Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School
Minutes
May Board of Trustees Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday May 16, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Trustees Present
B. Wilson, J. Looney (remote), J. Patrick (remote), K. Mangual (remote), M. Rosenthal (remote), S. Mlynar (remote), S. Santo (remote), V. Singh (remote)
Trustees Absent
C. Talero, J. Almonte
Guests Present
B. Mercedes (remote), C. Reyes (remote), J. Pichardo (remote), N. Polanco (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
M. Rosenthal called a meeting of the board of trustees of Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School to order on Tuesday May 16, 2023 at 7:08 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
Motion to approve the minutes from April Board of Trustees Meeting on 04-18-23.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Board Committee Reports
A.
CEO Report
B.
Academic Committee Report
School Wide Goals:
- MS Goal- 95%: YTD Attendance 92%
- HS Goal- 93%: YTD Attendance 88%
HS Graduation Progress:
- Cohort 2023: 74.3% on track and 18.6% at risk
- Cohort 2024: 69.6% on track and 20.9% at risk
- Cohort 2025: 71.6% on track and 13.4% at risk
- Cohort 2026: 69.5% on track and 19.1%
There's been a significant effort from the teachers. Advisors now at the High School have an advisory program where they have been sitting down with all students who are off track/at risk to discuss all work needed to complete.
C.
HR Committee
- Hiring for assistant directors has been completed and MS and ES Director search is still ongoing
- Teacher hiring is ongoing
- The nation is currently experiencing a shortage of teachers
D.
Fundraising, Finance and Facilities
Facilities:
4650 Broadway
- Our attorneys are reviewing their responses
Finance:
- Working with auditing firm to get the tax credit
- Working on the ERC Employee retention credit
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 8:28 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. Rosenthal
The CEO provided college acceptance updates
What's great, too, is that there's 21 alumni on staff at this school who are constantly talking to the kids about their journeys on where they're at most of them are college kids.