Patience sent an email detailing all of the activities from now to the end of the year. Testing started this week for ELA state tests and had a pep rally yesterday to get students excited and ready for the day. Patience gave our regular student and staff update – we are fully staffed. 

Math state testing will be the first week of May. No major concerns noted. Staff that will be asked back will be going out in late May. The test is not a comparison test, as it’s been changed quite a bit from last year.

Graduation venues been hard to find, but we’ve confirmed a location and date - June 17th at 11am.

Nick shared that we’re been working on additional Board recruits – using Boardstrong to find people interested in our school. Josue also spoke to a parent who’s potentially interested in the board. Next week we’ll discuss if we’ll be going back to meeting on Tuesdays or keeping the meeting on Wednesdays or another day that is ideal for the Trustees.

Shawn talked about the detailed bank statements as we do on a monthly basis and there were no subsantives updates to note. Shawn also mentioned that the time for the meeting may change moving forward. 

The board discussed the FY24 Budget, detailing the changes YoY, especially with regard to the high school and one-time ARP funding. The state budget hasn’t been finalized yet, so we can’t finalize that until we hear about that dynamic. The after school program has helped us to retain students (professional services bucket) and will be increasing in the budget next year, along with staff professional development, which helps retain staff. Facilities also increased with our expected high school expansion and need of a new high school building. We’ll be covering the rest of fundraising next week.

Doris explained the gala concept for our fundraising in November, where she detailed her initial plan. Victor mentioned that a gala committee would be very helpful - Doris and Cynthia would co-Chair it together and set an introductory meeting via Zoom.

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