Forte Preparatory Academy
Minutes
Forte Prep Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday June 17, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Location
- 51-35 Reeder Street (Forte Prep Middle School campus)
- Zoom link
We held this meeting at the Forte Prep offices immediately after the ground-breaking cermony for the new high school.
Directors Present
C. Padula (remote), E. Winn, F. Lin, J. Cordero (remote), J. Schilling, L. Mendez, L. Rodriguez (remote), S. Song, V. Abrams, W. Yip (remote)
Directors Absent
K. Mullen
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
J. Schilling
Ex Officio Members Present
G. Browne
Non Voting Members Present
G. Browne
Guests Present
J. Smith
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Governance Committee
A.
Board prospecting (Autumn cohort)
III. Finance Committee
A.
Vote/Approve FY25 Budget
Bryson Wilson presented the budget to the Board. Limited changes from the Board's earlier review.
IV. Fund/Dev Committee
A.
Fund/Dev goals check in
The CEO report included a discussion of fund development work.
V. CEO updates
A.
June 2024 updates
Graham provided an overview of end-of-year happenings at the school and reflected on FPA's launch 7-years ago in light of the current groundbreaking on the new high school building.
Graduation will be June 25th.
Review included a discussion of recruiting efforts for next year, which are going very well.
We also discussed where graduating 8th graders will be attending high school -- a wide range of strong options.
We concluded by thanking Christine Padua for her strong contributions to the Board as this is her last meeting.
Rose Javier (Board prospect), the parent of a recent FPA alumni joined the call for a discussion with board members about FPA and the Board.