Soleil Academy
Minutes
Soleil Academy Board Meeting: April 24, 2024
Date and Time
Wednesday April 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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
A. Pariano, J. Kinoshita, J. Noel, V. Gonzalez-Diaz, V. Reynolds
Directors Absent
K. Armstrong, L. Safa, S. Johnson
Ex Officio Members Present
B. Gutierrez
Non Voting Members Present
B. Gutierrez
Guests Present
Addison Grant (remote), M. Serrano, R. Avilez
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approval of Minutes from 3/16/24 Soleil Academy Board Meeting
B.
Approval of School Calendar for 2024-25 School Year
III. Management Update
A.
Soleil Management Updates
Highlights:
Honor Roll Celebration enjoyed breakfast with Principal and recognition at Community Meeting
Picture Days
Spirit Week
Art Show
Earth Day
Operations:
Month 9 ADA was 93.09%
Current enrollment is 335.
New student enrollment- Goal is 108. Right now we have acheived 65% of our goal. The big oush is for Tk students to fill 3 classes.
Recruitment efforts: Full day canvassing 3 days a week, evening and weekend events in Lynwood and neighboring cities. If we do not meet at least half of our Tk goal by May 31, we may consider opening up another Kinder or 1s grade class.
Board posed questions about considering pivoting recruitment strategy
Re-enrollement progress is 150 of 290
Family Engagement; Spring Fling, Egg Hunt, Chuck E. Cheese
Facilities: Prop 39 final offer was granted, but we are negotiating price and room selection. No updates on private acquisition
LCAP goal updates: MTSS, purchase of parsec Education platform for data analysis, parent workshops, parents invited to Community Meeting. field trips, Art Show
IV. Finance Committee
A.
Updates
B.
Review of Financials
ADA and net income is in line with the budget.
Variances in LCFF due to higher enrollment
Some increases in federal revenue due to application of ESSER funding.
Cash position is strong
C.
Review Budge Draft for following year
Addison reviewed budget assumptions in LCFF
Projected contributions remain constant
No one-time funding was included in the future year projections
Two scenarios were introduced with 42 Tk students: Scenario 1 = 90% ADA, Scenario 2 = 92% ADA
V. Governance Committee
A.
Updates
We are looking to increase by 2 members
We are still in need of biographies for our website.
Board self evaluation and ED evaluation will be moved to May board meeting.
B. Gutierrez asked members to post board member job post on LinkedIn
B.
Approval of Independent Study Plan
V. Reynolds asked for clarification regarding the use of "Independent Study Policy" and "Independent Study Board Policy" in the document.
It was agreed to motion to approve pending the change of wording discussed and final approval by our attorney.
VI. Academic Committee
A.
Approval of Declaration of Need (DON)
B. Gutierrez explained the need for the DON. It accounts for the current need for emergency credentials. If we need more than indicated on the DON we will need to resubmit.
B.
Updates
M. Serrano reviewed school-wide reading growth for Window 3.
She also reviewed next steps: RTI program will be focused on K-2. There is a high percentage of students in each grade level that were identified for intervention.
Some possible solutions regarding mid-year absences in the admin team to mitigate the results of such absences.
VII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
B. Gutierrez reviewed upcoming items for approval.
Approval of School Calendar was moved to May board meeting.