BOT Academy
Minutes
Regular Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday February 6, 2019 at 5:00 PM
Location
179 Wayland Avenue, Providnce RI 02906
Meetings are held in the main conference room on the 2nd floor of 179 Wayland Ave. For public comment, please give notice via email (board@croftschool.org) 4 hours before the meeting is to begin.
Directors Present
A. Bothner (remote), J. Scott, K. Shabazz, L. McPherson, M. Dorrie, S. Greenspan, S. Pressley, T. Bryan (remote)
Directors Absent
M. Battastini
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Greenspan called a meeting of the board of directors of BOT Academy to order on Wednesday Feb 6, 2019 at 5:00 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
A. Bothner made a motion to approve minutes from the Regular Board Meeting on 01-12-19 Regular Board Meeting on 01-12-19.
J. Scott seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Winter Update
A.
State of the school
The board discussed a very highly important item.
III. CEO Support And Eval
A.
Present plan for consideration
Joe remarked in support.
IV. Facility
A.
Approval vote for athletic field upgrades
L. McPherson made a motion to approve the field upgrade budget.
S. Greenspan seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
J. Scott made a motion to approve the budget.
M. Dorrie seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
V. Academic Excellence
A.
New Academic Committee Plan
Cristina presented more about the academic committee plan and answered questions.
VI. Public Comment
A.
Public Comment
No public comment was presented.
VII. Finance
A.
Budget for FY 2019/20
Budget for FY 2019/20 was discussed at some length
B.
Rhode Island funding outlays
Changes to the way that RI funds schools was discussed in detail by Travis and the finance committee.
VIII. Other Business
A.
BoardOnTrack renewal
K. Shabazz made a motion to renew BoardOnTrack membership.
S. Pressley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IX. 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 6:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Shabazz