Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School
Minutes
March Board of Trustees Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday March 15, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Trustees Present
B. Wilson (remote), J. Almonte (remote), J. Harris (remote), J. Patrick (remote), K. Mangual (remote), K. Smith (remote), M. Rosenthal (remote), S. Mlynar (remote), S. Santo (remote)
Trustees Absent
C. Talero, T. Almonte, V. Singh
Guests Present
B. Mercedes (remote), C. Reyes (remote), J. Pichardo (remote), M. Hackett (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve January Minutes
D.
Approve February Minutes
II. Committee Reports
A.
Academic Committee Report(MS and HS Principals)
B.
Executive Session
The Board Motion to move up the Executive Session on the agenda to accommodate a conflict in schedule. The regular meeting was adjourned.
At the conclusion of the Executive Session, the Board reconvened the regular meeting at 8:29p.m.
C.
CEO Report
Elementary school updates:
C.Reyes presented the four highly populated districts that feed into IAL's overall enrollment. District 6 is an overcrowded district and there are new resident buildings being built in the area that can also serve as enrollment targets. 79 people signed up in support of the school and 28 spoke in support which is more than the middle school expansion.
C.Reyes has created a list of committee members that will start when the expansion has been officially voted on.
J.Pichardo met with finance and facilities committee and discussed facilities options.
D.
Fundraising, Finance and Facilities
Resume conversations regarding building locations for the new expansion and budgeting aspects of the costs. J.Pichardo will keep the board updated.
E.
HR Committee
No HR updates at this time.
F.
Executive Committee Reports (CEO)
The annual board meeting is scheduled on June 18, 2022 and the Leadership team will send the board a questionnaire to finalize meeting logistics.
MS principal Mercedes and HS principal Hackett provided an update to the board regarding the school's mid-year progress towards state exams including regents exams. Data was presented from the 2018-2019 school year because that was the last testing year that students were in the school building. Concerns about declining proficiency was presented. The principals presented the intervention plans from data collected from interim 1 to interim 2.