Amend minutes to note that Maggie was approved to join the board.

No public comment.

Potential board members discussed -

• Karen Hayes-has already indicated interest. Director of Development for Escuela Bilingue in Emeryville.
• Bill Holsey-member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Boule.  Has taken students on a field trip.
• Christina Greenberg-has already indicated interest. David to reach out to her to see if she still has an interest. 

CCSA was not interested in taking up our case. Vijay to look for other options.

Board on Track training. 

Committee needs to determine if the priorities from last year the same as this year? 

• Monitoring our progress towards academic goals
• Monitoring recruitment

Need guidance from David on what the priorities are for this year. David suggested to devote the time to recruitment so to academic committee members can join the weekly recruitment meetings so that they will see updates.

Maggie suggested to set up a project plan. 

Parren commended the staff on the great feedback from the Silicon Schools recent visit. The ACOE visit was today and went well. David commended Swati for her leadership on preparing the schools for those visits. 
Swati commented that the feedback that we receive is normally given to schools in their third or fourth year, not the second.  Feedback is taken and acted upon.  We need to make time to celebrate our successes. 

We have a phenomenal staff this year. They are of one mind, and committed to the individual students. 

James asked when is the next opportunity to get people in the school -

• Back to School Night is Tuesday, October 8 at 5pm. 
• Week without Walls presentations are on November 22 at 5pm

James Jordan reviewed the adjusted budget projections that is based on 111 enrollment  and 94% ADA. 

• Utilities will be billed quarterly
• ACES after school funding was more than originally budgeted. ($163K increased to $176K) David is negotiating with Girls, Inc. on a fair rate for after school. 
• The books are ready for the 2018-2019 audit. 

 

• A shift this year is that the both staff and students are aware of the goals of the school.
• David feels that the culture is strong now. Too soon to know where we are with reading. Students are just beginning to take Accelerated Reader assessments in their classes.   Need more data to see where we are. 
• David reviewed enrollment. New students are enrolling every week. 
• David walked the board members through the Dashboard data.
• David reviewed the feedback that we received from Silicon Schools. 
• Because the line of credit was not approved by Umpqua Bank, the finance committee will pursue other banks for a line of credit.