Soleil Academy
Minutes
Soleil Academy Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday February 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Location
12315 Thorson Ave Lynwood, CA. 90262 (Satellite Option: 3900 Agnes Ave. Lynwood, CA 90262)
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Directors Present
J. Noel, K. Armstrong, L. Safa, V. Reynolds (remote)
Directors Absent
S. Johnson, V. Gonzalez-Diaz
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
V. Reynolds
Guests Present
A. Grant (remote), M. Serrano, R. Avilez
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Minutes from 2/1/25 Soleil Academy Board Meeting
B.
School Safety Plan
C.
2025-26 Academic Calendar
III. Management Update
A.
Soleil Management Updates
B.
Special Education Handbook
IV. Governance Committee
A.
Updates
Board members should have already received communications on completing Form 700 (Conflict of Interest disclosure)
B.
Brown Act Training
- Starting this year, all charter school boards must go through a two-hour ethics training
- The training consists of Brown Act, Conflicts, fiduciary duties, ethics training, and best board governance practices
- Discuss delivery method preferences (in-person at board meeting(s), via webinar, asynchronous)
- The board decided to find a time outside of regular board meetings to complete Brown Training in person.
V. Finance Committee
A.
Updates
B.
January Financials
- Enrollment is currently 0 students below budget and ADA is 12.76 above budget, contributing
to an increase in LCFF Revenue. - The ADA composition is also different than budgeted. Budgeted TK ADA was 43.20 vs
Forecasted TK ADA at 34.40. Gr1-3 ADA was budgeted at 208.80 vs forecasted ADA of
217.84. Gr4-6 ADA was budgeted at 90 and is currently forecasted as 101.41. Since the
higher grades have higher ADA rates, this contributes to the increase in LCFF. - Forecast includes restricted one-time funds. An additional amount remains available to
spend through FY27/28. That amount includes monies from the Educator Effectiveness funds and Learning Recovery Block Grant funds - The revenue variance from the prior month is mostly related to a decrease in
forecasted nutrition revenue.
C.
Second Interim Report
Actuals to date is the actual net income through January.
Addison noted revenue is out of sync with how expenses are incurred so it is not uncommon to see a large negative net income and then see the revenue be reflected in the following months.
VI. Academic Committee
A.
Updates
STAR Highlights
students scored at or above the minimum district benchmark proficiency level
- 42.4% (59 of 139) students scored at or above the minimum district benchmark proficiency level
- 29.5% (41 of 139) students estimated to score at or above the proficiency benchmark on the Reading state test
- 66.9% (91 of 136) students scored at or above typical growth (35th current SGP) from Fall to the given test period.
MAP Comparison
- 3rd grade cohort had higher achievement on MAP.
- 4th Grade cohort is demonstrating achievement on both assessments.
- 5th Grade Cohort is demonstrating high achievement on MAP assessment vs STAR.
Key Findings:
- Gaps in instructional quality are closing.
- The data suggests that curriculum implementation is supporting the quality of instruction across grade levels.
- MAP reading proficiency scores are calibrating among grades.
- Growth needed by the end of year less than a year for majority of the part.
- Teachers that been in the classroom 3+ years are showing 50% additional growth.
- The data suggests that curriculum implementation is supporting the quality of instruction across grade levels.
- For students near proficiency:
- High growth and low achievement in math
- High growth for ELA focus students and supporting being on track with ELA Spring SBAC goals.
- 53% of all scholars are on track to meet their end of year goal on i-Ready.
29.5%
41 of 139 students estimated to score at or above the proficiency benchmark on the Reading state test
66.9%
91 of 136 students scored at or above typical growth (35th current SGP) from Fall to the given test period
M. Serrano reviewed LCAP Goal progress:
R. Avilez reviewed Operations Updates