UP Excellence Academy Board of Directors
Minutes
UP Excellence November 2024 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday November 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Location
UP Excellence Academy
330 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. E.
Houston, Texas 77060
Directors Present
I. Acosta, K. Hardwick (remote), N. Beasley (remote), T. Bartley (remote)
Directors Absent
C. Aboud
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
K. Hardwick
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Guest Welcome
C.
Record Attendance
D.
Approve October 10, 2024, Meeting Minutes
II. New Business
A.
New Board Member Orientation
Gina Farfard from Board On Track will stay in touch with new board members.
Tamika Griffin will follow up with Ms. Burnice and Ms. Wade to begin their orientation.
New Board Members will receive their hours of training via email.
B.
TEA Board Member Training Requirements
III. Superintendent's Report
A.
HVAC Update
The lender has sent a quality health check as an accountability measure with HVAC.
B.
Student Assessment Results
BOY:
We will choose Eduphoria as a platform to store data.
C.
TEA Visit Debrief
TEA was very complimentary and is encouraging more students to attend UP.
Based on feedback, small group work will begin in January.
TEA will send a debrief to the Board.
D.
PO Resolution
The furniture vendor has been paid. (in the future we will make it known there is a 30 day pay term).
IV. Board Committee Updates
A.
Finance Committee Report
Kyra Hardwick will follow up on the next board meeting.
B.
Academic Committee Report
Reading and Math will be reworked. Wonders will be adjusted in its framework and scaffold to make it more digestible for teachers and students.
Being that our adopted curriculum doesn't thoroughly cover all standards, we will choose specialists to supplement them.
C.
Community Development Report
- Fundraising Brunch
- Discuss outline
- New Board Members will be the Coordinating Team
- Obtain decoration quote
- Obtain catering quote
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/18pdD3GtfQb5uQFC4OBb2lu_SI6KvgnJZSklq19KdD1c/edit?usp=sharing
Warm Introductions of new board members:
Euletha Wayne
Tasha Burnice
Crystal Bailey