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.

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

J. Brown shared that both schools are participating in the CEP program – Community Eligibility Provision.  This program gives all our students free breakfast and lunch.  The parents do not have to fill out the free/reduced lunch form each year for this program.  They do have to fill out the form for textbook waiver and this is how we document our free and reduced percentage rate of 83-85%.

OEI – Core Question 1 Overview

C. Frazier – went over the color-coded sheet.  We went through indicators 1 -7 for both schools.  The highlights are that both schools have a grade “C”.  West went down from a “B” and North went up to the “C”.
Both schools are progressing upward, they will continue to work on the proficiency area.  The other indicators show progress. The schools have a process on how to get the test scores up.  They are constantly working on making it better with different testing practices.
M. Dunn – Talked about the lever that can be pulled that will be used here.  The lever is proficiency, how well did the kids do on that test.  How do we change what happens in this room and how do we pull the lever at the schools to make this happen?  We currently access the data to see where we are making progress and where we need to make changes.
D. Coats – Here at North we lag behind in attendance and we have been consistent.  We do not make the 95% rate but stay steady at about 92%.  The reason is the location and the transportation involved in getting the kids here.  The bus company does a good job to set the routes, so they are the most efficient.
J. Sparks – if there are 10 reasons that kids don’t come to school, 6 you can control. Has there been anything done to analyze this?   Tests happen once a year?  What do we do during the rest of the year to help prepare for that test? 
M. Dunn – From day one we are looking at classroom data and making changes to what is done in the classroom.   We access along the way, to see where the students are at.

The finance committee met and went over the financials and the vouchers. Halil D. went over the items that were over $5,000 and they were for curriculum materials for PLTWand items for the Fairbanks Grant.  

Revenue is approx. 57% and expenses are approx. 59% The committee recommended to approve the financials for January 2019.

Halil also shared that the schools budgets are looked at about 6 times per year.

The finance committee met and went over the financials and the vouchers. Halil D. went over the item  that was over $5,000 and it was for online instructional software for NWEA.  

Revenue is approx. 57% and expenses are approx. 57% The committee recommended to approve the financials for December & January 2019.

Halil also shared that the schools budget is looked at approximately 6 time a year.
 

D. Coats the prospective Parent Board Member interview, she was not able to make it due to illness.  We will try and reschedule the interview.  You will be notified of the new date & time.  

D. Coats – Where do we stand with Chris M.?   D. Coates, needs to talk with Chris Murphy.  We need to have our retreat, we have Chris Murphy from Concept to help us.    Would March or April be the better time to do it.  

Daniel – March sounds better
Charise – Out of town in MArch
Dr. G. – March is okay
Laura –  March is good
Jim – March is good 
Bernice –
Toby –

We will look at starting  at 10 am on the 16th of March and plan to go until 3 pm. 

J. Sparks and the committee members are still looking at updating the donor page.  We have some ideas, but if you see something out there that you think would be good, please send it to myself or Mrs. Brown.

M. Atlihan,  on the Dashboard, we monitor several areas, see the sheet. They missed the red in some categories. No data for academics for the current month. Attendance is about 95% during the winter months it is less. During the second semester we lose a few and then gain a few.
Secen – The color coding will come back. The suspension rate is higher, and there is room for improvement. We have a strong discipline team. We have systems in place and are working with the culture team on that. Enrolment has gone down we have lost a few and gained a few.

Enrollment Data –
Atlihan - Re- enrollment season has started. Enrollment drives everything, we get about $7500 per student. We try to keep the numbers consistent. Capacity 570 approx.
Provide parents with forms to tell us if they are coming back.
Secen – The numbers are looking about the same this year, they have been pretty consistent. We are about 30 students away from capacity.
M. Dunn – People can write letters to the legislators and ask them to leave the count day to 1 time per year.
J. Sparks – Michael can you please email this information
M.Atlihan,  Title 1 inspection – they issued the report – we passed all the indicators. We also had the lunch and breakfast audit, we had some findings, and we have corrected them. We had the Fire Marshall and they found some findings. The health department, we passed as now. 

Secen – we had the health department. We are working on deep diving into the data and working with our teachers. Airways platform is the new ILearn and is the same platform. We are using this platform. The reading question for 4th grade came out as an 8th grade level.

We are still pushing for the rigor; the skill can be the same even if the text is not at the right level.
 

L. Danielson was able to help Mrs. Brown with the CHIRP website. Mrs. Brown could not get access to the student immunization website.  Laura was able to get her connected and get the access she needed.

D. Coats, Dinner with friends – they have kids at the West/North she was raving about how great the kid’s schools are.  It turns out that they attend both IMSA North and West.
I recently was flying on Southwest and read about a program they have called adopt a pilot.  They will have a pilot come and work with 5th grade to gain interest in avionics.  I talked to the flight attendant and she gave him the information so that we can contact them in late summer. To sign up for next year.


March Meeting:
Sparks – Yes
Dr. G. – Yes
Frazier – No
Pierson – Yes
Danielson – Yes