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D. Coats opened the floor for public. No public input was given.

M. Dunn - Shared the updated dashboard, with the addition of the trending up and down arrows.  The finance and attendance have picked up, with a sight increase in the suspension rate.The Principals will have discussions on the suspension rate at the end of the year.  R. Ernst, what is the metric for suspensions?  D. Coats, what is the main reason for suspensions?  O. Secen, not following school rules, there is several things that the school does prior to suspension to try and resolve the issue.  

R. Ernst suggested doing monthly calculations instead of cumulative. H. Menendez agreed that the monthly  data and using the  data metrics that OEI uses would be helpful.  R. 
Ernst, How do we manage this data? O. Secen, Said it is hard to set a monthly goal.  M. Arslan shared that we can change the way we monitor the suspension rate.  D. Coats, if we suspend a student it is to hope that they would do better afterwards. How can we tell if we are improving there education?   T. Miller, Dashboard is great, would like to breakout the data to see where it is. Make sure the implicit bias is not there.  Lets bookmark this to go over at a later date.

K. Pattison and H. Menendez shared the framework for the Core 1 & Core 2  for IMSA North and West for school year 2016-17.  K. Pattison shared that the overview would be brief and that he would be happy to meet with anyone that had questions that were not answered int he presentation.  Print outs of the information were given to all members present.   

It was shared that:  IMSA North went from a "F" to a "D" school - West is a "B" school and South, even thought it closed went from  an "F" to a "C".  K. Pattison is flagging IMSA as "a school on the move"

IMSA North & West had a less than 10% deficiency gap in providing equitable education to all students. 

H. Menendez let the board know that there will only be one count day each year moving forward.
They would like to see each school have  45 days of cash on hand - that is the goal

 

This items was tabled until after the review meeting.

M. Dunn, shared the original Kindergarten Policy as well as the revised policy. He explained that the verbage changed due to the change in legislation.  The new law says that Kindergarten student must be 5 by August 1st to enter Kindergarten.  If a school accepts a students whose birthday is after August 1st, they can enroll them however, they cannot count them in the ADM count, therefore they won't receive any funds for that student.

D. Coats, shared that the Academic Excellence Committee meeting was great, lots of feedback and positive progress.   M. Chisley talked about the meeting topic and that was mobility as well as parental involvement.  They discussed several of the factors of parent involvement.  The whole focus was on how the board can better help the schools, when it comes to the parents.  It was also discussed about involving the students int he community with the parents.  D. Coats, asked how we do we get the parents involved and committed to the school?   Getting the parents and holding them accountable. M. Dunn, noted some areas and how the board can help.  

T. Miller went over the financials and the vouchers for IMSA North.  There were no items that stood out, the only items was the payments to Mrs. Pico, and they were payments for the Columbia trip over spring break. The staff and students paid the school and the school paid her as she got the tickets.

T. Miller, went over the financials and the vouchers for ISMA West.  The only items was the NWEA  software,that was a large expense.  The vouchers were all good.  

T. Miller shared the proposed 2018-19 budget narratives with everyone.  this budget is based on the student counts of N-720 and W-590.  The budget will be updated after the September ADM count, approximately in October.  There were a few changes from the 17-18 budget however the narrative defined the changes.

B. Valentine-Watts, asked why there is a difference in the salary increases for the schools?  M. Atlihan, said that West had done a larger increase last year.  O. Secen, gave elementary more because they were lower and then less to the high school.  Salaries are done a little more individual than most schools.

D. Coats, mentioned the salary walkouts and that they may eventually make it here to Indiana and we should be thinking forward and be ready in case they do.   It was asked why the tuition reimbursement was lower for West and M. Atlihan stated that he has talked to his teachers and knows who is planning on attending school and the need was not as high as last year. 

The 5 year budget for IMSA North for the deficiency letter was briefly discussed due to the time restriction. It will be revisited at the June meeting. Since it is a deficiency letter requirement with the due date of April 30, Hugo said he will mark it as "In Progress"

R. Ernst shared that they had a planning meeting to get prepared for the Board Retreat.  The process has not been completed and the retreat will likely be in the fall. More information to follow.

The May meeting conflicts with the high school graduation. It was suggested that the May meeting be cancelled and the board would then attend the graduation.

D. Coats shared the 2018-2019 Board Meeting schedule,  The recommendation by OEI continues that the board meet monthly.

The development Committee did not have a presentation for this month.

M. Atlihan shared that they are working on ISTEP, they are doing it all online this year, they have had some internet issues but are working through it.

O. Secen, had graduation/alumni data, but it was tabled until the June meeting.

The next meeting is being cancelled. The board members will attend the high school graduation on that day.  All those in attendance said they would be present,