Executive Director Ncholas Tishuk acknowledged the transition of Board Chair Victor Rivera to Kevin Rivera and thanked Victor's for his efforts in founding the school and his work in the past five years as Board Chair.

Committee Chair Cecelia Russo acknowledged the work of the School Management Team this school year and their work to have a successful opening of BSNBCS2.

Principal Garcia updated the board on the work of the K-8 team, including the community celebrations happening this Friday on the final day of classes for students. She updated the Board on our summer program, which is very popular with families and we are currently at maximum capacity for summer school. 

Principal Blough updated the board on the High School, including the Summer College Bound program and our internship framework over the summer. He updated that our final Regents exam in Algebra was given for our inaugural year.  Summer school is July 7th to August 1st, including several College visits, our Drones event and our athletics programming at McCarren Park. 

Chair Russo acknowledged Principal Garcia's upcoming enrollment in a Doctoral program and Principal Blough's defense later this year of his PhD dissertation.

Committee Chair Doris Givens Updated the Board on the work of the Governance committee including the needs to review the Board's policies addressing the Open Meetings Law and establishing the Board Calendar Monthly Meetings Calendar for 2025-26. 

Chair Rivera reiterated the importance of meetings in-person for the school's history and the Board discussed its interest in updating its policies to allow videoconferencing.

Committee Chair Doris Givens updated the Board on the development work of the Board, including attendance at an event at the high school celebrating the Life and legacy of Dirk Tillotson, an education activist and civil rights attorney.  Executive Director Nicholas Tishuk reported back on the event, including a scholarship in his name and the dedication of the Dirk Tillotson Memorial Student Hub at the High School.

CFO Lisa-Renee Brown updated the Board on the work of the Finance Committee, including end of year bank balances, enrollments and projections. Cecelia asked for clarifications regarding the large grant for the Summer program from Bloomberg Philantrophies. 

Executive Director Nicholas Tishuk updated the Board on the new posting this morning for the Charter Schools Program grant, which BSNBCS2 is eligible for. The maximum grant amount for this competitive grant proposal is $2MM over a three year period.

Patricia Bramwell commented on the importance of the School keeping in touch with its graduates and encouraging them in their journey towards college and other post-secondary options.  Joseph Sciame talked about the important work and Shawn Carson reiterated this being an important metric of school success as our high school expands.  

Mr. Tishuk shared that the school had an alumni reunion for our students who matriculated out of 8th grade in previous years, some of whom are now attending college.

The Board discussed matters of legal and human resources.