Pharos Academy Charter School

Minutes

PHACS Monthly Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday July 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Location

All meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Pharos Academy Charter School are held in compliance with New York State Open Meeting Law. 
 

Date:  July 17, 2025
Time:  6:30 p.m.
Location:  1005 Intervale Avenue, Bronx, NY 10459 

Other Location(s):  https://bronxlighthouse.zoom.us/j/5239033349

525 W. 49th Street Apartment A NY NY 

752 Hickory Hill Road Wyckoff, NJ

83 Vanderbilt Avenue Babylon Village, NY

 

ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!
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PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
DE LA JUNTA ADMINISTRATIVA
 

 

Realizamos todas las reuniones de la Junta Administrativa de la escuela Pharos Academy Charter School conforme a la Ley de Reuniones Abiertas del Estado de Nueva York.

Día:   17 de julio 2025
Hora:  6:30 p.m.
Lugar:  1005 Intervale Avenue, Bronx, NY 10459
Otros Lugares:   https://bronxlighthouse.zoom.us/j/5239033349 

525 W. 49th Street Apartment A NY NY 10019

752 Hickory Hill Road Wyckoff, NJ

83 Vanderbilt Avenue Babylon Village, NY

 

 

 

Trustees Present

G. Garcia (remote), J. Lopez-Molina, J. Rivera, K. Shah, P. Wesonga (remote), T. Perez, V. Angeles (remote)

Trustees Absent

J. Sowell, S. Sutherland, T. South

Guests Present

C. Russell, M. Dorsey, T. Brown

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Lopez-Molina called a meeting of the board of trustees of Pharos Academy Charter School to order on Thursday Jul 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM.

II. Board Governance

A.

Approve Minutes

J. Lopez-Molina made a motion to approve the minutes from Pharos Academy Charter School Board Meeting on 06-12-25.
T. Perez seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Financial Disclosure Form

C.

Executive Director Evaluation

Request for all board members who have not completed the executive director evaluation to take a few minutes to complete now. 

D.

10 Year Anniversary Celebration RSVP

Scheduled for 09/18/2025 

III. Follow Up Items

A.

Moving some employees from year to year offer letter to long term contracts

Board working with employee lawyer to review the option for  long term contracts.

WIll circle back around to this discussion at the next board meeting. 

IV. Finance Committee Review

A.

Finance Committee Report

Finance call discussed, fiscal year details will be available at the August 2025 Board meeting. 

Enrollment is still active and  moving forward to enrollment target. 

Investment quarterly was just over 1%, all is good from a financial perspective. 

 

J. Lopez-Molina made a motion to June 2025 Financials.
T. Perez seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Investment Account Update

C.

Items Over 50K

V. Facilities

A.

Facilities Update

No updates to report 

VI. Executive Session

A.

Executive Session

Enter into executive session at 7:25 PM 

Everyone has been invited to Executive Session 

Exit out of executive session at 8:24 PM

VII. 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 8:24 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Lopez-Molina