GOBPT June Governance Meeting Minutes

June 15, 2026, 5:00-5:30 PM

Minutes Approved

Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport

Minutes

GOBPT June Governance Meeting

Date and Time

Monday June 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Location

375 Howard Ave. Bridgeport, CT or virtual

Committee Members Present

Bea Bagley (remote), 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 Monday Jun 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM.

C. Approve Last Month's Meeting Minutes

David Zieff made a motion to approve the minutes from GOBPT May Governance Meeting on 05-18-26.

Bob Carlson seconded the motion.

The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance Committee

A. COO Report

L. Hubbard went over COO report briefly with the governance committee.

Maintenance updates:

HVAC issues - once work on 2nd floor is complete the front door storefront for MS will open.

School leadership met with Lanese Construction to review project timelines, logistics, and safety protocols for staff and students that will be in the building.

Construction is On Schedule | No anticipated impact to school opening at this time

HVAC Update-

Beginning May 28, 2026, the school experienced significant HVAC issues impacting cooling on the 2nd and 3rd floor.
After an assessment from Main Enterprise, we found that several of the fans on the rooftop units needed to be replaced. Based on this we have made a decision to have half days until the rest of the school year.

B. CEO Report

CEO, J. Scalice, went over CEO report briefly with the governance committee.

Updates:

- Administrative change in Middle School level. A couple of weeks ago we were informed Mrs. Ford is moving to Florida. She's been here for 10 years so we are sad to see her go. We have been interviewing and have sent out an offer letter to a candidate.

-During our Board meeting we will be presenting general testing trends from SBAC. We will also be going over our hiring calendar and retention.

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 5:13 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Bob Carlson

Attention: Times and Locations are subject to change.