Dr. Millard, had all the attendees introduce themselves to the board.

"I pledge allegiance  to the flag of the United State of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

K. Millard opened the floor for public input. No public input was given.

There was a request to add Dr. Gonulalan to the list of Board Members in the minutes.  The change was made.

K. Millard reminded the board that they are still in need of one more member. He asked that the members try and see if they can come up with some recommendations.

The suggestion was made to move the board meetings to the North location instead of alternating schools.  This would provide for consistency and less confusion on where the meetings were each time.

It was also mentioned that the meetings be moved back to the evenings during the week. This was not a good fit for the members.

K. Millard talked about the status of the South school and the possible changes that may need to be made.  Sean from Board on Track suggested that the school be change from a K-8 school to a K-6 school, this would be consistent with the surrounding schools. It looks like the number of students that it would effect would be low, and the retention rate in the lower grades is good.

If the board decides to do this, they would need to notify the Mayor's office now so that it can get the process started and an amendment would then need to be done to make the official change.

The discussion was tabled until the next meeting.

K. Millard was the representative for the Academic Excellence Committee, he introduced the Vice Principals of Academics from West and North schools.  They each gave a short presentation on the things they are doing at their schools respectively to increase the ISTEP scores in the Spring.  Mr. Akkaya presented for the South school.

All three schools have detailed plans in place to work towards increasing the passing rates.

D. Coats presented the financial report for the North school. Discussion was made regarding the rent and 
K. Millard will talk to Gary(lessor) of the building to see if there are any options to possibly lower the rent.

D. Coats presented the financials for IMSA South for the months of August and September.   It was also suggested that a possible donation for our landlord in the amount of $100,000 is a possibility.  Dr. Millard will write a letter of request for that donation.

D. Coats presented the financials for IMSA West for the months of August and September.

Mr. Arslan presented the numbers for the items that the board and the Mayor's office are wanting to track.  He shared the rates for August and October for the following items:Attendance rate, Suspension rate, Home Visit rate and Enrollment Rate

K. Millard also mentioned that the IMSA North charter renewal hearing would be on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at 6:00 pm at the City-County Building downtown.  It is recommended that as many staff, parents and students attend to help support the school.