Pharos Academy Charter School
Minutes
PHACS Monthly Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday July 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Location
https://pharosbx.zoom.us/j/5239033349?pwd=2WLTisGPjTdftRJ9m7yHYDr1je2xYw.1
1005 Intervale Avenue
Bronx, NY 10459
4th Floor
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
II. Board Governance
A.
Approve Minutes
B.
Financial Disclosure Form
C.
Executive Director Evaluation
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.
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
Request for all board members who have not completed the executive director evaluation to take a few minutes to complete now.