Brighter Choice Charter Schools
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday December 14, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Location
250 Central Ave., Albany, NY
Trustees Present
M. Snyder (remote), N. Velilla, R. McLaughlin, T. Hanmer, Z. Nelson
Trustees Absent
None
Guests Present
K. Ford, K. Mclean (remote), L. Licygiewicz
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Committee Reports
A.
Finance Report
B.
Governance Report
M. Snyder summarized the Governance Committee meeting from this morning. K. Ford and K. McLean presented their dashboards and updates that include enrollment, assessment data, culture and COVID cases.
There is a contract with School Mint, to elevate our brand, particularly that of the Boys' school. NYS Assessments will be released today and that will show how we compare to the state and district averages. We will announce successes to the community. Both leaders described their commitment to reducing chronic absenteeism. We continue to discuss recruitment of new trustees and expanding our board and putting in place a code of conduct and expectations of commitment to the board.
The Committee met Friday, December 8. During the meeting Paul Augello went through the true-ups and showed us trending with the budget and the budget implications of the Material Change. He described the Merit pay impacts and the committee discussed standards of merit pay going forward.
L. Licygiewicz described the discussions he had with health insurance options and the ongoing conversation and we anticipate quotes.