Matt shares video of Jamie McKinley, 3rd/4th Grade Math Teacher

• The longer the teacher is with us, the better the performance, the better overall development for our students
• Evan asks for clarity for the metric of high performance
  • Matt answers it is based from TCAP scores & TVAAS scores

Greg discusses the financial update

• Improvement of cash position is happening
• Enrollment is over 470 students, but budgeted for 464 students
  • weighted average of 456 students throughout the year
• Even with the additions to the budget, we are still expecting a surplus
• Jeremy asks about the enrollment number
  • Matt answers that we are around the 465 number
• Matt talks about the substitutes and how it is being outsourced by a company; this adds to the budget line
• Evan asks about philanthropic support and where it is coming from
  • Matt describes where the support is coming and how he is focus on the grant match from Pyramid
  • Matt looks to apply for grants from Hyde and Nike
  • Evan suggests Christian Community Foundation
• Jeremy asks about the number given per student; does it change every year?
  • Greg answers yes as we are about the average compared to other schools

Kenny and Jeremy describes the overall status of the school building

• Jeremy describes about making it a priority with a getting a date set with a potential new vendor for preventative maintenance
• The main thing is how to preserve our building; how to preserve our investment at Believe
• Jeremy mentions Memphis Youth Athletics and how a visit is scheduled to see our facilities
• Matt mentions to slowly rent out the building to enhance revenue
• Jeremy asks has a legal party looked at the facility agreement
• Alicia asks about the playground repairs
• Alicia asks about the additional lighting at the front of the building
  • Emily asks if we know if there is any city funding that we can use for the lighting
  • Mike mentions Crime Stoppers for funding, especially with sky cop
• Diane asks about the usage of the bathrooms during events

Brad and Alicia discusses the Board on Track Training

• For new members, there are 6 sessions
• For returning members, there are 4 sessions
  • Each video is about 45-60 minutes long
• These training sessions are important as it is apart of the SCS Operations Scorecard
• Board on Track is mobile friendly; great way to take your training on the go

Brad describes the evaluation process for the Executive Director

• It is processed on Board on Track as it summarizes all of the answers
• Majority of the Board finished the evaluation
• The overall evaluation was exceptionally positive

Alicia reviews the 2025-26 priorities and expectations for the Executive Director

• The Board has voted the bonus structure
• Matt will provide a 3-year strategic plan by the Spring Retreat in March 2025

Matt reviews the ED report

• Our Kindergarteners and 1st graders struggled to retain the knowledge over the Winter Break
• Matt reiterates how he is coaching in Math
• Matt talks about Beat the Test; describes extra tutoring and rearrangement of classes to help the academic initiative
• Matt reviews the staffing chart
  • eliminates the assistant principals in both academies
  • eliminates a student support specialist in both academies
  • plans to add a SPED teacher in both academies
• Goal is not to expand, but dive deeper to enhance what we currently have
• Reviews the enrollment section
  • Buses being worked on to be properly utilized
  • Plan to improve our ESL population
  • Goal to enroll 530 students