Libertas Academy Charter School
Minutes
Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday January 17, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5069946767?pwd=QXEvbzlHb0tYZWE4VHl6MCtrVFlGUT09
Meeting ID: 506 994 6767
Password: 12345
Trustees Present
A. Seymour (remote), D. Barrows (remote), K. Diamond Kayiatos (remote), K. Stewart (remote), L. Davis (remote), L. Velez (remote), N. Barker (remote), P. Kkayego (remote), S. Lapolice (remote), S. Williams (remote), T. Curtis (remote)
Trustees Absent
H. Zavala, L. Flynn
Ex Officio Members Present
D. Guertin (remote), M. Montero (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
D. Guertin (remote), M. Montero (remote)
Guests Present
Jeffery Fialky (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Board Chair Welcome
C.
Record Attendance and Guests
D.
Approve Minutes : Dec Meeting
E.
Public Comment
II. Management Report
A.
Management Report
MM walked the Board through the LACS achievement data :
Student Enrollment. - On track for 7th and 8th , confident we will get there for 6th. A couple events on horizon . Feeling good where we are.
Attendance - feeling good. Very close to hitting 95% goal in all grades . Hitting 95% in 6th . Confident we will hit end of year with 95%
FYIs
Trustee Giving! Give by Feb 2023!
Donor Prospect List -
MM mentioned that LACS is updating its values . Values have changed as school has grown . Need to think about who we are as an organization currently, and how we do our work. MM stated that the school is holding a values summit on feb 10 - inviting members of community (family, students, staff etc) to contribute to what current values should be. Would love board to be involved if feel so inclined
III. Executive Session
A.
Executive Session
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Academic Achievement Committee
Nick - Full confidence that the team is addressing concerns at midpoint in year while also celebrating successes. He mentioned that the calendar was discussed & as a Board we will review at the closing of this meeting. Committee also discussed 3 main themes school should be focused on at current stage.
MM hit the other data highlights in his report earlier.
B.
Finance Committee
Patrick - Month of December - ratios look good, net position positive. No concerns. Lots of communication between FC and management about forecast.
C.
Development Committee
Launching campaign! David Guertin led the team through updates and plans going forward regarding outreach & requests. Feeling confident in all we achieved thus far!
Board giving by Feb 1! This is very important for fundraising.
Event we are working on to bring people to LACS - Feb 9th . Great way to get to know the school. Kari asked Board to send suggestions of people to include at this event. MM will have an invitation to share with Board members soon.
DC looking to add members. Kari asked Board to think of potentials and send her names her way.
D.
Governance Committee
Did not meet this month.
E.
ED Evaluation Committee
LD highlighted that the ED committee met a week or two ago. They discussed MM progress toward goals. Family Engagement, School & professional culture are in a strong place! Still working toward goals in student achievement but confident progress will be made. Will be more telling when committee meets again in march and can compare goal data from this month.
Committee is also working on changing some language on the Bonus Structure doc. Will have a finalized copy for Board approval at the March meeting.
V. Other Business
A.
Academic Calendar 23-24 Approval
Presented at the last academic achievement meeting. Overall calendar is similar to what has been done historically. Meets charter # of days, accounting for snow days, PD days etc. Pretty standard. Nick echoed this, his committee approved unanimously.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Next meeting
Next meeting Feb 28th at 5:30
Kari - Hector was not able to be here so I am leading the meeting!