The school is full swing. The focus is on the SPED program with the nice of new SPED team members. The school has received with local media coverage on the initiatives to support Puerto Rico's recovery from Hurricane Maria. The school welcomed two students from the Caribbean who were displaced due to the hurricane and support families. The school will continue the AM program (3&4 graders) and the Saturday program and the planning is being handled to accommodate. 

Victor Rivera presented for the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee met for a public session last week. The committee reviewed the draft audit report from our auditors, which was given to the board for review. The report was a clean report and no financial and operational recommendations to report.  Ms. Brown gave a report on her communication with Capital One. Through her talks with the bank, they informed her of potential grants the school may be eligible for and Ms. Brown will continue the communication. The committee has recommended that the board be adopted and the management letter. Once this is done, the final report and letter will be filed. 

Cecilia Russo presented for the Education Committee. The committee did not meet but Ms. Russo shared her experience during her visit recently. Ms. Pagan gave an update on the middle school progress. The second quarter starts on Friday and the first quarter awards invitations will be sent to the board. 

Kevin Nesbitt presented for the Family Life Committee. The committee met on the 13th via conference call. The structure of the meeting allowed parent to attend. The committee has scheduled meetings for the rest of the calendar year and will schedule the 2018 school year in November. The PFO's main focus is the Community Harvest scheduled for November 17th. The PFO will discuss at the next meeting potential ways that the Family Life Committee can support the PFO  and how they can support the board. The PFO conducted their sock drive with the school and mailed to a school in Houston. The PFO asked the board and/or Family Life committee presence at the school and events as well as feedback on how to grow and expand in their structure. Mr. Rivera brought up the issue of   the parent board member and how they can assist the board in this initiative. 

Vicky D'Anjou-Pomerleau presented for the development committee. The school received a letter from Governor Cuomo thanking the school for walking with him in the West Indian Day Parade last September. The school received a Certificate of Achievement at the Exceptional Leadership level by Operation Smiles, our partner for the in school dental program. Community leaders met in the school cafeteria for a visioning activity as part of the Parks Department progress in renovating in the Lewis Avenue Playground. The Brooklyn Edge ran a story about the Charter Center's sector-wide supplies drive and mentioned the school's name in the article. 

Ms. Bramwell introduced the project Dalia Oberlander presented to the board the American Ballet Theater program called Project Plie. It identifies children of various ethnic backgrounds ages 8-10 and trains the students with potential careers in dance. Dalia will continue researching this project and will wok with the school to continue the progress. 

The Chairman Sciame asked that the December holiday dinner/party be scheduled and planned. 

Leticia Theodore Green presented a friend raising event in the computer lab with a slide show of the school. The culinary club will present the snacks for the event. Leticia will send the email invite and the ask is that the board send three-five names they would like to invite to this event. The event will be 6:30-8:00 on November 8th. This event will be a partnership of the Family Life and the Development committee. 

The board discussed legal and personnel issues.