Mission: The Leadership School exists to grow our students’ leadership capacity through earnest engagement in an academically rigorous, culturally relevant, and relationship-oriented environment.

Norms:

We demonstrate professional and ethical behavior

We lead with unity and purpose

We value and respect each other

We listen and communicate effectively

Roll Call Vote

Open House

• On 8/8/25, 181 families attended the TLS Open House
• The Northeast and Pagedale Fire Department, along with at least 7 other community organizations were present to orient families to available services, as they picked up school uniforms, kindergarten readiness kits, and met their children's teachers and school leaders.
• Here are photos from the event.

Status: Goal #10 - Board Engagement

• Average meeting attendance YTD:  64%
• Giving YTD: $165
• Directions for donating to TLS through Give Butter

Board Fellowship Opportunity through The Opportunity Trust

Committees Report on Monthly Activity

Board Engagement Goals:  Could we commit to:

• Introduce three friends to TLS - campus tour, meet teachers and leaders
• Donate to TLS on Giving Tuesday (12/3/25) and Give STL Day (May 2026)
• Attend five (5) TLS Events
• Participate in two retreats
• Promote the school via personal social media, wearing school-themed clothing in the community

Discussion of Director of Development position

• Rationale - Funding uncertainties

TLS will handle logistics of Sept 29 Trivia Night

• Trivia Night Event on Give Butter to share with your friends

• Reviewed financials from July
• Will begin document collection for the Annual Audit by Marr and Co. that will take place in October
• EdOps has created a long term financial planning tool, which will be populated with several different scenarios depending on enrollment.  
• Enrollment in 2026 - 2027 will depend on the available space:  Project enrollment of 437 if space is available; 342 with no additional space; 359 if two modules are added
• Reviewed key objectives in the proposed Strategic Plan that will be monitored by the Finance and Facilities committee for the next two years.

• Reviewed rationales for amendments to the School Performance and School Culture charter goals.
• Reviewed the Key Objectives in the proposed Strategic Plan that the School Performance Committee will monitor over the next two years to ensure that the proposed charter goals are met.
• Shala and Keisha are working on a grant from the St. Louis Children's Fund.
• Need to revise the Personnel Evaluation policy to reflect that the relevant member of the leadership team will conduct evaluations on at least an annual basis.

• Discussed Examples and Non-Examples of Board Norms as well as a possible protocol for holding ourselves accountable to the norms.
• Reviewed the template for the amendment letter to the Commission regarding the proposed charter goal changes.
• Reviewed the changes in the revised performance contract with the MPCSC
• Continued alignment between the TLS Organizational Health Dashboard and the proposed Strategic Plan
• Reviewed the Electronic Communication/Cell Phone policy and Teacher Professionalism Policy

Charter Goals #1 - 9, and #12

Motion needed: "I move that this meeting be closed, and that all records and votes, to the extent permitted by law, pertaining to and/or resulting from this closed meeting be closed under Section 610.021, subsection 3, RSMo, for the purpose of."Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of particular employees by a public governmental body when personal information about the employee is discussed or recorded." 

1. August Board Committee Meeting Reports

2. July 2025 Financials

3. TLS Board Norms

4. TLS Communication Protocols

5. Employee Professionalism Policy

6. Electronic Communication Device Policy

7. TLS Public Comments Policy

8. Amended Charter Goals 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 10

9. Revised Charter Contract Letter from the MCPSC with updated enrollment projections

Respond by sharing your response to one or more of the following: (*include evidence, practical examples)

The TLS Board furthered our school mission tonight by ...

* spent____ of our time in the here & now, and ____ planning for the future by... 

* was engaged and stayed on track by ...

* participated in the meeting by ... 

* demonstrated examples of strength during our meeting by ...

* demonstrated opportunities for growth during our meeting by ...

1. If not already done, please consider making a monthly donation to TLS via GiveButter. Any amount is welcome and will help us reach our Board giving goal of $10K. Also please promote and contribute to Trivia Night.

2. To promote enrollment and fundraising, if you haven't yet, please post this TLS promotional flyer on your social media and share within your personal networks.

3. TLS Board Professional Development:

• Professional Development Opportunities for Board Committees 
• Professional Development Tracker for TLS ED & Board Members 

Next Board Meeting(s): 
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Tuesday, December 2, 2025