Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls
Minutes
Monthly Finance Committee Meeting
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Friday February 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Committee Members Present
E. Robertson (remote), J. Celestine (remote), M. Moree (remote), R. Large (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
A. Harrison, D. Getto, L. Oldenburg
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Finance
A.
Enrollment Discussion
B.
Budget Development 2026-27
The Committee and leadership had an in-depth discussion on budget development: timeline, expectations of the committee, details needed to enable more accurate planning and execution for the 2026-27 budget. Leadership was advised to develop a budget on 275 students, using the template provided to Dr. Large on January 29, 2026. Leadership is to work with Ms. Getto to finalize the faculty and administrative structure for the draft budget to be presented to the Committee before the end of March. The Committee will then use April to identify areas of expense which need to be renegotiated or put out to bid, identify any capital expenses that must be undertaken, to be in a position to present a draft budget no later than May 1 to regulators for review.
Ms. Moree advised the Committee of ongoing discussions with FUSE, consultants retained by the bondholders. At least two hour long meetings have been held since their site visit in early February. They made some initial recommendations on areas to trim expenses, pending a final report they intend on issuing to bondholders in March. The committee has taken those under advisement and the board chair will be meeting with Dr. Large to understand what may and may not be workable within those recommendations.
Ms. Moree noted that BoostEd ceased providing fractional CFO services to ALCSG January 31st. The committee will work with FUSE and others to retain services, but that there would be a gap in financial reporting until such time as a new CFO team in on-board.
The committee had an in-depth discussion with school leadership on enrollment: attraction, retention, strategies for the new school year, and the degree to which we are developing new outreach tactics. It was noted that Ms. Rowell had developed a Saturday program for 4th and 5th graders and outreach was underway to enroll in that program. Separately, methods to secure returning student applications will be deployed throughout March and April, engaging with families at sporting events, Women's Career Day, etc.