Dr. Large provided the Board with a review of the Accountability Committee meeting and his work with the leadership team in preparation for the upcoming school year.  He noted  he has standing meetings on preplanning and professional development and is working with the leadership team to build out their goals as mapped against the charter renewal goals adopted by the Board in September 2024.  He noted that the middle school test results are still not available, making the team target still unknown in terms of growth toward the charter renewal goal.  He is working with the leadership team on mapping out what increased academic rigor will and should look like with an emphasis on increasing Tier 1 instruction.  Ms. Woods provided a brief update on the summer school tracking for those students attending in their home districts.  Some faculty are working with students in need of passing one more Regents to meet the graduation goal.  Dr. Large noted that master schedules have been developed and, where positions remain vacant, interviewing is underway.

Ms. Moree provided the overview of the July Finance Committee meeting.  She reminded the Board that the financial statements for June 2025, included in the agenda, are preliminary.  It is expected that these numbers will change as a result of the final audit so the statements will not be finalized until the audit is complete.

Separately, she advised that work for the 2024-25 independent audit is underway.  The audit firm made its first set of requests, the material having been provided to them.  They expect to be on site in August. 

Finally, she advised the Board that she has an upcoming meeting with M&T, and the bondholders -- which the Finance Committee requested.

The Board worked through the Enrollment/Recruitment report provided by Dr. Large.  The leadership team continues to secure applications for grades 6-11 and the projected enrollment numbers are markedly improved from May.  

Ms. Moree advised that state regulation requires the policy to be available for 30 days for public comment.  The policy has been posted to the website with directions on how to submit comments.  The Board will formally adopt at its next meeting after the public comment period closes.