Soleil Academy
Minutes
Soleil Academy Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday April 27, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Location
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Board Meeting will be held at 3900 Agnes Ave, Lynwood, CA 90262 and on zoom on the above date and time. During the meeting, the Board will consider, discuss, and may take action upon any of the agenda items listed below.
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Directors Present
B. Lowry, J. Kinoshita, V. Gonzalez-Diaz, V. Reynolds
Directors Absent
A. Pariano, J. Noel
Ex Officio Members Present
B. Gutierrez
Non Voting Members Present
B. Gutierrez
Guests Present
John Thurman (remote), Michelle Lohner (remote), R. Avilez
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Set the agenda
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve 03-28-23 Soleil Academy Board Meeting Minutes
We took into account holidays observed by LUSD and locally to implement similar holidays.
Major shift we are proposing this year is having a Fall Break at the end of September. Other schools are also doing something similar. The later end date also aligns to LAUSD.
B.
Approval of 23-24 Academic School Calendar
C.
Approval of Director V. Gonzalez Diaz as Board Secretary
D.
Approval of Director V. Reynolds as Board Treasurer
III. Management Update
A.
Soleil Management Updates
- School Principal Maria Serrano starts on May 1
- Science Fair: Students presented their projects to staff and parents
- Afterschool All-stars: Introduced soccer and multi-sports club last week. Summer programming will be offered as well.
- Enrollment: We are at 269, still above budgeted enrollment. Need 98 more students to reach re-enrollment goal for next year. Currently have a TK waitlist for next year
- Attendance: Month 9 was 91% attendance rate.
- Chronic absenteeism: Chronic absenteeism rate is 40%. Reasons range from illness, personal, bereavement, lack of transportation. Only 9 of the chronically absent have reached the 10% threshhold for unexcused absences. Reviewed tiered intervention protocol. We will be implementing changes for next school year to support decreasing the chronic absenteeism rate.
- Parent engagement: April has the strongest parent engagement. 33 families have met goal of 20+ hours.
- Facilities: Prop 39- Total of 9 classrooms offered at Mark Twain. Tk- 1 will be housed at Rosa Parks campus next year. Mark Twain will be grades 2+. We are continuing the search for a private site.
IV. Finance
A.
Updates
B.
Review Financials
There were some variances when compared to our budgeted revenue due LCFF funding, federal and and state revenue, grant/fundraising. Increased variance in expenses due to classified salaries, supplies, and other expenses. Due to variances, there is a decrease in net income. Soleil is in a favorable financial position.
V. Governance
A.
Updates
New board member candidate will be invited to the next board meeting.
May board meeting will need to be rescheduled.
VI. Development
A.
Updates
Spring fundraising is TBD
VII. Academic Committee
A.
Updates
- Currently testing Step, MAP, SBAC. Some data will be available at next board meeting.
- MTSS rollout: Teachers utilize a systematic risk screening scale to identify needs for behavioral interventions. EOY goal is to increase Tier 1 interventions to 80%. Currently at 71%