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
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Public Comment
D.
Approve Minutes
II. Growth and Committee Updates
A.
Growth Update
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.
Approved with the understanding that the Superintendant will update the dates in the agreement.
B.
Finance and Facilities Committee
Reviewed draft FY23 budget and discussed same.
C.
Governance
The Board reviewed and discussed the school's policy updates.
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.
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.