CSO Update:

• CSO Search has been launched. 28 applicants applied for the role. We are vetting 5 candidates including one internal candidate.  
• We are also hiring an ES director

Fundraising Events:

• Board Breakfast- Being held on Oct 28th
• November 10th- Networking Event- Goal is 10K
• Projected 85 young professionals in attendance
• Marketing specialist is creating a campaign around 2 particular alumni
  • Alumni will speak at event
• Ticket sales: 9 tickets sold so far    
• People can purchase a ticket to sponsor an alumni

School Wide Goals:

The last goal we finalized is Goal #5:

• The school will average 10 or less Level 4 infractions per building per week (70% of the time) (Incidents)
  • Incidents can range from a student not in uniform, or cursing/using disrespectful language in class/hallways to a physical altercation 
  • Different levels have different infractions and consequences
    • Different infractions can come from one incident
• Goal Dashboard: Breaks down the goals and levels by month
  • This tracks attendance, culture, academic, and finance and operational data
    • From suspensions to student improvements
  • Culture Data:
    • Data is collected from our trackers and breaking down the information by level and schools
    • Trackers also keep track of positive data; positive write-ups
      • Teachers report when students are improving or progressing in a particular area they may have struggled with in the past 
    • All this data allows us to have an insight on how and what is affecting student progression and what support teachers may be needing 
    • This data is not really tracked by other schools; or better yet we don’t have access to other schools’ trackers or numbers in suspensions due to this not being public information  
• Attendance data currently shows we are 1% away from achieving 93% attendance rate at the HS
  • Currently, the MS is averaging at 95%
• Academic data 
  • Course accumulation is the one that is easiest to track
  • Trackers track core course accumulation (ELA & Math) for the MS
  • Trackers track core course accumulation (Regents Courses) for the HS
    • Progress towards graduation shows us progression by cohort 
    • New cohort (freshmen) on zoom might exhibit different characteristics when compared to other cohorts due to the affects of virtual learning 

Academic committee update:

Elementary School Planning

• Current learnings
  • We have three “literary menu” choices for the literacy programming
• In December (12/12) Christina and 6 other staff members will be visiting St. Andrews Episcopal School in Maryland 
  • They will receive training and professional development around brain-based teaching strategies

Finance:

Bank balance: decreased under 2 million since last month

• We are spending funds that will be reimbursed after the ESSER grant funds get released 
• 25% of all applicants will be ELL’s; which we are showing progress in every year 
• ELL enrollments 
  • As long as improvement is shown we are good and reaching our goal 
  • Enrollment has officially closed for this season; we are at 950 students 

Facilities:

Scott Barrone developer 

• We have lost the NBC bible church space to another developer 
• They introduced us to another site in Dyckman; CVS/Children’s Place lot  
  • This site would accommodate K-5 and extra programming  
• We are also considering the possibility of remaining in the MS building 
  • Archdiocese is looking to renew our leases here at the MS 
  • They want us to remain as tenants 
  • Looking to charge us as high as $35 per square footage 
• Rehab-residential program may become our new neighbor 
  • This is still in discussion