Crew starts at training tomorrow. And crew Saturday with the community. 

Expansion for 6-8

Full attendance

Back office/CFO joined virtually with budget projections-fully enrolled K-5 and K-8 mode with full enrollment and 85% enrollment we were still not at financial risk.

Rough number nothing solid

staffing can have risk. K-5 already presented challenges

Smaller QBE funding. 

Budget is not the most important consideration

Most important consideration is Academics

Concern with K-5 is testing much smaller controlled group

K-8 you double your pool of testing. 3-8 and 1 year with 6-8 and testing is demanding

Culture is the big concern you have more time to build your culture with K-5.

Financial is not the final, it is Academics and the biggest concern

Excited and grateful for the enrollment numbers because increased in all grades not just 6-8

Dr. Williams with Academics wanted to address what was said. There are expenses for 6-8 that are missing in the financials and with confidence Dr. Williams can't say that we would be ok with important financial pieces missing. 

Concern is also that with Academics the next year you are adding 9th grade with accreditation which you have to be working on in the first year of opening your new school while you are working on grades.

And what happens if you don't get accredited?

Dr. Williams committee focused on the academic and the scheduling and what the needs would be for the EL model. 

K-7 was brought up again. After looking into it more there was a schedule that they could do.

There really was no concern over the schedule

The big concern is, is there a pool there that can fill middle school teachers

Another concern is, is their financials there to fill those financial needs for the things that are needed for the things needed for those grades. 

Increase in not just grade lever but PE and exploratory. The higher the grade the more SPED, gifted you might need more

CSP can help with equipment but things that might be needed are not covered under the grand and there are a lot of unknown. 

Conversion rate isn't what we wanted-just an unknown if parents are waiting to see if we have middle. 

Judy Taylor, Chair asked about hiring and how the full-time to part-time in K-5 to some position to full-time if we go to K-8. Adding 4.5 positions to the K-8 model not including extras and paras

Five year lease- house resolution 1050 to be voted on this week, all it needs is house approval and it does not have to go the senate

Space-does it support K-8? 

SPC- and a consultant as well as a state representative Dillard took 7 months to get the building operations feels confident that they could have another building for year 2.

Suggestions-market having help to upload documents