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Excel Academy Rhode Island

Board of Trustees - Academic Oversight Committee Meeting

Published on April 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday April 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM EDT

Location

Excel Academy Rhode Island

622 Woonasquatucket Ave
North Providence, RI, 02911

Meeting Notice Posted Publicly: 4/10/26

 

Please note: All items listed on the agenda are subject to a possible vote by the Board of Trustees or its subcommittees.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance Discuss Arthur Kaynor
  B. Call the Meeting to Order Discuss Frangely Rojas 1 m
  C. Public Comment Discuss Arthur Kaynor 1 m
  D. Approve prior Academic Oversight Committee meeting minutes Approve Minutes Arthur Kaynor 1 m
    Approve minutes for Board of Trustees - Academic Oversight Committee Meeting on February 4, 2026  
II. Academic Oversight 5:33 PM
  A. Update on State of the Schools, Academic Data, and Priorities Discuss Network Academic Team & School Team 20 m
   

Link to quarterly academic data dashboard

  
  B. Discussion & Vote to Recommend Approval of LEA Strategic Plan Vote Ferny Reyes and Arthur Kaynor 20 m
   

Vote by the Academic Oversight Committee and School Improvement Team to recommend Board approval of the updated LEA Strategic Plan, including any necessary edits based on stakeholder feedback.

 

Note: stakeholder feedback is gathered from sources that may include but are not limited to – the Academic Oversight Committee and School Improvement Team, a family input meeting and survey, the Family Leadership Council, a staff survey, and meetings with individual staff members.

  
  C. Update on Consolidated Resource Plan (CRP) funding Discuss Aaron Stelson & Arthur Kaynor 10 m
   

Update on how the school has used and intends to use its resources to support the strategic plan, as captured in the SY25-26 ("FY26") Consolidated Resource Plan (CRP). One of the goals of this plan is to provide a clear, accessible, and strategically aligned plan for how Excel proposes to use funds in SY26-27 (“FY27”) to continue to advance our objectives for school improvement and student success.

 

The funds used in Excel's CRP are federal grants under the following programs:

 

  • Title I-A: Support districts and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. 
  • Title II-A: Help LEAs support effective instruction and develop the teacher pipeline.
  • Title III - Coordinate and improve instruction for MLL students across the school
  • Title IV-A: Providing more coaching support to teachers
  • IDEA Part B: Fund activities that help to ensure that all children with disabilities can access a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services to meet their unique needs. 

Note: stakeholder feedback is gathered from sources that may include but are not limited to – the Academic Oversight Committee and School Improvement Team, a family input meeting and survey, the Family Leadership Council, a staff survey, and meetings with individual staff members. Please provide your individual comments on the CRP to Aaron Stelson, Senior Director of Finance, or schedule time to discuss the CRP with Aaron 1:1 and provide feedback.

  
III. Other Business
 

N/A - No additional discussion or voting topics for this meeting

  
IV. Closing Items 6:23 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Frangely Rojas 1 m

The public is welcome to attend any meeting of the Board of Trustees or its subcommittees. If communication assistance (readers/ interpreters/captions) or any other accommodations are needed to ensure equal participation, please contact Arthur Kaynor at akaynor@excelacademy.org at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting. Any changes in the agenda will be posted on Excel Academy Charter School’s website, Excel’s principal place of business, and will be electronically filed with the Secretary of State at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting. If you would like to attend a Board meeting and provide public comment, please sign up 48 hours in advance here: https://forms.gle/7315BJ7v1bHGGh2Q9.

 

Excel Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race or color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, country of ancestral origin, or veteran status in administration of its admissions or educational policies, curricular programs, other school-administered programs, or in its hiring and employment practices in accordance with applicable federal, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island laws and regulations.