No public comment.

Ryan Elliott reported: current enrollment is 212, submitted P-2 attendance 95.6%.  First 7 Habits for successful families was held on 4/15 and had a strong start. Teacher professional growth and evaluation meetings nearly complete and at-will agreements will be going out in the coming days.  SBAC testing begin May 9th. 

 

District Site Visit Report:
Overall positive visit. 
LCAP will take on increasing significance in coming years
Need to post EPA (Education Protection Account) on website, did next day
Finances - follow-up regarding Family Income forms from last year - submitted last week
Switch to OARS will require Charter Revision form/early September
Form 700s for entering and leaving office
Board member attendance in person - noted
Will receive report in coming months

The TF has been working on moving forward with new assessment for the school.  Goal is to replace map testing and switch to OARS, Desiree, and two other teachers on the task force.  Desiree made presentation on OARS.  Showed difference form current Map test report vs OARS report.  Map doesn't give much data.  Map data isn't very effective for the teachers, just tells the teachers if the student is average, lo average or high average.  Only gives data on one student at a time.  With OAR testing report, you can show individual strands for different topics; purple/green is good, red/yellow is not good.  OARS shows individual student scores side by side and then class average at the bottom.  Very effective for teachers.  The value for the teacher is in being able to show each individual item that the kids are being assessed on.  The OARS,  you can look at each individual student and know exactly where they need support.  The teacher has more options to pull targeted reports.  This can help the teacher plan her lessons to teach exactly what the kids are missing.  Can also help create differentiated groups.  Can create a parent report for individual students.   On the parent report, it can tell the parent exactly what each assessment covers.  We will have an overview on this testing system at our next board retreat.  This testing is in addition to the SBAC.  

Jerry Beckwith reviewed the financial report. 

Mike Kuypers reported:  It has been 1 month since the gala. TF had projected an increase in revenue from last year.  We were successful in that.  Final numbers:  $49,000 gross.  $1,500 is still out there and still available from items that didn’t sell.  These items will still be sold online.  Assuming those get sold, net gain is $35,500.  There are still some pledges that are out there and need to be followed up.  These have not been included in these numbers.  The net was a 20% gain from last year.  We had the same number of guests as last year, but we had more people giving than last year.  The auctioneer was really helpful and successful.  We will use him again next year.  Thank yous are being sent and auction items are being put online.  The remaining items that the TF is still working on:  a few more dine-outs, a vendor event- where parents and partners can sell things, and grants.  The next meeting is first week in May.    Trying to identify grants that we can apply for.  They need help with that.  There isn't someone dedicated to writing the grants.  Carol has agreed to help with that.  100 in 100 event.  still trying to figure out how this will happen.  The team worked very well together and things have been going more smoothly than last year.  The TF has already exceeded the forecast for the year.  Forecast $50,000  are now at about $51,000. Need to promote the amazon link!  TK is writing thank you letter for TF members.

Ryan Elliott reported: This is an increasingly important document.  Shows how we plan to use the LCFF funds.  Ryan has been working with Anjanette.  Parent satisfaction survey will go out the first week of May.  Ryan works with The SIT team on this.  Subgroups that our school has: Hispanic, White, two or more races, and free and reduced lunch (47%).  some areas of consideration:  STEAM, strong attendance, being mindful of various parent schedules, Map to OARS transition.  

Carol in charge of getting the restaurant.  Mike to send information to Carol of restaurants we have had dine-outs.  Everyone agrees to contribute money towards lunch.

Looking into giving a bonus to Amy. 

Want to expand and add one classroom and add 25 students.  Landlord is meeting to discuss.  

Mike Kuyper's reviewed the CEO goals.