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 for public input.  No public input was given.

D. Coats, shared that they had interviewed the prospective parent board member.  He gave a brief overview of her history with IMSA.  He also went over the talking points from her interview.  The board discussed the benefits of having a parent on the board and then went to vote.

M. Dunn gave a recap of a parent meeting.  B. Valentine-Watts discussed the future areas of focus for the committee and items that they wanted to monitor.  M. Dunn also gave an ILEARN update.  

Halil D. shared that there were no major expenses in the month of February. Revenue was at approximately 67% and Expenses were at approximately 66%.  Cash balance was good and there were no outstanding accounts payable. The Finance Committee recommended the reports for approval by the Board.

Halil, also gave an overview of the requirements of the State Board of Accounts.  He talked about the  5 Components of Effective Internal Control System:

1. Control Environment
2. Risk Assessment
3. Control Activities
4. Information and Communication
5. Monitoring Activities

The financial department at Concept are in the process of updating their policies, they will have those processes to the schools in the summer.

Halil D. shared that there were no major expenses in the month of February. Revenue was at approximately 66% and Expenses were at approximately 65%.  Cash balance was good and there was a small outstanding accounts payable balance. The Finance Committee recommended the reports for approval by the Board.

D. Coats, was reflecting on the fact that he had to miss a couple of meetings.  It reminded him that the Vice-Chair position had not been filled after Ron left. We have had people fill in during my absences, but have not had a discussion about voting on these positions.  

The Governance Committee had a meeting and recommended the following members for the open positions:

Vice Chair - Jim Sparks
Treasurer - Toby MIller
Secretary - Bernice Valentine-Watts

Motioned were made and a vote will be taken.

There is a piece of Legislation HB1001 - It would be great if you all could reach out to the Senators.  Currently school that receive a letter grade of "C" or high receive $500 per student. (it is retroactive by a year).  IMSA North is now qualified to receive this grant.  The passing of HB1001 would increase the amount to $1,000 per student.  We will have IPads available for members to complete the "Action Item" at the end of the meeting.

 

D. Coats, has spoken to Mr. Arslan and Chris Murphy from Concept and Chris was unable to make the retreat date in March and would not be available in April due to Easter.  They will continue to work with him to get a date set.

No report this month.

Both Principals are at a hiring event today so they could attend the meeting.  M. Dunn will give the "Dashboard" report.  M. Dunn, had everyone look over the report and see if they had any questions.  Halil had went over the financial information during his presentation.

D. Coates said he would be willing to attend home visits if he is available.  They would also like to have the Principal's report out on rewards and other things like that happening at their schools.

D. Coats, took a survey of members for next month's meeting:

J. Sparks - Yes
D. Pierson - Yes
L. Danielson - Yes
D. Coats - Yes
B. Valentine-Watts - Yes
M. Gonolunan - No
J. McFarland - Yes