members Present
N. Southworth
Non Voting Members Present
N. Southworth
Guests Present
R. Dallas
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Public Comment
A.
Public Comment
III. Governance Committee
A.
Committee Report
applications for open parent board member positions have been received and interviews will be conducted at the HS campus next week.
IV. Marketing Committee
A.
Committee Report
focus of the marketing committee has been on advertisements for choice applications. that window has just closed and we received a record number of applications across all grades.
V. Safety and Security Committee
A.
Committee Report
committee is working to finalize list of items that will comprise our emergency bags/kits that will be created and distributed to all classrooms and offices.
VI. Teacher Retention Committee
A.
Committee Report
the teacher retention committee has not met since our last board meeting.
VII. Finance & Operations Committee
A.
Committee Report
committee met and review monthly financials for November and December. almost all local funds have been received. trees purchased with monies raised by the "20 for 20" fundraiser have been secured and planted.
$83,667 total cost, 30% up front. work will be completed summer of 2024.
VIII. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Monthly Report
HOS report is attached to this agenda. highlights include record number of applications across all grades - 2,271 total.
IX. Other Business
A.
Annual Report
Annual report is attached to this agenda. full document was reviewed by all.
no public present to speak, no submissions for comment on the google form.