Libertas Academy Charter School
Minutes
AAC Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday February 5, 2020 at 5:00 PM
Location
146 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA
This meeting was held via conference call.
Committee Members Present
J. Lauren (remote), M. Montero (remote), T. Curtis (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
T. Curtis called a meeting of the Academic Achievement Committee Committee of Libertas Academy Charter School to order on Wednesday Feb 5, 2020 at 5:01 PM.
II. Academic Achievement Committee
A.
Libertas Academy Academic Dashboard
III. Other Business
A.
FY21 Strategic Plan
Tiffani and Josh will read the plan and provide feedback before the next board meeting.
IV. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:31 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
T. Curtis
Documents used during the meeting
None
- No shift in staff demographics
- 96% student attendance, the school is trending to meet its EOY goal. 7% of students fall in chronic absenteeism (missing 9+ days) and will be attending Saturday Academy for attendance buyback. Attendance is improved from this time last year.
- Behavior data: there have been 22 suspensions so far. Suspensions for SPED students are trending high and of concern (half of the suspensions). The school is monitoring this data point.
- Enrollment: The goal is 270 and the school is at 260. Several students transitioned out of 8th grade (4-5) given the expansion announcement. There are 100 applications for 20-21 enrollment which is about 50 applications lower than this time last year.
- Pre and Post MCAS aligned assessments will be administered to attempt to discern mastery of standards and preparedness for the state test.
- There are intervention blocks in place to provide additional support for students.
- 80% staff retention goal
Tiffani shared the need to share with students their actual performance (score) on last year's MCAS.