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Excel Academy Rhode Island

Board of Trustees - Academic Oversight Committee Meeting

Published on February 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM EST

Date and Time

Thursday April 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT

Location

Excel Academy Rhode Island

622 Woonasquatucket Ave

North Providence, RI 02911

Meeting Notice Posted Publicly: 4/24/25

 

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 January 30, 2025  
II. Academic Oversight 5:33 PM
  A. Update on State of the Schools, Academic Data, and Priorities Discuss Network Academic Team & School Team 30 m
   

Link to quarterly academic data dashboard

Link to Teacher Observation Rubric

  
  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.

 

Summary of Updates:

  • School Year 24-25 Data has been incorporated.
  • The following LEA Strategic Plan goals are largely consistent with last year's, with two updates: (1) an SGP goal which more closely mirrors our Excel's organizational priorities, and (2) ACCESS goals added at the request of RIDE.
    • XLRI will have fewer than 15% students identified as chronically absent.
    • XLRI will achieve an average SGP of 60 or higher on ELA and Math RICAS
    • XLRI will increase the percentage students Meeting and Exceeding Expectations by 6%
    • XLRI will ensure that at least 60% of MLL students meet their ACCESS Growth targets.
    • XLRI will have 50% of teachers and support professionals earn a 3 or higher on the Student Learning component of RIDE rubric.
    • XLRI will increase the percentage of experienced educators who share identifies with our students by 10%.
  
  C. Update on Consolidated Resource Plan (CRP) funding Discuss Arthur Kaynor 5 m
   

Update on how the school has used and intends to use its resources to support the strategic plan, as captured in the SY24-25 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 SY25-26 (“FY26”) 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.
  • Title IV: improve students’ academic achievement by increasing capacity to provide students with well rounded education, improve school conditions for student learning, improve the use of technology to improve academic achievement and digital literacy.
  • 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 6:28 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.