Etoile Academy Charter School

Minutes

March Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday March 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Location

6614 Hornwood Drive, Houston TX 77074 

Directors Present

A. Caritis, A. Yusuf, E. Enriquez, J. Lomas, J. Lynch, P. Wright, R. Guill, T. Ghani

Directors Absent

A. Adatia, H. Nasizadeh, M. Bair

Ex Officio Members Present

K. Colombero

Non Voting Members Present

K. Colombero

Guests Present

B. Jean-Louis, Katy (Ampersand), Lyn K, M. Stanich, Ty Malone

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

A. Caritis called a meeting of the board of directors of Etoile Academy Charter School to order on Thursday Mar 24, 2022 at 6:15 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Public Comment

D.

Approve Minutes

J. Lomas made a motion to approve the minutes from February Board Meeting on 02-17-22.
A. Yusuf seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Growth and Committee Updates

A.

Growth Update

The Growth Committee updated the Board regarding updates related to the growth plan, the school's 10-year plan, the growth timeline and specific updates related to Campus 2. 

B.

Committee Reports

The financial summary through Feb. 2022 was presented along with additional updates from the facilities committee. 

 

The governance committee reported on the superintendant evaluation and flagged that the year-end evaluation will be circulated at the end. There was a discussion regarding the new evaluation tool.  The goverance committee also updated the board re additional board position postings and interviews and the United Way board fair. 

 

M. Bair updated the board on resource development and reported that board participation is now at 100%.

III. New Business

A.

Academic Achievement

The board was updated regarding updates to the ESSER plan, including to a mask optional plan. 

 

Etoile data fellow presented student data to the board and the data driven remediation plan. 

P. Wright made a motion to Approve updates to ESSER plan.
E. Enriquez seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
A. Yusuf made a motion to Approve Sperling Center Contract.
J. Lynch seconded the motion.

Approved with the understanding that the Superintendant will update the dates in the agreement. 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Finance and Facilities Committee

Reviewed draft FY23 budget and discussed same.

A. Caritis made a motion to Approve Adeeba Yusuf as new treasurer.
J. Lynch seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

Governance

The Board reviewed and discussed the school's policy updates. 

A. Yusuf made a motion to approve policy updates.
A. Caritis seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

IV. Superintendent Update

A.

Superintendent Summary regarding school data and upcoming events

Etoile assistant principal provided an update regarding the 8th grade transition to high school plan. The Board discussed. 

 

The Board was presented results from a leader salary compensation study and discussed the results and implications for superintendant salary. 

V. Consent Agenda

A.

Approve 22-23 School Calendar

J. Lynch made a motion to approve 22-23 school calendar.
A. Caritis seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Erate Contracts

R. Guill made a motion to approve Erate contracts.
A. Yusuf seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:20 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
A. Yusuf