"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."

There was no public input given.

D. Coats, introduced Jasmine from OEI, she will be taking Hugo Menendez's place.   She also shared that she may only be with us until January or February.

M. Dunn,  Shared the updated Dashboard, the numbers are good, there was a small uptake int he suspension numbers, but not as much as last year.

T. Miller, Disparity in suspensions, are we training our teachers in culture issues?   North has a higher disparity than West does.  North has a new culture team.  T. Miller asked if the Culture team could come to an upcoming meeting.

T. Miller, Why are we losing kids, and how can the Board help?  A partnership with INHP may be helpful. I would like to see the schools get to the point that we can't handle all the kids that want to come here.

D. Coats, informed the board that Ron Ernst had resigned.  He was a great asset to the Board.  He express that he didn't feel that the Board took their job as seriously as he thought they should.  

 

Board Retreat:  
D. Coats, feel that a Board Retreat is important.  Getting together and going over how we can help the schools.  We also have 0 spots on the Board and currently there are seven members.  T. Miller, asked what skill set are we looking for?  Academics, Finance, and Governance.  Would it be alright to contact Hugo about joining for the financial expertise?  M. Dunn, asked how they wanted the members to bring peoples name to the Board? 
D. Coats, if they have someone they want to recommend they can contact myself or Mrs. Brown.

T. Miller, suggested that they use the information from the assessment for the evaluation process.  It would also be good to go through the Board Assessment at the Retreat.

Goals:
D. Coats, to find 3 new members by January 31
J. Sparks, to spend some time visioning and thinking big and out of the box.

D. Coats, does Concept have anyone that could help us plan the retreat?  M. Arslan, suggested Chris Murphy.  Mr. Arslan will ask Chris.

The tentative date is February 16th from 8 am to 5 pm. 
 

D. Coats, M. Dunn, gave a brief presentation  and O. Secen, showed videos with regards to the Relay and the new things they are rolling out at IMSa North.

T. Miller, went over the school budgets, he pointed out a few items like account 1999 - Other, it is teacher attrition and the amount the teachers pay if they break their contract.   Both schools are doing good right now, and we don't see any issues at this time.

T. Miller, IMSA North had two big expenses over $5,000, textbooks, and the annual teacher recruitment fee.  The grant money should be coming in November.   The only question on the vouchers was the quantity of checks written for $62, these were for game officials.   There were no issues or concerns.

T. Miller,  IMSA West had two expenses over $5,000 and that was textbooks, and the teacher recruitment payment.  There were no issues or concerns.

J. Sparks, asked if donations to the schools can be made by credit card - the answer was yes.  Donations can also be specific if they want it to go to a certain fund.  

Halil is going to provide J. Sparks, with a donor list, there are approximately 800 donors.  Would like to get a hard copy of highlights for both schools to use for donation requests, and directing them to the donation page.

Still need to work on the "Whats my why" and have it on the website.  The committee hopes to have all this in place by the end of the year.  Would like to visit the neighborhood businesses. 

M. Dunn, at the Regional meeting we can talk about what to highlight.

T. Miller, Roundtable, we need to bring people to the table, It is not a requirement but a suggestion for a donation of $125 for each board member.  We need to make sure that everyone knows what we are doing and why.

O. Secen, Relay, he shared about his advisor and how while she was advising his and he was advising a teacher, her advisor was advising her.

M. Atlihan, We are continuing to work on student learning.  They went to Data PLC Training and it has helped.  He is trying to increase the technology and is effectiveness ,  The staff is very receptive to the training.

D. Coats, Thank you.

T. Miller, gave a shout out to Dave Coats, @ the Race Relations meeting, he brought up that Charters are bringing in 60% of the income of a regular public school and are providing two months better in education.  Patrick McAlister mentioned several programs that IMSA is doing .  Congrats to all!

D. Coats, read a letter regarding the deficiency  for IMSA North.  M. Dunn, we are striving to continue the upward motion.

D. Coats, he will be attending the next Parent University event.

T. Miller, mentioned they were looking for a place to hold the December 7th Race Relations Meeting.  The thought was maybe at West, but there is not room. Mr. Atlihan will check with New Wineskins to see if there was availability. 

Next meeting availability:
Jim Sparks  -Yes
Dave Coats - No
Dr. G.  - No
Charise Frasier - Yes
Toby Miller - Yes - Toby will chair the meeting