Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport
Minutes
GOBPT March Governance Meeting
Date and Time
Monday March 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Location
375 Howard Ave. Bridgeport, CT or virtual
Committee Members Present
Bob Carlson (remote), David Zieff, Tenssie Ramsay (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Bea Bagley, Matthew Nwosu
Guests Present
Benjamin Chan, Farah Martin, John Scalice, Latoya Hubbard (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Last Month's Meeting Minutes
II. Governance Committee
A.
COO Report
B.
CEO Report
CEO, J. Scalice, went over CEO Report for the board meeting today.
CEO reports there has been an ongoing situation with 9 students loitering while waiting for the city bus at the Chavez Bakery down the road. This was brought to our attention by the Chavez Bakery. They have involved city council and police and there was a meeting were everyone made recommendations. We have since done a policy review and taken steps to correct this with our students. There may be a public comment on this today from city council member.
In addition to the policy we will be reviewing some of the plans and expansion which is now looking to be an internal expansion maximizing the current sq footage that we have.
Update on new grant opportunity around state Americorp application. This would cut our output for the program by 40-45% which would be about a $300,000 savings.
III. Other Business
A.
New business
No new business.
COO, L. Hubbard, went over COO Report.
B. Carlson reports that the school is doing a great job for having 100% certification.