Due to the unavailability of some board members, the May Board Meeting Minutes will be published unapproved and not approved in the future. The minutes were reviewed by approved by the members present at the June Board Meeting.

Sarah Y. read the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Statement and no conflicts were identified.

Dave Nagel praised the first year of annual fund, but for continuous improvement, more transparency of fundraising is needed as there were multiple avenues of fundraising and the website says that the annual fund is so that we wouldn't need additional fundraising, so which is it.

• We had an incredible last week of school celebrating our high school graduation, 8th grade
  promotion, and Kindergarten promotion.
• Our EOG/EOC scores have shown tremendous growth across 3rd -8th and high school. We are still compiling all the data and will share further details once the data is released from NC DPI for comparison.
• We were able to take advantage of a program through NC DHHS to get an air purifier for each classroom, office, and common area. They will be delivered at some point this summer and deployed for use in August. These will be provided at no cost to our school.
• Enrollment for August is currently over 800 and looking to be close to 815 at start.
• We currently have two vacancies for the upcoming year (5th grade Math & Science and HS Dean of Students). We have been interviewing and will likely have those positions filled by the end of the month.
• Congratulations to our Women’s Outdoor Track Team on their NCHSAA Scholar-Athlete Team Award. This award means that they had the highest team GPA in the state!
• We also had our first team state championship. Our men’s doubles team beat the #1 seed to take home the title. Congratulations to Coach Kirby, Nathan Bermeo, and Noah Marisco!
• Our middle school women’s soccer team won the conference championship. It was another
  fantastic season for these talented young athletes.

An update to the state revenue this month, with an increase due to literary program.

No June Budget due to audit not being complete yet.

School Improvement Team is not meeting during the summer with next meeting happening after Labor Day holiday.

A new board member representative will be needed to be liaison for next school year.

Discussed what the D&I needs are from a consultant perspective, do we need someone full-time or just on retainer and hourly rate? So far, the tools developed and plans created are great, now we need to do that work to enact them. Due to scope of work, we are ready to move forward with the tools and strategies and have him at an hourly rate, as needed.

Planning Budget presented and discussed.

ERA is seeking to update our Policy on Fees to ensure compliance with North Carolina General Statute § 115C-218.50, the School shall not charge tuition or fees except as follows:

(1)  Any fees that are charged by the local school administrative unit in which the School is located.

(2)  NCS, upon approval by the board of directors of the charter school, may establish fees for extracurricular activities, except those fees shall not exceed the fees for the same extracurricular activities charged by a local school administrative unit in which forty percent (40%) or more of the students enrolled in the charter school reside.

Previously the Board voted on any fees, now it will be as stated above, with our county being Orange County.

Next meeting will be Tuesday, July 18 at 5:30 and will be hybrid.

No close session required.