Dave Nagel- In Feb. meeting discussion around a survey conducted with school community. Would like to see the survey. 

We had our final full staff professional development session with Dr. Lanier on March 31st. It was a great professional development focused on culturally responsive classrooms. 

Graduation, 8th Grade Promotion, and Kindergarten Promotion will be held on Thursday, May 26th. We would love for the board to attend graduation if available. Seats would be on the stage behind the admin team members.

Prom was held on April 23rd at Starlight Meadow. Special thanks to Tiffany Jones for coordinating and Dr. Davis for assisting in the event. 

We begin AP testing next week followed by EOGs and then EOCs. 

Teacher Appreciation Week is next week! We are so thankful to Mrs. Martin and her committee for all of their hard work. It is sure to be a great week!

Our final benchmarks have been completed at K-8. We are looking forward to seeing the progress data and comparing that to EOGs. 

continuing finalizing D & I document and will be shared with administration soon, then will move to the board for review. 

Trying to focus on grant opportunities, especially the larger projects. One thing we are considering is solar powers. Slide show on NC Green Power 

1. We are on track to spend all of our state revenue funds by the end of April. If we don't spend these funds by the April 30th deadline, they revert back to the state.

2. Since state funds will be depleted, we will be using local revenue for the remainder of the year. This is the norm each year and we are still looking to have a sizable surplus at the end of the fiscal year which is June 30.

upcoming board election- applications due Friday- 2 parents seats open and 1 community seat open that is appointed. possibly May 3-10th will be sent out. paper and electronic options. 

Dr. Lanier contract- very excited to come back to ERA 2022-2023 academic year. He will submit a new contract to administration team.

Annual Fund- general categories for marketing, for example, technology in classrooms. A kick-off event at the beginning 2022-2023 school year in September. Once annual cost per family

vote to move forward with annual fund

Sarah will provide what other schools are doing

will we have to continue to vote each month? Lisa- we haven't heard. We will have to continue voting through this summer until they lift the requirements. 

no closed session this evening 

survey- discussed they will be sent out and posted. Results publicly available now posted in PowerPoint in minutes. Still need to make a little more accessible. 

May board meeting May 10