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

Roll Call Vote

Status: Goal #10 - Board Engagement

• Average meeting attendance YTD:  66%
• Giving YTD: $1250
• Next Event, Skating for Change on 11/29
• Discussion of "Meet the Board" monthly coffee/evening online.

9.24.25 - PRiME Center Data Luncheon for superintendents and board chairs emphasized growth data as a clearer measure of a school's impact on student achievement.  Encouraged attendees to learn what high-growth low-income schools were doing to Beat the Odds.  Here are the elementary schools with highest growth rates in math and ELA last year based on state MAP scores.

9.27.25 - Trivia Night at the Pagedale Community Center attracted 51attendees and brought in $4186 for technology.

November Retreat Goal: Strategic Planning 

• Two shorter sessions on a Saturday: First with Kent to map out the plan; second with ourselves to deal with logistics within our committees
• Dates for first session that work for Kent would be Nov 1 or Nov 8 
• Complete Google Survey re: board availability by Friday, 10/3

Annual Review of Board Conduct Policy

• Read, discuss, sign last page.
• Discuss Norms Look-Fors and Self-Check Tool

 DRAFT Board Handbook

• Feedback

Committees Report on Monthly Activity

Discussion

• Goal 7 (Family/Community Engagement) -
• Discussed timing of first newsletter,
• PTO launch plan,
• Writing a letter from the 2024 - 2025 Dev Comm members explaining the shift in direction of the committee
• Trivia Night planning
• Whether enrollment numbers could support hiring a development consultant.

• Reviewed financials from August
• Discussed status of the 2025 Annual Audit
• Reviewed compliance with state reporting - need quarterly reports from last year
• Reviewed Goal 11:  Board Engagement goals in the SMP
• Discussed timeline for completion of the Financial Info to prep the Board for the SQR Site Visit on 10/27 - 10/28.
• Discussion Facilities expansion planning timeline 

• Reviewed the Beginning of year (BOY) performance data and actions taken to accelerate growth in ELA/Reading and math achievement by December, when the Mid-Year (MOY) data are collected.
• Discussed Report Well compliance - overdue School Performance related reporting
• Discussed ETA for 2025 - 2026 Committee Charter completion
• Discussed ETA for SQR Site Visit Prep info related to school performance
• Reviewed progress on Goals 1 - 9 of the Strategic Monitoring framework.
• Checked progress on the St. Louis Children's Fund Grant development process

• Discussed status of norm review panel work re: process for holding ourselves and each other accountable 
• SQR Site Visit Prep - reviewed Governance/Strategic Vision modules
• Status of compliance with Report Well reporting requirements for August 2025/early Sept 2025 per the SMP
• Established Evaluation Work Team to initiate planning for the 2025 - 2026 ED with first meeting set for 9.22 (see notes)
• Discussed need for emergency board succession planning

Enrollment

Staffing

BOY Assessments

PTO

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 610.021.2 "Leasing, purchase or sale of real estate by a public governmental body where knowledge of the transaction might adversely affect the legal consideration therefor."

1. September Board Committee Meeting Reports

2. Development Committee, Finance Committee, and Governance Committee Charters

3. August 2025 Financials

4. TLS Board Norms, Look-Fors, Self-Check Tool

5. Hiring and Recruitment Policy

6. Denise Griffin, Director of Operations, as TLS Custodian of Records

7. TLS Staff Handbook

8. TLS Family Handbook

9. Strategic Monitoring Framework (SMF)

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