Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School
Minutes
August Board of Trustees Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday August 24, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Location
Zoom Meeting
Trustees Present
B. Girley (remote), J. Harris (remote), K. Smith (remote), M. Rosenthal (remote), S. Mlynar (remote), S. Santo (remote)
Trustees Absent
B. Wilson, J. Almonte, J. Patrick, K. Mangual, T. Almonte, V. Singh
Guests Present
C. Reyes, H. Pina, J. Pichardo, J. Sandoval
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Mlynar called a meeting of the board of trustees of Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School to order on Tuesday Aug 24, 2021 at 7:06 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
S. Santo made a motion to approve the minutes from July Board of Trustees Meeting on 07-27-21.
K. Smith seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Committee Reports
A.
Academic Committee Report
B.
Fundraising, Finance and Facilities
The finance committee is working on collecting all data for the 2020-21 audit. The audit will take place towards the end of August. Fiscal and Operational policies and procedures will be presented during the September Board of Trustees meeting for voting. We are in the final stages of the HS Facility’s permits and certifications. The committee will be updating the Board over the next few months about the final details.
The fundraising committee updated the board on The Student Business Accelerator program. Two of our board members became Core Mentors of two alums. The 8-week program consisted of weekly meetings with Core Mentors and bi-weekly meetings with different types of advisors. Advisors ranged from business lawyers to apparel specialists to social media specialists, etc. The alums are working on their business pitch decks and will present them to the Board of Trustees in the upcoming meetings.
The fundraising committee updated the board on The Student Business Accelerator program. Two of our board members became Core Mentors of two alums. The 8-week program consisted of weekly meetings with Core Mentors and bi-weekly meetings with different types of advisors. Advisors ranged from business lawyers to apparel specialists to social media specialists, etc. The alums are working on their business pitch decks and will present them to the Board of Trustees in the upcoming meetings.
C.
HR Committee
This action item has been moved to the September Board Meeting.
D.
Executive Committee
There is nothing to report at this time.
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 9:48 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
J. Sandoval
Alumni Report: The Alumni Department has been utilizing National Clearninghouse to collect data of our alumni in college. They have data for 2018-2020 classes and the class of 2021 is self-reporting data. They have started an alumni ambassador program that has been instrumental in engaging our alumni with different resources and upcoming events. The alumni department has already started hosting events for alumni and has had great attendance. Alumni from different classes are interacting and giving advice to each other. In the January Board meeting, the Alumni department will present updated data and numbers.