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: 85%
• Giving YTD: $2536

ACTION ITEMS

Mid-Year Board Report

• Mid-January distribution to stakeholders
• Discuss at late January Board/Community coffee

Attend 

• PTO on 1/13/26
• Board/Community Coffee - January

Volunteer to bring snacks to Jan 27 Board Meeting

Winter Retreat

• Jan 24 with Greenhouse E3 facilitator: Foundation Building for Charter Renewal. Please RSVP if you haven't yet.
• Jan 31 with Kent Peterson: Strategic Plan Development for Charter Renewal. Please RSVP if you haven't yet.
• Both sessions at TLS from 9 - 4 PM

• Fulfill commitment to Giving Tuesday, if not already done.
• RSVP to 1/24/25 Retreat: Gary, Tanisha
• RSVP to 1/31/25 Retreat: Aaron, TC, Gary, Tanisha
• Sign Board Conduct Policy: TC, Tanisha
• Contribute to Mid-Year Board Report
• Who would like to bring snacks for January 27?

Committees Report on Monthly Activity

Fundraising

• Discussed plans to sell wellness kits at Christmas in the Kitchen
• School to receive a donation from Mitzi MacDonald in addition to proceeds from Wellness Kit.
• Principal Maldonado will loop board in to upcoming school-based fundraisers, e.g., Double Good popcorn.
• Operations Director Denise Griffin will develop SOPs for tracking various donations sources:  CashApp, PayPal Giving, Give Butter, checks, cash, EFTs.
• Courtney will take a deeper look at mounting a capital campaign to fund Ourdoor Classroom/Naturescape in January.

Community Communication

• Family Newsletters will be posted on the website and a link to the most recent shared with the board.
• Courtney is working on a State of the School address for Fam U on 1/27, including how to make sense of iReady data.
• Will use info for the Board's mid-year report

ACTION:

• Attend Skating for Change - Jan 24

Monthly Financials

• KPIs: 73% Days of Cash; 7% Gross Margin; 21% Fund Balance
• Revenue: $218K net increase 
• Expenses: Net decrease of $155K

Annual Audit

• Completed, no issues
• Gary will look into ways to increase efficiencies of school inputs with Denise.

Policy

• Suggested that we determine whether to increase our coverage for Employee Theft from $250K to $500K.

Facilities

• Courtney and Lindsay are working hard on finalizing loan documents for the next phase of expansion.

ACTION ITEMS

• Discuss monthly financials
• Discuss Employee Theft coverage

Reporting

• Reviewed expectations for Courtney's Second Quarter Report for the Board on 1/27/26.
• Deadline for assessment summary needed for Reportwell was moved to the end of January.

Goal 1 - MAP Achievement

• Discussed APR display on school website per TLS's existing APR Information Policy and whether to modify language; how best to display.
• Classroom libraries are currently being assembled.  Need volunteers to help with classifying and leveling.

Goals 2 (Progress Monitoring/Growth)

• Reviewed the ELA progress monitoring data for K  - 2 based on the CKLA Foundations Curriculum.
• Using the data for intentional reteaching of small groups needing more help.

Goal 5 - Attendance

• Level Up incentive bracelets are working.  Kids are motivated.  
• Will share impact specifically on students who have had attendance issues with the board during the quarterly report at the end of January.

Goal 6 - Student Leadership:  

• Several different data sources for tracking impact of the student leadership development through wellness initiatives:
• Assessments 1
• Assessments 2
• Keisha will generate reports based on these sources some monthly, some quarterly.
• Discussed the Online Safety aspect of student leadership within the context of Resources available though Parent ProTech.

Goal 7 - Family Satisfaction

• Mid-year data will be discussed with the board in January

Goal 9 - Staff Satisfaction

• Awaiting data from The Opportunity Trust who handles the survey.
• Reviewed status of performance evaluation rubric development for various functions.
• All staff will have been reviewed once by end of January/early Feb and again in April/May.

ACTION ITEM

• Discussion/Vote on APR Information Policy
• Volunteers to help with classroom library organization

Comprehensive School Safety Plan

• Reviewed expectations, status
• Moved board presentation to January

Annual Existing Policy Review

• Discussed timeline for reviewing existing policies, approving and including new model policies into our document.
• Discussed which existing policies will be reviewed in January.

Board Retreat

• Date to be set to meet with Veronica to plan Retreat 1 and coordinate with Kent re: Retreat 2.
• 2 board members still need to RSVP for Jan 24; 4 board members still need to RSVP for Jan 31
• Part of the first retreat will deal with themes from the Board;s Midyear Self Evaluation.

ED Evaluation

• Discussed status of the ED evaluation; data will be shared with the Board in December.
• Presentation of the data to Courtney in closed session on 1/6/26.

Emergency ED Succession Planning

• Tanisha and Aaron have met twice about this.
• Now need to set up a meeting with Courtney.

Exit Interviews

• Stephanie will connect with Courtney about the status of exit interviews for departing staff.

Charter Renewal

• Work has started on the charter renewal narrative.

ACTION ITEMS:

• Review of existing policies: Physical Restraint Procedures Policy, Parental Involvement Policy (Title IA), FMLA/FERPA Rights Policy 
• Discussion of new policies: Special Education Records (275), Records Retention Model Policy (276), Bus Driver Background Check Model Policy (290), Crown Act Model Policy (291)

Reports on:

School Safety

1. October Financials

2. November Development Committee Meeting Notes

3. November Governance Committee Meeting Notes

4. November School Performance Committee Meeting Notes

5. School Performance Committee Charter 2025 - 2026

6. ED Evaluation Cycle 2025 - 2026

7. July 2025 Required Model Policy Additions/Revisions 

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 610.021.3 "Hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting of particular employees by the district when personal information about the employee is discussed or recorded."

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• Professional Development Tracker for TLS ED & Board Members 

Upcoming Board Meetings:

Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025  - *Special Online Meeting

 Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting