East Link Academy Charter School
Minutes
ELA Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 10, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Location
78 Global Drive
Suite 200
Greenville, SC 20607
ELA Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, January 10 · 6:30 – 8:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
https://meet.google.com/fix-czsd-ozm
Directors Present
E. Ferrand, J. Pringle, M. Nickerson, M. Regier, R. Renken
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Barbra Bingham, C. Simmons, D. Hutto
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes from 11/07/2023
II. Informational
A.
Head of School Report
B.
Financial Report
The financials are trending well. This discal year-to-date shows at 39% of the budget which is right in line. On the Budget to Actual, there shows a surplus in the "Other Expenses" category, this is due to the lability insurance and BoardOnTrack expense that were not accounted for in these lines in the budget; however, the overall expenses for the year even it out.
C.
Facility Committee Report
Julie is able to sign the letter of notice to send into Piper Sandler releasing them. Julie and Moses were able to speak to Jerry at Building Hope discussing potential properties. Current real estate inventory is down. Richard can run the numbers and update Jerry about the potential price range.
D.
Parameters of Potential Properties
We need to decide what parameters we want to share with the public, in order to prevent unusable properties. We need to create a formal document containing simple but consistent parameters. Jerry can be involved with necessary information. Dana and Moses will create said document. Ezgi will help with maps to put on the document. Recommended parameters need to include the property being in Greenville County. The price range does not need to be included on this public document to prevent creating more issues for them public.
III. Actions
A.
Renewal Agreement with Board OnTrack
We had let BoardOnTrack know that we were potentially not renewing our contract for 2024 and we were going to present to the Board in December, but there was not a quorum for the December meeting. BoardOnTrack is wanting us to automatically renew for 2024 since we were not able to let him know in December. They are wanting us to sign and pay for this year and let him know now if we will not want to renew for next year.
B.
2024-2025 Calendar Presentation for First Reading
After this first reading, the calendar will be send out to parents for comments and suggestions. Following that, the calendar will come back to the Board for the final reading and approval.
C.
Gavin's Law Policy
We need to create a policy based around Gavin's Law. This policy will enforce educating the students around sexual extortion and internet safety. This will follow the counseling curriculum. We need to approve this by February 28th. The State Department of Education, SLED, and State Attorney General is creating lessons and curriculum that can be used in this policy.
90th day enrollment count was made this past Monday. Lottery numbers are down this year (by approximately half compared to previous years) so everyone on the list may be able to make enrollment. The lottery has been moved to February 2nd. We need to work on a marketing plan to get the word out and building up a waiting list.
There was no school yesterday due to the weather.
PTO had a large meeting in December, resulting in a new slate of volunteers. The PTO is hosting a Chinese New Year celebration on 2/8.
Currently working on mid-year assessments.