Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport
Minutes
GOBPT December Governance Meeting
Date and Time
Monday December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Location
375 Howard Ave. Bridgeport, CT or virtual
Committee Members Present
Bob Carlson, David Zieff, Matthew Nwosu
Committee Members Absent
Bea Bagley, Tenssie Ramsay
Guests Present
Benjamin Chan, Farah Martin, John Scalice, Latoya Hubbard, Marie Casper
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 Monday Dec 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM.
C.
Approve Last Month's Meeting Minutes
David Zieff made a motion to approve the minutes from GOBPT November Governance Meeting on 11-17-25.
Matthew Nwosu seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Governance Committee
A.
COO Report
B.
CEO Report
CEO, J. Scalice, went over a few updates for the CEO Report.
J. Scalice discussed that the report will focus on what's being reported to the Accountability and Support Committee. We had to submit data last week. Core Aspects of our plan are Academic, Attendance and Teacher Certification.
Certification is looking great, attendance is looking good and our Commissioner's Network site walks are going good. Our renewal will be on Fall 2026.
III. Other Business
A.
New business
No new business.
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 5:23 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Bob Carlson
L. Hubbard went over COO report.
Enrollment: SY 2026- 2027 are now open!
We got 10 applications so far.
Marketing Initiatives-
social media
mass post card mailing
Radio Ads, Social Media marketing on YouTube as well as canvassing.
D. Zieff asked if consolidating schools in Bridgeport is going to hurt or benefit us?
L. Hubbard states it doesn't hurt us; it mostly helps us because students enroll.
We just got an email from Park City Prep who asked us to go over and promote our school to their 8th graders. This is only the beginning!
Mid Year Teacher Certification update:
7 teachers are not yet certified. The state is processing their application. 57% of teachers are certified. CSDE states 50% can have temporary certifications. We have 48%. We don't have wiggle room to hire teachers that don't have certifications.
We anticipate 100% by end of the year.
D. Zieff asked why the auditor focused on our teacher certification. L. Hubbard reports that when we have a teacher that isn't certified; then we are not allowed to use per pupil funding so it impacts our budget.