Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls

Minutes

January Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday January 25, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Location

ALH

Trustees Present

D. MacGregor, E. Robertson, J. Vallee, M. Moree, R. Brisbane, S. Cates-Williams

Trustees Absent

A. Alozie, J. Celestine

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

E. Robertson called a meeting of the board of trustees of Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls to order on Thursday Jan 25, 2018 at 5:07 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

D. MacGregor made a motion to approve minutes from the December Board meeting on 12-21-17 December Board meeting on 12-21-17.
J. Vallee seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Accountability

A.

Accountability Committee Report Out

Mr. Vallee provided the Accountability Committee report opening with a congratulations to the Leadership Team for a successful renewal visit and recommendation.  The Committee and Board discussed various details of the CSI renewal meeting including the value of having active participation from ALH students.  Questions from SUNY Trustees were discussed in depth with the committee looking at development of several new internal metrics based on the type of questioning received.  All felt there was a vote of confidence from the SUNY Trustees in the work the ALH team is doing and the continuous improvement path being forged.  

Separately, the Accountability Committee had just completed its monthly meeting which included detailed presentations from the School Leader on some of the operational task force agenda items underway.  The committee vetted several of the items with direction to the School Leader on how best to incorporate the task force's work into planning for the 2018-19 budget.  

III. Finance

A.

Finance Committee Report Out and Financial Statement Review

Ms. Moree provided the Board with the report out from the Finance Committee.  The Finance Committee did a thorough analysis of the mid year financial statements and the enrollment dashboards.  Additionally the committee developed a timeline for 2018-19 budget development and refined some of those details established in December with the leadership team.  Longer term planning was discussed by the committee now that a five year renewal has been granted.  

IV. Other Business

A.

Wellness Policy

D. MacGregor made a motion to approve the updated Wellness Policy consistent with the ALH Leadership Team Recommendation and as reviewed by the Finance Committee.
M. Moree seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

E. Robertson made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
M. Moree seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
M. Moree