Minutes were reviewed.

Started 6:10pm, ended 6:18pm
Doris Givens reported. The governance tool Board on Track (BOT) is being used to support the ED evaluation process and board assessments. The Governance Committee is leveraging BOT resources for intentional work and the improvement of goal completion for each board committee. Engagement metrics are another area of focus through the Board on Track framework. Recruitment of additional board members is an ongoing process and work is underway.

Started 6:18pm, ended 6:50pm
Cecelia Russo provided minutes and a packet for distribution to the board. A discussion was had regarding the opening of the school, the establishment of a vision and goals, dashboard items and goals for the committee.  Principal Patience Brown described remote learning practices, in person learning practices, assessments for benchmarks, synchronous programming and the school’s parent engagement framework 
 

6:50pm- 6:57pm
Tyler McConnell discussed the school’s annual audit process, the application for the PPP loan forgiveness and the scheduling of a public meeting for the Finance Committee’s next meeting on October 19th. The school currently has 717 students enrolled. 
 

6:57pm-7:07pm
Development Chair Tamikka Pate reported that a virtual fundraiser is tentatively scheduled to coincide with Giving Tuesday in November and that the school's Gala will be rescheduled  to May 2021 due to the pandemic. A “Doodle” will be sent to board members to determine a May 2021 date. 

7:07pm-7:15pm
For new business, Executive Director Tischuk, shared the new compliance policy related to protecting Personally Identifiable Information. In 2020, the NYS legislature updated the Education Law with Section 2-d to include additional data safeguards for students, teachers, and principals. These mandates include a Parent's Bill of Rights, which has already been posted on our website, and a Board policy to protect the confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information. The school is working on developing this policy with the Board so that it can be reviewed and adopted during the October 20th meeting.
 

For old  business, Joseph Sciame, outgoing Board chair, recognized Victor Rivera in his newly accepted role as Board Chair. Mr. Sciame passed the gavel to Mr. Rivera and Mr. Rivera recognized Mr. Sciame’s work as a school founder and his ten years as the leader of the Board.

Mr. McConnell shared news of a possible corporate donation for a health program and access to financial literacy programming, in partnership with Junior Achievement, in late October for the members of the school community.

There was a brief discussion directed to CFO Lisa-Renee on the need to clarify what our next steps are pertaining to contributions sent in for tickets for the Sept 2019 Gala, which was postponed due to COVID-19.

7:15pm
There were no public comments.

7:15PM
Mr. Rivera informed the board of the need for an executive session to discuss legal and personnel issues.

Mr. Rivera informed the board of the need to return to public session. 

Mr. Rivera reported back in a public session that the Board discussed a legal and personnel matter of the school, and that the Board is adopting the Executive Director’s recommendation on a personnel matter.  
 

Mr. McConnelll made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Ms. Russo seconded it and it was approved unanimously at 8:10pm.