Learn4Life South Carolina
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday January 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Location
In Person: 6209 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29406
Virtual via Microsoft Teams: https://llac.io/QH3C7
Dial in: 657-207-0015
Conference ID: 720054591#
Directors Present
C. Zaloumis, D. Luginbill, M. Davis (remote), R. Thaler (remote), S. Cooper (remote)
Directors Absent
M. Roberts, T. Senf
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
M. Davis
Guests Present
A. Giannoulis (remote), A. Gibson, A. Holmes, A. Miller (remote), A. Peterson (remote), B. West (remote), D. Petropulos, Destiny Grant (remote), H. Ruiz (remote), Jeannete Cook (remote), K. Welsh (remote), M. VanKirk (remote), Nadar Ali II (remote), P. Hill (remote), Richard Cano, T. Brown, Taylor Crowder, V. Chase
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Pledge of Allegiance
II. Approval of Agenda
A.
Approval of Agenda
Action was taken to approve the agenda for January 16, 2024, for the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of Learn4Life High School-Charleston.
III. Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes
A.
Prior Meeting Minutes
After a brief discussion, action was taken to approve the agenda for December 13, 2023, for the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of Learn4Life High School-Charleston.
IV. Reports
A.
Finance
B.
School Leader
Dr. Brown shared on the principal report including PADEPP Standards Tools, 11 students graduated at the December 15th graduation ceremony and thanked the 3 board members that attended as well as staff from LLAC. She also touched on enrollment of 155 students and shared on the demographics of the school.
Dr. Brown shared on staffing, test scores- with a goal of 75% of L4L students passing the EOC assessment. She explained the test scores and percentages from 2022-23 to the present school year with percentages going un the right direction.
Dr. Brown shared on National School Choice Week starting January 22, re-enrollment from January 22-February 9, and open enrollment on February 12 through March 1. She also mentioned the 90-day count day on January 22 and the 135-day count day on March 27.
Dr. Brown also discussed student LEP progress for the 2023-24 school year as of January 15 and gave a brief staffing update.
C.
Management Organization
Ms. Chase started by introducing the staff from LLAC in today’s board meeting that are there to help with staffing needs.
Dr. Cook shared on the staffing needs & positions that are being offered.
Mr. Holmes shared on the Black History Month event put on by the external affairs dept. and that he will be sending out the information for the event to the board members and Dr. Brown via email.
D.
Legal Update
Ms. Peterson gave a brief legal update on legislative sessions beginning sessions and will have budget meetings later this month. She will also be monitoring a bill in regard to charter schools as well and will have more updates at the February board meeting.
V. Open Discussion
A.
Board Member Trainings
Mr. Holmes reminded all board members are required to complete the new board member training. He also mentioned PADEPP training needs to be completed before the end of the school year to evaluate Dr. Brown. He will reach out to the district to find additional dates for members to attend.
Ms. Zaloumis shared the next new board member training is on January 29th.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Next Board Meeting
Next board meeting is on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 5:00p.
Mr. West shared on the income statement as of December 31, 2023, including budget to actuals and statements of revenue and expenditures. He also mentioned a section of “notes” will be added to the financial dashboard to keep track of any changes needed during the finance committee meetings.