Brighter Choice Charter Schools
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday October 24, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Location
250 Central Ave. Albany, NY 12206
Trustees Present
M. Snyder (remote), N. Clement, N. Velilla, T. Hanmer, Z. Nelson
Trustees Absent
C. Driggs
Guests Present
K. Ford, K. Mclean, L. Licygiewicz
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Approve minutes
Members who were official during the 10-23 meeting voted.
II. Committee Reports
A.
Finance Committee Report out
B.
Governance Committee Report out
Martha reported on the Governance Committee meeting where the committee heard directly from Ken Claflin about the draft audit and the strong organization. Ken and the leadership team expressed mutual appreciation for the professionalism and collaboration during the process. The principals of each school reported on the current points of interest for their schools, including enrollment, staffing changes, interim assessments, special populations and special events. The Boy's school Kindergarten readiness Saturday program (Jump Start) has been successful so far with growing interest. This will be a program that continues forward with expansion considerations.
C.
Approve Draft Audit Report (Vote)
D.
Vote on the draft email report
This item is a typo.
III. Other Business
A.
Executive session
The board asked Luke and Paul to have an amended budget for the November (latest December) to vote on that includes HSA, 403B, merit, and incentive proposals. The board will look for dates for an all staff meeting sometime in December. The schools will look at 12/12/24 for the all staff meeting.
Martha Snyder reported that the Finance committee met in September. There are a few adjustments that will be made to update enrollment at the Boy's school, school contributions to the staff HSA, the draft audit, and retention bonus plan. Luke reported that there will be updates to the security cameras that will be $20K capital expense. The committee discussed a possible transition to a 401K from a 403B (Noah did recuse himself because there could be a bid from his employer).