The New American Academy Charter School

TNAACS Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday February 26, 2020 at 6:00 PM EST

Location

9301Avenue B Brooklyn NY 11236

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance and Guests
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
  C. Approve Minutes
    Approve minutes for TNAACS Board Meeting on January 29, 2020
II. Finance
  A. Monthly Financials
   
  • Discuss January 2020 Financials
III. Governance
  A. NYSED Site Visit Report
   
  • NYSED Board of Regents will vote next Monday on our Renewal Application
  • David Frank and Kimberly Santiago will be having a conference call with Mac and Lisa on Thursday
  • Made progress in almost every benchmark- still need to work on making the board stronger
  • Need to update By Laws
  B. Vote On New Board Member Matt Harrington
   
  • Vote to approve Matthew Harrington joining the TNAACS Board
IV. Education
  A. Staffing Update
   
  • We have replaced our Floater Teacher as of Wednesday February 5th
  • Our Physical Education Teacher returned from Maternity leave as of Monday February 24th 
  • As of today we are fully staffed
V. Other Business
  A. Student Recruitment Update
   
  • Applications as of today for September 2020 -  159
    • Kindergarten - 92
    • 1st Grade - 13
    • 2nd Grade - 11
    • 3rd Grade - 11
    • 4th Grade - 22
    • 5th Grade - 10
  • This time last year we had 215 application
  • Before the break, we contacted all of the 1st-grade applicants and offered them a Kindergarten seat now in order to bypass the lottery. Unfortunately, families were not interested in moving their child to a new school at this time
  • Additional recruitment efforts include
    • In March, I will be setting up an information table at the Morris Koppelman Early Childhood Center during their Family Meeting. I am waiting for the center to finalize the calendar.
    • March 21st we will be attending the Student Recruitment Fair at the LIU Brooklyn Campus. The fair promises more than 400 families in attendance. They will give us their email addresses
    • April 4th we will host our Open House from 10am to 12noon
    •  Additionally, we will continue to flyer the neighborhood
    • Distributing flyers the neighborhood which started this month. 
    • Visits to  Friends of Crown Heights and SCO Early Childhood Center.
    •  Walk in school tours every Wednesday Advertised by the Charter School Center
    • Social media out reach
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting