Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport

Minutes

GOBPT March Governance Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday March 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Location

375 Howard Ave.

Bridgeport, CT 06605

Committee Members Present

Bea Bagley (remote), Bob Carlson, Corey Sneed (remote), David Zieff

Committee Members Absent

Tenssie Ramsay

Guests Present

Benjamin Chan, Farah Martin, John Scalice, Latoya Hubbard (remote)

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 Mar 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes- January and February

Bea Bagley made a motion to approve the minutes from GOBPT February Governance Meeting on 02-12-25.
David Zieff seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance Committee

A.

COO Report

L. Hubbard went over COO report.

 

  • Enrollment: 635 students are currently enrolled at Great Oaks. As of today we have over 200 applications for seats for the upcoming school year 25-26. 
  • Our initial lottery is Thursday, April 10th, 2025. 

 

Facilities Update: Robert Litwin, our new facilities manager, has made adjustments to our HVAC system and we have seen significant 30% savings in our off peak usage. 

 

B.

CEO Report

J. Scalice went over CEO report. 

- We are finalizing our tech structures and system for our testing in May. Big focus in March/ April is finalizing budget proposal. SIG budget is not going to be around next year because we are no longer an improvement school.  We are also not planning on having High Dosage Tutoring grant.  

III. 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 5:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Bob Carlson