Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport

Minutes

GOBPT June Governance Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday June 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Location

375 Howard Ave.

Bridgeport, CT 06605

Committee Members Present

Bea Bagley (remote), Bob Carlson, David Zieff

Committee Members Absent

Corey Sneed, Tenssie Ramsay

Guests Present

Benjamin Chan, Farah Martin, John Scalice, Latoya Hubbard

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Bob Carlson called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport to order on Tuesday Jun 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM.

C.

Approve Last Month's Governance Meeting Minutes

Bea Bagley made a motion to approve the minutes from GOBPT May Governance Meeting on 05-12-25.
David Zieff seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance Committee

A.

COO Report

COO, Latoya Hubbard, went over COO report. 

 

Enrollment Updates:

  • To date, we have received 402 applications. This is a huge increase from last year, this is an over 50% increase. 
  • We are over enrolled in all grades except 6th and 7th grade. 
  • 6th Grade and 7th Grade recruitment is priority

Staff Retention and Hiring:

  • Around 87% staff retention
  • Hiring for 5 positions

Board Chair, B. Carlson, asked how many applications we had last year? L. Hubbard reports we had a little under 200 applications last year. 

B.

CEO Report

CEO, John Scalice, reports that during the board meeting the Americorp Fellow Program will be discussed since this impacts our fellows program and our response with how we are planning that. 

 

CEO discussed we will be setting our board retreat and outlining the procedure to outline our agenda.

 

CEO reports we will be covering the Current operational budget that we had to use to make our offer letters this year. Input on that from the Board is still open.  

 

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 4:38 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Bob Carlson