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Beatrice Mayes Institute

Minutes

WEEA Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday September 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Location

Beatrice Mayes Institute

5807 Calhoun Rd.

Houston, TX 77021

Directors Present

A. Berry, Ed.D., B. Gilbert, G. Thomas, J. Greenberg, J. Keeton, M. Taylor, R. Caine

Directors Absent

None

Guests Present

B. Foster, C. Simpson, D. Johnson, Ron Wilson, S. Shahid, T. Watts, Tiffany Chatman

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Greenberg called a meeting of the board of directors of Beatrice Mayes Institute to order on Wednesday Sep 20, 2023 at 6:34 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

A. Berry, Ed.D. made a motion to approve the minutes from WEEA Board Meeting on 07-19-23.
J. Keeton seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Superintendent Update

A.

Superintendent Report

Superintendent provided updates in the following areas:

  • COVID
  • Enrollment
  • Marketing
  • Construction
  • Upcoming TPCSA Conference begins 9/25/23.

New employee - Tashiana Tucker - Director of Advocacy & Community Engagement started on 9/18/23.

 

Fund development update September 2023:

  • Working on Fall grants (Aug - Dec)
  • Working to submit between 30-35 grant requests (32 to be exact)
    • 17 assigned to Capital Campaign (53%)
    • 2 for Social Emotional Learning (6.25%)
    • 3 for STEAM (9%)
      • Dell Foundation
      • Susan Vaughn Foundation
      • Medallion Foundation
    • 16 grants do not have a determined Program Type assigned
  • Submitting 6 grants by the end of this month
  • Submitting 6 by the end of October 
  • No grants have been awarded to date

Texas Strategic Leadership Update:

  • Attended first day of two day conference today.
  • Group meeting on Friday, September 22, 2023.

 

 

III. Academics Presentation

A.

Accountability RAting

-D. Johnson explained the accountability rating and the differences in school year 2022 and 2023.

-C. Simpson explained Domain 1. Discussed calculating the score, student achievement, reading performance comparison of BMI, State of Texas and Region.

 

Domain 2A- Academic Growth 2023 Updates:

Discussed calculating the school progress domain, part A: Academic Growth. Measuring annual growth PLUS measuring Accelerated learning.

 

B. Foster explained Domain 2A in more detail and the overall accountability score.

 

IV. Finance

A.

Updates

Finance Committee Meeting last week.

M. Taylor provided updates on what the committee is working on.

Plan to have documentation ready by 10/25/23.

No financials will be provided today, July financials need to be reviewed before they are presented.

Will prioritize finance items from retreat.

B.

Executive Session

Executive session began at 8:04pm

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:19 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Greenberg