Casey Jower

Unaudited actuals 25-26 due 9/15/26

Presented ALT - Charter School Unaudited Actuals Financial Report (Alterntive Form)

Total Revenue 3 million

Total Expenditure 3.073 million

10.5K Adjustments

Fund Balance 25K ahead of budgeted

26-27

Net Surplus (Deficit) trending positive, more operational efficiency

Reduced personnel expenditures to meet lower than anticipated enrollment

Governor's budget: Community School Funding Project, Nov deadline

Increase in SpEd funding

Overall doing really well

Ruben Reyes - Anticipate Robla's response to this report?

Herinder Pegany - NHCS has communicated closely, as well as communication to SCOE

Much of deficit was accumulated through high SpEd service needs

El Dorado SELPA helping to address

We are anticipating additional funding sources

Kim Howard - Details for Community School Funding Project?

Herinder Pegany - Supports holistic services, such as counseling and other services we might not yet be provided for students health and well-being

Teacher Guests admitted to the meeitng 4:47 pm:

Enrique Chaveste - Science 7/8, Math 7, year 5 with NHCS

Amy Ochoa - English/History 8, year 5 with NHCS

Angela Aprim-  English/History 7, (past Spanish) year 7 with NHCS

Hari Shetty - Math 7/8, year 5 with NHCS

Board Member Introductions:

Lisa Jong-Fong

Kim Howard

Ruben Reyes

Presentation: NHCS Board: School Opening 2026

24-27 3 LCAP Goals: Academic Performance, School Climate, Parent Involvement

Dashboard 25-26

Predicted performance, 2026 Status and Change from 2025

Chronic Absenteeism moved 21% to 10.8% (yay!)

Schoolwide Performance 2022-2026

ELPI Over Time, Students scoring Proficient/Meeting Expectations 33%-51% 2022-2026 (yay!)

Goals of Instructional Conferences (teachers and administrators): Building teachers' practices for analyzing student data to inform instruction

Focusing on learning and teacher growth (not evaluation)

Identifying gap between current and desired level of performance, setting goals

Angela Aprim:

How to better support students with IEPs

Targeted small group instruction

Teacher videos of lessons to analyze practice

Purposeful independent work

Hari Shetty:

Teaching Framework: Four Modules (self video)

Analyzing for engagement in mathematics, teaching strategies, effective group work practices

(Mark helps with the recordings)

Herinder Pegany - Popcorn viewing party (learning is fun!)

Enrique Chaveste:

Reflective practices, appreciate process

Building a supportive and challenging learning environment by maintain/establishing routines to maximize instructional effectiveness

Amy Ochoa

Shift mental load from teacher to students

SCOE Intern Program aligns with process

Board members shared appreciations for reflective, personalized goals, the vulnerability of looking at video of self teaching and data, confronting micro and macro impacts to the system. Rewarding to see student improvement, big payoff for effort.

Student Goals and Student-led Parent/Teacher Conferences

CAASPP ELA, Math, Science

Angela & Amy

Slides on CAASPP Test Prep "ELA Data Presentation"

7th and 8th Level Data 1-4 by number of students, Number of EL, Number of IEP

Next Steps: curriculum and instruction to focus on reading comprehension (through Spectrum)

WIN - What I Need Time, additional intervention during last class period

Enrique & Hari

Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project (CSU/UC)

Data Document "MDTP August 26-27" and "8th Grade MDTP August" on Math/Science Benchmarks, Tier 1-3 (Demonstrating, Approaching, Below) by math topics

Setting goals and examining math domains, standards, question items

Goal setting in every WIN class

Herinder

PE Benchmarks

Learning Center support for all

Referrals by Behavior and Time (Schoolwide Culture, LCAP Goal 2)

Herinder can share with staff these evidence-based instructional resources shared from Board Members:

Lisa 

1) Through SCOE and CAASPP's websites, register for live webinars or view on-demand trainings for CAASPP test prep, such as using the FIABs, Hand Scoring of the Performance Tasks in ELA, Math, and Science/CAST

2) Amplify Science of Reading Podcast

There is a recent four-part series on Adolescent Literacy, and all of the last Season 10 was on Reading Comprehension

https://amplify.com/science-of-reading-the-podcast/

3) What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Providing Reading Intervention for Students in Grades 4-9 (March 2022)

From the Institute of Educational Sciences within the US Dept. of Ed., the Full Guide PDF details practices for decoding multisyllabic words, purposeful fluency-building, comprehension-building practices, and making sense of stretch/challenging/grade level/complex text.

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguide/29

4) Joan Sedita - Keys to Literacy

View free teaching resources and recorded webinars of topics in her books, such as "Essentials of Adolescent Literacy: Reading and Writing Instruction in Grades 5-12"

https://keystoliteracy.com/free-resources/videos/

Kim

5) Dr. Catlin Tucker - author, website, podcast for small group instruction with upper grades students. Book: The Station Rotation Model & UDL: Elevate Tier 1 Instruction and Cultivate Learner Agency

https://catlintucker.com/2025/01/mtss-tier-1-instruction-small-groups/