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

Short Term and Long Term Facilities Expansion Proposal

Board Chair and Committees Report on Monthly Activity

Letter of Concern

• The MCPSC has issued TLS a Letter of Concern regarding the math achievement of Grade 3 students on the Spring 2024 state assessment (MAP).  While our Charter MAP Goal focuses on the achievement of students who have attended three consecutive years and no students had by last spring, the state holds ALL schools accountable for meeting certain standards as part of their school improvement process known as MSIP 6. One standard is based on a school's MAP Performance Index (MPI), a quick way to compare the achievement of student groups and schools as a whole. The Math MPI for TLS was lower than the average for other Grade 3 students in Normandy.

Activity/Events

• On Tuesday, 1/14, School Performance Committee members Stephanie Madlinger, Carrie Page, and I attended The Opportunity Trust's "Virtual Data Talk: Latest St. Louis and Missouri Education Data"

             Trends in student performance in the region post-Pandemic

             Data tools to identify schools making greater than average gains in student growth in our region, e.g., 

             MADE (Missouri Academic Data Explorer) 

• On Saturday, 3/29, TLS will hold its annual Trivia Night at the Pagedale Community Center.  This represents another opportunity to support TLS's goal of building a playground. Please mark your calendar and plan to invite your friends and family to this very enjoyable fundraiser!

FYI

• Differences between Public Schools and Charter Schools
• TLS Charter Goals

• Presentation of the Financials for December 2024
• Jan. 22, 2024 Finance & Facilities Committee Meeting Report

• Jan 6, 2024 Development Committee Meeting Report 
• Trivia Night (March 29) Work Team Report 
• Grants Preparation Work Team Report

• Jan 20, 2025 Governance Committee Meeting Report
• Updates: 

           Board Self-Evaluation Survey Data

           April Board Retreat:  Response to Survey Data, ED Evaluation, Charter Amendment Preparation

           Conflict of Interest Questionnaire Completion

           Background Checks

• Governance Professional Development Presentation

• Jan. 17, 2024 School Performance Committee Meeting Report

• MOY School Performance and Instructional Plan
• Climate Goals
• Attendance, Tardies, and Discipline Data and Reporting of Data

1. TLS December 2024 Financials

2. January 2025 TLS Board Committee Meeting Reports

1. If you haven't yet,  please complete the Conflict of Interest form and send to Becky and have your ID scanned at the school for the mandatory board member background check.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Please continue your personal board professional Development:

• Committee-Based Opportunities for Professional Development Resource 
• TLS Board Member and Executive Director Professional Development Tracker 

Next Board Meeting:  Feb. 28