The Executive Director took a moment to honor the life of Mr. Patrick, a beloved second grade special educator at Mundo Verde.

The Executive Director highlighted the Calle Ocho Bicibús, which recently earned an award from the DC Department of Transportation. Both Mundo Verde campuses also recently earned recognition for achieving at least 95% compliance on immunizations. She also previewed some upcoming school-wide events that board members are invited to attend.

The Executive Director shared the following updates:

• The team has made two very strong hires for the roles of Chief Academic Officer and Chief of People and Culture;
• Strategic planning is moving along well, with stakeholder engagement wrapping up; we have formed a Steering Committee and Bellwether will share a draft of the school needs assessment in the June board meeting;
• Recruitment for SY25-26 is trending above last year at this point in time, and we are on track to exceed our enrollment target this fall;
• The school community has really showed up for staff and families in the past few weeks, for which we are very grateful

The Interim CFO presented on the draft FY26 budget, including "budget tightening factors" that are decreasing revenue or increasing costs and "budget alleviating factors" that are increasing revenue. 

The Director of Student Services shared an update on how we have improved timeliness of compliance around special education over the past three school years. Rashida Young shared the May committee report, which included data on students who exit the EL designation and teacher retention.

Anneliese Gegenheimer shared the Internal Committee report. In the last meeting the Internal Committee discussed enrollment, facilities updates (demolition has started, with substantial completion expected in spring 2026), and the FY26 budget.

John Mahaffie shared the Governance Committee update. The committee is recommending the board vote tonight to approve two new board members: 

• Tom Clark
• Shavonne Gibson

John Mahaffie shared that the committee has received 15 applications from caregivers to serve on the board, and will be interviewing candidates in the coming weeks. Katie Cole shared that we hope to add members until we are closer to 13 total board members.

The board moved into executive session at 7:56pm.

The board returned from executive session at 8:39pm.