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R. Ernst opened the floor for public input. No public input was given.

R. Ernst shared the committee suggestions that were given by Board on Track.  He also shared that we have had the Finance Committee and the Academic Excellence Committees for a while now.  The Governance Committee is being added as well.  Currently the committee's consist of the following:
Academic Excellence - Chair, R. Ernst, Dr. G. L. Box, M. Dundar
Finance Committee - Chair D. Coats, B. Guler, E. Ozdemir 
Governance Committee - R. Ernst, D. Coats, K. Millard   
Emin Ozdemir stated that he would be resigning at the end of his term in June as he and his family will be moving,

 

Discussion was made regarding nominations for the committee chairs starting in June.  The members were also made aware of the available committee  positions and asked to think about where they felt they would like to serve. The committee's for the 2017-18 year will be established at the June 17, 2017 board meeting.

M. Dunn and M. Arslan gave an overview of the staff meeting and parent meetings at IMSA South regarding the closure. Both meetings went well.  They also shared the school fairs and the schools that attended.  There were approximately 30-35  families that attended both days.   M. Arslan shared that Hanno Becker was added as the Regional Enrollment Chairperson and heading up our enrollment campaign.  He is doing an excellent job, and the board would like him to make a presentation to the board at the April meeting.  They would like him to share what he is doing to increase our enrollment.
IMSA has added bus stops to help accommodate the students from south, so that they can continue with another IMSA school.

M. Arslan and M. Dunn shared Phase Two of the South school closure.  A timeline has been developed in order to track all the items that need to be done. The principals have interviewed approximately 15 of the south staff members for positions and either IMSA North or West. It looks like about 10 will be offered positions at this time. 

A transition team has been put together, M. Arslan,  M. Dunn, H. Akkaya, J. Brown, Halil D., and OEI.  

M. Arslan shared that at the staff meeting we were asked if we'd expect to see a large number of students withdraw.  Since the announcement on February 6, 2017, four students have withdrawn due to their parent being transferred out state due to their job and had nothing to do with the closure.

The board asked for a summary report on the following items:
    What was done?
    What would we do differently?
    What did we learn?

 

R. Ernst, shared the changes in the by-laws to reflect the term limits in a more clear form.  They would like to change the term limits to: Three year  terms with a maximum of three consecutive terms, (9 years) at least one year must lapse before they may be re-elected to the board.

R. Ernst, discussed the recommendation to increase the board size to a minimum of five members and a maximum of twelve members.

M. Dunn, presented a handout of the goals for IMSA for 2017/2018 both in regards to staff and academics.  He went over each Annual Metrics as well as the On-Going Metrics.  This is how we will be measuring our Academic  Excellence.

B. Guler shared that we had planned on a large deficit for iMSA North's budget, however, it turned out to the much lower than anticipated.  North is still in good shape for this fiscal year.  They need a larger enrollment for next school year.

B. Guler stated that NPL released the first half of the donation they had agreed to give IMSA South.  However, due to the closure they are not going to release the second half. 

B. Guler, stated that there were no changes in the West financials, they still have a surplus. 

B. Guler shared that the budgets would be coming in the April meeting.

B. Guler talked about the meeting that took place with the landlord of the IMSA North building. The goal was to try and reduce the rent. The option of purchasing the building was also discussed.  This would save about $100,000 per year, however, there are concerns that it may not be the best deal for the school.   We have spoken to the representative from Old National Bank, James Brown. We are waiting for him to come back to us with an offer.  The bank also may be willing to donate $1,000,000.00 to the school in the way of a mortgage deduction.  We need to look at the details and possible repairs that the building would need once the numbers are received from the bank.   They hope to have the numbers by the April board meeting.

B. Guler went over the projected enrollment targets for the 2017-2018 school year. It is very important that we strive to meet these numbers. 

They are as follows:
North 665  - currently 398 have re-enrolled
West 575  - currently 477 have re-enrolled

This information will be submitted in State Aid (STN Finance Application Center) by Halil.  If appropriate, the department may adjust and update the estimate.  The department will provide the updated and adjusted estimate of each school corporation’s ADM estimate and other variables to LSA before April 10.  The final estimate will be used to calculate FY2018 state tuition support beginning in July until the fall count is final.

 

B. Guler and M. Atlihan shared the building project that is proposed for IMSA West.  They are looking at adding on to the building to expand and be able to better accommodate the students. They still need to get information from the builder and work out the financing. The building could take approximately a year to complete.