Connected about the testing outcomes released recently, how we did comparatively, and the media around the national performance. In today’s meeting, we reviewed an exams analysis presented by Patience Brown that showed the school outperforming grade by grade for both ELA and Math in 2022 State Exams, including making major strides in ELA. There is a continued focus on math from the school leadership team to ensure we continue to outperform at the rate we’d like, especially in 7-8th grade, and the team is actively working to add additional resources and bandwidth for those grades. NY State will be releasing their data in several weeks, which we’re eager to review.  Cecelia will be coming to the school to work with the team to identify where our graduates went for high school.

Doris let us know that the website is up to date with headshots and biographies for the entire Board. We are waiting for Cynthia Aker to be approved by the DOE. The committee also issued and circulated our first draft of our Trustee handbook, a culmination of ideas collected in our Board retreat. Cynthia provided feedback and the committee is implementing it. 

We’re also refreshing our candidate pipeline in order to continue to recruit board members for January 2023 and additionally, considering parent perspective in particular.

Doris went over our current financial status – general ed and enrollment continue to exceed projections as of October 11th. Our audit is proceeding and we expect to meet the deadline. The public audit is scheduled for Monday, November 14th at 6pm, in-person at the school. We expect no major findings in the audit. 

Additionally, the committee discussed per-pupil payments and calendar to better understand future cash flow and income. Our investment policy continues to get feedback but has been put on hold until after the audit is complete. 

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