Veritas Preparatory Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Friday May 26, 2017 at 8:15 AM
Location
Veritas Prep Charter School 1st floor conference room or Dial-in number: 866-848-2216, Conference Code: 7783935205
Trustees Present
A. Mendelson, C. Alves, D. Fuller, D. Janes (remote), G. Moody (remote), J. Crowell, L. Abbate, L. Doherty, M. Landon, M. Sweet, R. Sela
Trustees Absent
T. Gabinetti
Trustees who arrived after the meeting opened
J. Crowell
Trustees who left before the meeting adjourned
C. Alves
Guests Present
Ashley Martin, Denise Ford, E. Pendergrass, R. Romano, Tom Moran
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
A. Mendelson introduces prospective trustees, T. Moran and D. Ford.
D. Raymond called a meeting of the board of trustees of Veritas Preparatory Charter School to order on Friday May 26, 2017 at 8:16 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes
M. Sweet proposes to postpone approval of April minutes to June board meeting.
II. Finance Committee
A.
Approve FY18 Budget
R. Romano begins discussion of FY18 budget. She highlights that the April financial statement and FY18 budget do not have matching FY17 projections and that the correct projections are in the FY18 budget. R. Romano reviews column of notes she added to the FY18 budget regarding significant differences between it and the FY17 budget highlighting staff additions and the challenge of filling SPED staffing needs. Discussion begins on the possibility of using the surplus for teacher bonuses or funds.
J. Crowell arrived.
M. Sweet made a motion to approve the FY18 Budget as presented.
M. Landon seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C. Alves left.
B.
April Financials
III. Academic Achievement Committee
A.
Academic Achievement Data
R. Sela discusses goals and standings for the year highlighting common criteria that needs to be brought to the board. She notes that DESE is making changes to common criteria to be finalized June 9 so she will present it to the board after the changes are made.
R. Romano discusses accountability plan requirements and notes that the plan will be brought to the academic achievement committee once it is sent back from DESE with edits.
R. Romano discusses accountability plan requirements and notes that the plan will be brought to the academic achievement committee once it is sent back from DESE with edits.
IV. Executive Director Report
A.
Update on Turnaround Grant
R. Romano announced that we received the DESE turnaround grant and gives a brief explanation of the school model possibilities: innovation, horace mann charter, and district contract. She proposes that we create a discussion group or committee for the turnaround school instead of having those discussions live on the executive committee. Suggestions would be made by this group and final decisions would be made by the board.
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 9:42 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
E. Pendergrass