A regular meeting of the Cold Spring School (CSS) Board was held on Wednesday January 22, 2020 in the media center at the school.  Presiding officer was Mr. Bob Albano, Board Chair.

Members Present were: Mr. Bob Albano, Mr. Tyler Graves, Mr. JR Renbarger, Mrs. Elizabeth School, Ms. Tonya Tudor, Mrs. Janice Hicks-Slaughter

Chief Operating Officer Mrs. Carrie Bruns, Principal Cody Stipes, and Assistant Principal AJ Barcome also attended the meeting.

Reviewed November minutes.  Carrie is still debating the costs associated with outdoor area.  $35,000 cost is not a high priority now then it was in November.

Brian Anderson presented.  Good finance meeting with auditors yesterday.  The board reviewed the financial reports.  Discussion regarding various line items such as Saturday Stars costs.  Possible looking for community donations for awards for the students who attend. 

COO provided a separate report of a better understanding of "Uncharacterized Expenses"

Middle school transition team has been formed and met.  They have identified two schools to visit.  Science curriculum should be available soon.  The Mind Trust is giving the school $100,000 for any use.  They may revisit giving us more funding for middle school science curriculum.  A formal proposal is coming for our review after March.

Posting 4 positions for teachers.  2 new positions and 2 positions that are being created.  It is not any easy process to fill the positions but we already have leads for these positions.

We might be 2 years out from the district making decisions regarding buildings.

We were able to give teachers the same band increase as IPS after administration worked with IPS.  It was important to have an increase in their base pay.  Innovation schools are not obligated to the similar contract issues as IPS.  SBA projections, there is not a negative sign in front of that projection for the coming year.  Should have final numbers in the next month or so, and then can do budget. 

What the costs going to be for auditing 7th grade, 2 teachers, $120,000 salary and benefits.

As soon as Carrie gets final numbers she can start putting together the future budgets, no later than March.  There is possibly an additional $200,000 in SBA and we also get the Mind Trust funding.

Similar calendar as the current school year.  This is also similar to IPS.  

Finance:  Mr. Renbarger, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Albano, Mrs. Bruns

Academics:  Mrs. Hicks-Slaughter, Mr. Stipes, Ms. Tudor 

Development:  Mr. Graves, Mrs. Scott, Mr. Barcome, Mrs. Wise

Academic Update on Airways Interim Analysis was provided.

Current enrollment numbers vs. 19-20 school year enrollment numbers were presented.

Update on School Culture- Robotics and Mind Trust visit

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