Soleil Academy
Minutes
Soleil Academy Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday July 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
J. Noel, K. Armstrong, L. Safa, S. Johnson, V. Reynolds
Directors Absent
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
II. Closed Session
A.
Conference with legal counsel - Existing litigation
III. Consent Agenda
A.
Approval of Minutes from 6/22/24 Soleil Academy Board Meeting
B.
Annual Review of Fiscal Policies
C.
Approval of BoardOn Track Contract
D.
Approval of Prop 28 Annual Report
E.
Approval of Amendments to Independent Study Policy
IV. Management Update
A.
Soleil Management Updates
New Student Enrollment
- Still need a number of students in Tk and Kinder,
- Current enrollment: 372. Enrollment Goal 390
- We are actively recruiting at local events.
Upcoming events: Headshots and first day of school
Facilities: Prop 39 Final negotiations was brougth down, bringing some savings to our budget
V. Governance Committee
A.
Updates
B.
Board Goal Development
B. Gutierrez provided an April recap regarding Executive Director Evaluation and Board Self-Evaluation.
Board goals were outlined for each of the primary committees
VI. Finance Committee
A.
Updates
No financials to review. Closing the books foor the 23-24 school year
B.
403B Discussion
We are currently utilizing Employee Fiduciary. There are some services Soleil is looking for that they do not provide so the team has reviewed other 403b options and will be going with Vanguard.
C.
Approval of 403B
D.
Approval of Board Resolution for Bank Account Signatories
Board member V. Reynolds and J. Noel abstained from the vote, as necessary.
VII. Academic
A.
Updates
B.
Schoolwide Student Data
M. Serrano reviewed the 2 assessments administered: CAASPP and MAP.
Average of Fall '23 ELA Grade Level Equivalency: 2.01
Average of Spring '24 ELA Grade Level Equivalency: ~2.91
For ELA there was an increase of our whole school Conditional Growth Index as demonstrated by performance on ELA MAP. This is an improvement over last year.
For Math, 4 out of 6 grades demonstrated a positive growth index.
Grades K, 1, 4, 5 showed positiv growth on their CGI
Soleil Academy Outcomes:
- Did not outperform the state overall distance from in ELA & Math.
- In math we outperformed the state average of distance of proficiency within the subgroups: ELs, SES & Latino.
- In ELA only ELs outperformed D3 in comparison to the state.
- Priority for 24-25 school year will be to tackle chronic absenteeism via collective ownership and to increase academic improvement via people development.
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
Upcoming board meeting topics:
- Board Goal Development
- MAP Academic Outcomes
- Bonus Payouts (3)
- Proposed Bonus Draft for 24-25 SY Discussion
- Finance: Unaudited Actuals
Matter was discussed in Closed Session.