Chief Academic Officer Rikki Hunt Taylor shared details about the start of the school year. She described back to school night, senior night, and senior retreat. The committee discussed instructional shifts happening this year. 

In person events that took place this school year so far. We are happy to bring more normalcy to our schools by welcoming families into our buildings.

• Back to School Night 
• Senior Night 
• Ninth Grade Night
• Senior Retreat

Updates: 

• There is still use of 1:1 devices
• Module internalization looks different this year
• Middle school now has WIN block so teachers can provide more direct support 
• Providing PLC'S for teachers
• Things look mostly the same with a few tweaks 
• We are currently well-staffed with only one vacancy

What did we do differently that allowed us to be fully staffed this time around? (Eric)

• The new salary scale allowed us to keep people 
• The salary scale helped us hire people 

CAO Rikki Hunt Taylor shared an overview of the PARCC scores from 2022. She shared the performance of E.L. Haynes students compared to the charter and city averages. The committee also looked at comparisons across specific schools.

CAO Rikki Hunt Taylor led a discussion of the 2022-23 Quarterly Dashboard. The committee discussed the new metrics that have been added and the decision to remove certain metrics from the dashboard.

CAO Rikki Hunt Taylor shared the timeline that will be followed to make a decision about how to structure the school calendar. She described how input will be gathered and how options will be researched.