Brighter Choice Charter Schools

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday January 12, 2023 at 10:00 AM

Location

250 Central Ave., Albany, NY

Trustees Present

M. Snyder, N. Velilla, P. Romain, R. McLaughlin, T. Hanmer, Z. Nelson

Trustees Absent

N. Maresca

Guests Present

K. Ford, K. Mclean, L. Licygiewicz

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

M. Snyder called a meeting of the board of trustees of Brighter Choice Charter Schools to order on Thursday Jan 12, 2023 at 9:46 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

N. Velilla made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 12-08-22.
T. Hanmer seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Governance Committee Report

The Governance Committee provided standard updates on enrollment on academic assessment data and staffing. The other item is a continued focus on understanding and setting goals for enrollment that will support the desired instructional model. There was an announcement of a new Director of Enrollment working with both schools. 

III. Finance

A.

Finance Committee Report

Overall both schools are trending on par and we will have a mid year budget amendment in a couple weeks. There are a couple districts with increasing accounts receivable. The committee decided to learn more about applying to the IRS for Economic Recovery Credit (ERC).

IV. Other Business

A.

Goals

The short and long term goals of the organization are continued to be discussed. A long term goal being to grow academic excellence. The goal is reliant on enrollment to support the ideal staffing structure being decided by the school leaders.

The board is looking ahead to when CARES funding is phasing out and being able to continue to support the academic program.

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

R. McLaughlin made a motion to Adjourn.
N. Velilla seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Z. Nelson