The Board welcomes participation by the members of the public both in-person and telephonically. To address an item on the agenda, before the scheduled start of the meeting, an individual must provide their name and short description of the agenda item on which they wish to comment to the Chair, along with any materials they want to have distributed to the Board. Individuals who wish to address the Board telephonically must contact the Principal or Board President by phone or by email at least twenty four (24) hours before the scheduled start of the Board meeting. If the individual wants to provide any written materials to the Board, these should be emailed to the Principal or Board President at least twenty four (24) hours before the scheduled start of the meeting. The total time for any individual to present, either in person or via telephone, on an item on the agenda shall not exceed three (3) minutes, unless the Board grants additional time.

Individuals desiring to make a formal presentation to the Board on an item not on the agenda but desiring it be placed on the agenda must provide notice and written submissions detailing the subject of the presentation to the Principal or Board President at least fourteen (14) days prior to the meeting. Any such presentations shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes in duration, unless otherwise permitted by the Chair.

1. Monthly Enrollment Report

Staffing Report

This is an overlay of Zoom that offers more "Classroom" type experiences for students, it has features as we update that will allow a direct connection and link to Canvas, and gives staff and students a better overall tool to engage and manage the virtual space. We had issues with integration this year which allowed for less use that was hoped for, but with Class updates and the tech team getting everything sorted out we are good to move ahead and offer this to our staff fully functional for the 24/25 school year.

Courseware provider for our K-5 Core courses and elective high school courses.

Turnitin offers resources for our staff to verify originality of work with other resources connected to work submissions.

This invoice is covering courseware from January 1st to March 31st. This covers multpile elective courses, primarily in the High School. We will be working to move to a renwal with eDynamics that will put us on a prepay arranagement that we have with our other curriculum vendors over the next couple of months.

Renewal for our observation system for teacher observation and annual evaluations for teaching staff, some administration, and other roles within the school. 

This is a continuation of the identity management system we use through clever for integration.

In an effort to maximize safe learning environments, Pennsylvania schools are required to update a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement every two years.  The purpose of the MOU is to ensure a safe school environment; provide a clear protocol for school officials when responding to situations in which law enforcement is involved; and foster positive interactions between and among students, school officials, and law enforcement.

The officers for the 203-2024 School Year are: 

Board President – David Taylor; Board Vice President – Gail Hawkins Bush; Board Treasurer – Marcella Arline; and Board Secretary – Paul Donecker

A tool being used in small part in our curriculum development, teacher live lesson preparation and presentation tool, along with assignment options.

VMS360 is a technical deep dive into the entire network infrastructure.

Security Risk Analysis (SRA): An analysis to gain insight into Reach's cyber posture, develop and review a remediation roadmap, and incorporate it into larger cyber security position.

Linkit is a data warehousing, dashboarding, and analytics platform specifically designed for K-12 schools. This platform will allow Reach to securely store all of our instructional data including standardized assessments, benchmarks, attendance, college and career readiness indicators, Act 158 pathway indicators, grades, and more. The analytics and dashboarding tools will help us to correlate data sets, predict instructional outcomes, and measure local assessment reliability in order to help make better-informed instructional and curricular decisions, as well as strategically measure growth and triangulate student achievement.

a. Overnight culinary career experience. Students will rotate through Culinary Art, Pastry Art, and Hospitality Management. Participants will gain a sense of the college, the industry, and hospitality career options as they become involved in classes as well as off-campus visitations

b. July 10th-July 12th & July 17th-July 19th

        i. 3-day, 2-night event

c. $525/ST

        i. The cost per student includes a personalized chef coat, all food products being used, and all meals

d. Rising seniors, class of 2025

a. Student will have a clear understanding of minerals/rocks, physical geology, geomorphology/soil, Earth through time, Volcanoes/Earthquakes, Glacial geology, career opportunities, and education needed

b. 8 weekly sessions for 1 hour

c. cost of $600 per student plus kit of $60-70 

d. The main purpose of the Geology 101 Program is to provide students with a basic understanding of Geology through various topics. When students decide geology is a major they would like to complete, they will be heading into the major with a basic but important head start in many topics, which relate to each other. Geologists are real world problem solvers and of great importance for studying climate change, natural hazards, energy resources, water resources, etc. The beauty of Geology is it takes pieces from many sciences, expanding your options career wise. Geology students have an opportunity for 
many career paths. 

a. This program is created to educate and provide hands-on experience in painting, drywall finishing and glazing to students in their Junior and Senior years of high school. The goal of the program is to provide our inner-city youth the opportunity to experience the potential that careers in the building trades have to offer by providing professional instruction and guidance in these trades. The program is geared to be a stepping-stone for students to progress from classroom to potential apprentices in these industries by teaching them the skills and knowledge that is needed to be a successful tradesperson.

b. Students will earn 5 certifications by the end of the program

c. Scheduled to begin late September and will run 20 weeks

d. Hybrid program: virtual, self-paced curriculum with 10 in-person days to earn certifications

e. $1,800 per student

Pursuant to 65 Pa. C.S. §§ 708(a)(1) – to discuss any matter involving the employment, appointment, termination of employment, terms and conditions of employment, evaluation of performance, promotion or disciplining of any specific prospective public officer or employee or current public officer or employee.

Adjournment and Confirmation of Next Meeting – Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.