Do not have quorum to vote; will postpone until next board meeting. Will publish as un-approved.

Do not have quorum to vote; will postpone until next board meeting. Will publish as un-approved.

Dave Nagel commented on previous opportunities available (such as Middle School Science Fair and the Science Olympiads), but haven't heard anything about availability this year.

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• In an effort to bring families into the building and increase exposure to our K-5 specials, today we hosted our Specials Showcase. Today was a K-2 focus and in the spring, we will host 3-5.
• We held our first Trunk-or-Treat in October and it was a huge success. The high school clubs were instrumental in helping organize the event. We will work to make this an annual event at ERA.
• Our high school peer ambassadors have begun their activities in both buildings. They signed up for activities of interest including tours, relationship building with 9th grade CATs groups, outreach to the lower school, buddies, and service. Last week, the ambassadors had a pizza party with their buddy. A buddy is a student identified as needing assistance socially, emotionally, academically, etc. It’s a wonderful program and I can’t think Mrs. Sealy enough for her organization and leadership of this enriching program.
• Congratulations to our fall sports teams. Volleyball and soccer both made the state playoffs.
• Cross country placed second and ninth in the state. We appreciate all of our coaches for their time and effort in creating such a great program.
• Our School Improvement Team is planning their first meeting after Thanksgiving. We will begin with some team building then start looking at the strategic plan.
• We have begun receiving annual fund donations. We are well over $2,000 at this point. There are 489 families at ERA.
• I have contracted with a firm to do a risk management assessment on both schools. The scope of work will include school safety and security assessments and review any potential
  vulnerabilities and recommendations on how to correct those. The work will begin in December with information gathering then a site-visit in January.

Finance and audit updates unavailable this month (Acadia is behind due to mandatory training instituted).

Family Diversity and Inclusion meetings will be offered after the holidays to be made available for all ERA families.

Staff training occurred on early release day October 31 and the next full-day training will be in February. This month, school walk-throughs will be happening looking for cultural responsive actions taking place.

Proposing the survey be annually sent out by Chair and Vice-Chair, so future votes are not needed, unless changes are needed. The data is anonymous and data does not go to the admin team (stays with the board).

Not needed.

There will be no December meeting.

Next board meeting will be Wednesday, January 18 at 5:30PM remotely.