Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport
Board Meeting
Published on December 13, 2016 at 9:01 PM EST
Amended on December 14, 2016 at 6:37 AM EST
Date and Time
Wednesday December 14, 2016 at 5:15 PM EST
Location
Great Oaks Charter School; 510 Barnum Ave (2nd Floor Conference Room)
Great Oaks Charter School of Bridgeport's November board meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 14th at 5:15 pm on the second floor of the school at 510 Barnum Ave.
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| C. | Approve Minutes | |
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The board will review and move to approve the minutes of the November board meeting
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| Approve minutes for Board Meeting on November 9, 2016 | ||
| II. | Governance and Policy | |
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Governance and Policy
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| A. | Presentation of new board member candidate | |
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Mr. Wade Eyerly will be presented as a candidate for the Great Oaks Charter School of Bridgeport Board of Directors
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| III. | Facilities and Finance | |
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Facilities and Finance
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| A. | Report from the Finance Committee | |
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The Finance Committee will present a report on November Financials
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| B. | Discussion on funding of new facility | |
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Michael Duffy and Mike McGregor will share an update on the financing of our long-term facility and ask the board to vote to approve the terms of the financing
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| C. | Discussion on short-term space solution for SY 17-18 | |
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Michael Duffy and Michael McGregor will share with the board the plan for expanding the school's current lease to include sufficient space for SY 17-18 expansion to 9th grade |
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| IV. | Academic Excellence | |
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Academic Excellence
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| A. | Report of the Academic Committee | |
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The Academic Committee will report on the December 12th meeting where the plan for the HS curriculum was discussed. Salient features of the HS curriculum include:
1) alignment with state of CT required coursework and best practice from exemplary charter networks in CT 2) focus on knowledge, skills and mindsets for college readiness 3) continued emphasis on personalized learning through tutorial 4) continue to treat 6th grade as a self-contained grade (bridge from elementary to middle school) 5) teachers in 7,8,9 loop across grades (7,8 and 8,9) but maintain content integrity 6) addition of a fine arts and foreign language teacher 7) school day will end between 3:10 and 3:30 with optional enrichment period from 3:15-4:15 8) HS students will be able to participate in BPS sports programs with their home school The Academic Committee will continue to discuss the HS curriculum in the coming weeks. |
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| V. | Report from the Executive Director | |
| A. | Dashboard Review | |
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The Executive Director will share the October data on the SY 16-17 data dashboard
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| B. | Report of Panorama Teacher Survey | |
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Rashaun Reid will share results of the Foundation's Panorama Survey of GO BPT teachers conducted in December, 2016 |
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| VI. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |