Dr. Millard notified the board  that Jeanette Moody had resigned.

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States 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.

K. Millard shared the deficiency letter from the Mayor's office issued for IMSA North. The main topics of the letter are Board Governance, student academic growth both in achievement and growth.

The deficiency letter needs to be part of or agenda at every meeting. M. Arslan and K. Millard are working with Sean, an educational consultant from Board on Track to develop a plan for meeting the Mayor's Office's requirements.  They hope to have it finished so that it can be discussed at the next board meeting.  K. Millard suggests a possible half day board retreat to work on this.

The board requested that they are copied on all monthly  OEI requirement submissions.

K. Millard shared that the IMSA North charter was approved at the hearing on Nov. 9, 2016.

The board members present signed the form, it will be subnitted to the Mayor's office after all members have signed.

Board on Track is the consulting company that has been hired to help strengthen the governance part of the deficiency letter.

K. Millard shared that the Mayor's office would like the board to meet monthly at least for the rest of this school year.  A revised monthly schedule was presented.

K. Millard advised the board that they need to add 2 new members (deficiency item) We have two prospective members. Lauren Box and Jim Schenck.  Lauren's resume was reviewed and discussed.  

Jim Schenck's resume was reviewed and discussed.
 

K. Millard went over the attendance policy of the IMSA by-laws and it states that in adequate attendance is missing 3 consecutive meetings or missing 50% of the meetings in 1 calendar year.  Attendance will now be recorded on a google document and shared with the board.
 

M. Arslan shared the proposal from Miller Transportation. IMSA schools will be changing transportation company as of January 3, 2017. 

O. Secen shared the data from IMSA North for the testing that they have taken.  He also discussed the plan for improvement in student growth in math and language arts. The goals is for math and language arts is 50% and currently it is math - 25% and language arts 37.5%.

ISTEP was also shared and what they are doing to help the students do better this year.

 

O. Secen asked for board approval to buy gift cards for students that were promised them for achieving pass or pass+ on the ISTEP  The cost is $25 per student for a total of $750.  The gift cards must be board approved, they must also be handled by an official of the school. This person must maintain an accounting or log of the cards with the follwoign information:
Where the cards were purchased, the amounts of each card, account numbers to be charged, date card was issued, who it was issued to, proof that it was given (signature).
 

M. Atlihan and T. Tschaenn shared how West was doing and what they are doing to increase students scores in math and language arts.  ISTEP review and using the ISTEP sample questions.  They will also be using monthly benchmark test with Measuring Up.