Pharos Academy Charter School
Minutes
PHACS Monthly Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday September 18, 2025 at 5:00 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: September 18, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: 1005 Intervale Avenue, Bronx, NY 10459
Other Location(s): https://bronxlighthouse.zoom.us/j/5239033349
One Battery Park Plaza NY, NY 10004
270 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743
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: 18 de septiembre 2025
Hora: 5:00 pm
Lugar: 1005 Intervale Avenue, Bronx, NY 10459
Otros Lugares: https://bronxlighthouse.zoom.us/j/5239033349
One Battery Park Plaza NY, NY 10004
270 Park Avenue Huntington, NY 11743
Trustees Present
G. Garcia, J. Lopez-Molina, J. Sowell, P. Wesonga, T. South, V. Angeles (remote)
Trustees Absent
J. Rivera, K. Shah, S. Sutherland, T. Perez
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.
Charter Renewal Update
III. Finance Committee Review
A.
Finance Committee Report
B.
Investment Account Update
C.
Items Over 50K
IV. Facilities
A.
Facilities Update
New cleaning company is operating well with feedback and further observations of expected cleaning activities.
Kings Security Company was selected from the security companies that were interviewed to support this position. This service will be funded with the
V. Executive Session
A.
Executive Session
Enter into Executive Session at 5:44 PM
Exit out of Executive Session at 6:14 PM
Charter Renewal documents worked on with consultant. Documents were submitted and in on time. Waiting for the next component for the hearing details and board interview. The DOE is currently in process of reviewing everything that was submitted.
Principal Brown shared with the Board that all academic numbers/goals were met. The next visit depends on the DOE schedule.
The DOE authorization makes the visit to the school and then they make a recommendation to the State, on behalf of the school. Once that process has been completed the State makes the final decision on the Charter Renewal decision.
IEP process discussed in detail of the process.
Status of other high performing schools IEP status discussed related to the IEP % comparison with Pharos Academy Charter School.