Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport

Minutes

GOBPT October Governance Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Location

375 Howard Ave. Bridgeport, CT or virtual.

Committee Members Present

Bea Bagley, Bob Carlson (remote), David Zieff

Committee Members Absent

Matthew Nwosu, 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 Wednesday Oct 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM.

C.

Approve Last Month's Meeting Minutes

Bea Bagley made a motion to approve the minutes from GOBPT September Governance Meeting on 09-15-25.
David Zieff seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance Committee

A.

COO Report

COO, L. Hubbard, went over enrollment updates.

 

Enrollment Updates:

- We met 661 number of students.

- We actually over enrolled but once we reconciled, we landed exactly at 661 students.

 

The school is talking about new strategies for upcoming school years. We are looking specifically how to retain our students more. Especially those transitioning from Middle School to High School.

 

D. Zieff asked if we are able to create a sport? J. Scalice reports that our students who compete at a local high school for track, wrestling, etc. they are not able to play with that team anymore. We need to offer everything or nothing.

B.

CEO Report

CEO, J. Scalice, went over the following with our governance committee.

 

  • Baseline data from grades 6-10 by iReady.
  • Attendance data 
  • Commissioner's Network updates
    • Chief Turnaround Office, Dr. Jenkins also came to a visit and gave us feedback which has an impact on our charter renewal as well. 

B. Carlson asked for J. Scalice to give the new requirement by Charter Office to record every visit.

CEO discussed that the Charter Office requested this year as the corrective action plan for everyone to in addition to require progress data to also submit quantitative data. They want a record of every coaching session and instructional walkthrough. 

III. Other Business

A.

New/ Other Business

B. Carlson asked if we need to prepare since colleges are going back to Standardized Testing. J. Scalice reports that since it's a metric that's tracked for the state, we haven't stopped doing this. We have an SAT class as well. 

IV. 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 5:24 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Bob Carlson