J. Scalice went over CEO report. 

• The school has its first meeting in front of the academic and accountability committee tomorrow at the State. To monitor progress on the corrective action that was part of the 3 year renewal. 
• We have been working with the Commissioners Network and engaging in bi-weekly meetings with Nicole Jones, our liaison.
  • bi-weekly visit about 10 classrooms to see what is happening in both Middle School and High School. This also allows for our admin team to see how things are going for both school and what does not seem to work. 
  • These check ins also come with feedback based on their rubric. We have gotten great feedback.
  • Budget was approved on the turnaround level. We are in a really good spot with the Commissioners Network. 
• We will also discuss in today's board meeting how we moved from a turn around school to a three year school and all outcomes that come with that new status. This means that we are going to be meeting and communicating with the board. 

L. Hubbard went over COO report. 

• L Hubbard reports that there 662 students total for our 2024-2025 enrollment. 
• Our free and reduced lunch count increased from 52% to 82%/. We were able to identify more because we sent the alternative income form that we discussed in last's board meeting.
• This means that we are getting a significant increase in funding. 
• There was a 23% increase in our MLL population which speaks to our partnership that we have with CIRI. 
• The form also helped us identify what our families also need from state services, food banks and agencies that assist families with wraparound services. 

Facilites updates:

• Uptick in parking issues and vandalization of cars in the area. We were seeing 1-2 a week this includes fellows, staff and members of the community. 
• We started off without any handicap accessible parking for GO staff. PD and Cherry Street apartments had a community meeting and there is a long term plan to have more police around the area and install more lighting. We also have identified 4 spots that will be handicapped parking. 
• We have a new Facilities Manager, Robert Litwin. He will start with us on November 25th.