M. Snyder shared that she recently watched a NYSED / David Frank webinar regarding the Fall 2020 Renewal process. Basically, most visits will be done remotely. The school Admin teams were asked to stay aware of any information requests.

See note from item IIA, above.

K. Mclean reports for BCCSB:

Remote Instruction:

• The school's Chromebooks have still not arrived.
  • A parent survey was used to assess families' needs for computer equipment for remote instruction. It was decided that these needs could be temporarily met with the school's existing Chromebooks and some borrowed Chromebooks from BCCSG.
  • Virtual instruction has been re-scheduled to begin 9/21/2020. IN the meantime the staff has taken advantage of this time to conduct increased planning.
• A newsletter will be sent to families regarding the remote model of instruction.
• Videos and In-person sessions will be scheduled for families to come to school to practice logging into and using the required software/websites.
• Major assessments will still be held, in-person, in school for remote-model scholars.

Hybrid model:

• This model is going well - attendance has averaged about 77% for the first few days.
• Families are responsive to new socially distant drop-off and pick-up procedures.

Enrollment:

• The school has 261 scholars currently enrolled.

K. Ford reports for BCCSG:

Remote Instruction:

• Remote Instruction started, as scheduled, on 9/8/2020. By the third day the process of logging in and using the hardware and software began to go smoothly.
• In-person sessions will be scheduled for families to come to school to practice logging into and using the required software/websites.
• Ordered "Hot Spots" - that will help families with connectivity issues - have not arrived, yet.

Staffing:

• Some staffing adjusted to cover remote instruction, ENL and Special Education services. The school needs an additional Special Education teacher and an additional Teacher Aide.

Enrollment:

• The school has 288 scholars currently enrolled.

T. Stutsrim recapped the general areas of priority based on last school year's Trustee Self-Assessment. Trustees were asked to complete this questionnaire, again, for this school year.

T. Stutsrim will be resigning from Board responsibilities as of 10/1/2020. She will pass on "Board Goal" materials. Lastly, she will facilitate scheduling of a Board Work Meeting and/or Board Retreat.

Trustees were asked to consider people they might know who could guide a retreat.