Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
Minutes
December Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday December 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Location
82 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Trustees Present
Cecelia Russo, John Matos, Joseph Sciame, Josue De Paz, Kevin Nesbitt, Shawn Carson, Victor Rivera
Trustees Absent
Cynthia Aker, Doris Givens
Ex Officio Members Present
Nicholas Tishuk
Non Voting Members Present
Nicholas Tishuk
Guests Present
Brian Blough, Lamar Renee Garcia, Lisa-Renée Brown, Patience Brown, Patricia Bramwell, Sayo Kamara
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve November minutes
II. Academic and Family Life Committee
A.
Committee Update
III. Governance Committee
A.
Committee Update
Committee is always looking to recruit new members; will discuss merger news shortly. Victor mentioned that the gala was a huge success in getting new people into the room to learn about the school.
IV. Finance Committee
A.
Finance Committee Update
The committee shared that we have no big changes to financials – we will have a report soon on the GALA financials. Will be talking more about the money we’ll be shifting from accounts for the potential signing of the lease for the new high school which the board will vote on today.
B.
Real Estate
The Board discussed the motion and the role of the school as guarantor for the lease of the new high school facility. The high school will open in August 2023.
The Board discussed legal and real estate matters than re-entered regular session.
V. Public Comments
A.
Public comments
There were no public comments.
The school got back the testing results and students outperformed in many categories including at district 16 and state levels, in both Math and ELA. Each parent gets a letter with their student’s performance on the tests. Students have until Jan 8 for winter break, with this Friday being the last day in school.