Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport
Minutes
GOBPT September Governance Meeting
Date and Time
Monday September 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Location
375 Howard Ave. Bridgeport, CT or virtual.
Committee Members Present
Bea Bagley, Bob Carlson (remote), David Zieff, Matthew Nwosu (remote), Tenssie Ramsay
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
Benjamin Chan, Farah Martin, John Scalice, Latoya Hubbard
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve June's Governance Meeting Minutes
II. Governance Committee
A.
COO Report
B.
CEO Report
J. Scalice, CEO, went over a quick overview of what will be discussed at today's board meeting.
Professional Development for summer focused on establishing strong routines within the classroom and promoting student engagement.
- Emphasis on Year 2 goals of collaborative student engagement
- Reduction of technology during instructional periods
- Increased student ownership of learning
CEO also went over the school's new Cell Phone Policy and what our focus is on going forward since we are not the only school using a new cell phone policy. Our board asking how the policy has been going so far. J. Scalice mentioned that overall it is going well. J. Scalice discussed that teachers have noticed a lot of our students are paying attention more in classrooms but also the environment in the school has changed for the better. Everyone is just in a better and happier mood. More detailed work will be discussed in today's board meeting.
III. Other Business
A.
New Business
No new business.
COO, L. Hubbard, went over COO Report.
Enrollment Updates:
As of today, we are at 641 students. We are actively working on hitting out number of 661.
What are our recruitment efforts?
What's our 2 week plan?
COO, L. Hubbard, also shared with the board the school's Teacher Certification: