Ms. Moree advised that Board Chair Ms. Brice had a last minute issue arise and asked that Ms. Moree chair the meeting in her absence.

Mr. Currie provided the Accountability Report.  He noted a number of activities including a successful career day, with an alumna panel; the second event hosted by the Sorority focusing on building the culture of sisterhood; the Ramadan Dinner; and shadow days with the Brighter Choice school.  He noted that senior signing day was the last day of April and that a shadow day for 8th graders would be held at the high school.  Mr. Currie noted that the middle school did experience the testing glitches on MS tests (driven by SED technology problems). Ultimately the tests were completed.  The High School POP data was referenced.  Ongoing challenges and efforts to engage students in tutoring and prep for finals continues.  

Ms. Moree reviewed the March financials with the Board.  Data has been consistent across the last several months.  Ms. Getto asked for clarification on several items on the report.  Ms. Moree will also ask the business administrator to denote on the reports that the data is in the thousands.

Ms. Moree reported separately that the preparation for a draft budget continues with the committee.  The leadership team met with the Finance Committee and Ms. Getto twice; additional information was provided by Mr. Romero to better understand class sizes and configurations.  The leadership team was seeking a budget prepared on an enrollment of 400 students; the committee had robust dialog with leadership about trend and what is supportable and sustainable.  The Committee hopes to have a draft budget to the full board for review at its May meeting.

During the public comment period, students presented concerns they had with what they believe to be disparate policies regarding head coverings.  They presented several ways in which they viewed the existing policy and enforcement as disparate and lacking sensitivity to cultural variations.  Mrs. Woods  spoke to the need to conform to a broader uniform policy and acknowledged both understanding past policy as well as looking for solutions that could provide consistency across cultures.  The Leadership team committed to having draft policy recommendations to the dress code to the Board for review at its May meeting.