Soleil Academy
Minutes
Soleil Academy Board Meeting: October 21, 2023
Date and Time
Saturday October 21, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Location
12315 Thorson Ave Lynwood, CA. 90262 (Satellite Option: 3900 Agnes Ave. Lynwood, CA 90262)
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Board Meeting will be held at 12315 Thorson 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
J. Kinoshita, J. Noel, S. Johnson (remote), V. Reynolds
Directors Absent
A. Pariano, V. Gonzalez-Diaz
Ex Officio Members Present
B. Gutierrez
Non Voting Members Present
B. Gutierrez
Guests Present
M. Serrano, R. Avilez
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Set the agenda
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve 9/20/23 Soleil Academy Board Meeting Minutes
B.
Approval of Prop 39 Submission to Lynwood Unified School District
C.
Approval of Amendments to Fiscal Policies
III. Management Update
A.
Soleil Management Updates
IV. Finance
A.
Updates
We are in a healthy fiscal position due to average daily attendance. Current ADA exceeds budgeted. Numbers are expected to decrease due to upcoming winter season
V. Governance
A.
Updates
We need one more member for Finance Committee.
Reviewed priorities and action items for each committee.
Giving Tuesday: Plan is to have Board Members recruit new members.
Reviewed backwards planning for upcoming approvals.
B.
Executive Director Bonus Structure (VOTE)
Changes:
- Removed strategic planning to increase focus on academic achievement
- Scaffold ADA payout
- Revised student achievement goals
VI. Academic
A.
Updates
Phase 1 coming to a close- walkthroughs to assure curriculum alignment and explicit phonics instruction.
Phase 2 beginning in November. Moving to standards based grading, school data platform Parsec, RTI program, Guided Reading.
Reviewed whole school tiered intervention support.
BM Noel suggested to assess the quality of Tier 1 instruction.
Based on SBAC scores, math also needs to be a focus.
B. Gutierrez shared highlights:
R. Avilez shared Operations updates:
B. Gutierrez reviewed LCAP Goal update