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• Please see attached for full HOS Report
• Enrollment/Admissions
  • Enrollment steady at 178 (budget based on 190)
  • Additional application lottery round ongoing (to take place June 14th) 
    • Ads in MHD Current and MHD Weekly 
    • Social media and mail campaign 
    • Objective is enrollment of >190
      • 19 total applications for 6/14 lottery
  • Per recent MCPSA webinar, next year's admission cycle will include Lynn & Salem, as they are dropping into bottom 10% of MA public schools MCAS scores
  • Katie asked that Board members try to plug MCCPS on social media as school attempts to reach +190 students for SY24-25
    • Stephanie noted success of this year's mail in campaign and mentioned that this year and next will give the leadership team a 2 year sample set of what a school population of <200 is like from a staffing/operations perspective, which can inform future conversations about ideal school size
• Staffing
  • Expecting faculty of 38 members for SY24-25 with one currently vacant position
    • 3 interviews scheduled for vacant position
• Compliance Reporting 
  • Charter Renewal 8/1 
    • Requires Board approval prior to filing
  • SOA 8/1 
    • Requires Board approval prior to filing
  • Annual Report 8/1 
    • Has historically been approved by BOT, though this isn't mandated
  • Strategic & Accountability Plan 
  • Grant Monitoring Titles 1: (on-going) 
  • OLA Continuous Improvement Monitoring Plan (on-going)
• Parent survey forthcoming 
• Instructional Leadership Team Work Summer Work 
  • Schedule/Use of Literacy and Math Intervention Teachers/Small Group Instruction 
  • Finalizing instructional priority focus and work for the 2024-2025 school year
  • Stephanie beginning 2 year program with Special Education Directors institute
  • PD planning for 2024-2025 to include English language learners ("ELL") training for all staff
• Additional updates
  • Alice work for 2024-2025 
  • Safety Care Restraint Training for selected staff on June 20/21 
  • Fire drill completed on 5/16
• After school services
  • Partnering with the YMCA for after school services
    • YMCA offers competitive, flat fee, which makes for easy cash flow planning 
  • YMCA remains interested in renting MCCPS space for the summer
• Recent events
  • 6th, 7th, and 8th graders all spent time outside MCCPS last week for various trips and all had a wonderful time 

• Upcoming events
  • Lindsey invited Board members to attend upcoming graduation happening 6/17
    • Board discussed potential nominations for community member awards (and associated gift for the winner) and Board member speech during the ceremony 
  • Board sponsoring staff lunch for last early release day of the SY 
    • Katie and KIm running point on this (buying lunch for approx. 37-40 people)

• Katie noted that the Board needs both new BOT and committee members for this coming year since several current members are rolling off
  • Nick noted that parents of incoming 4th graders are typically happy to volunteer
  • Emily Promise expected to join as treasurer
  • Stephanie noted that nights in which parents are in the building during the SY are great opportunities to get engagement
    • Each grade will have a parent dinner and MCCPS also has events planned for special education parents 
    • Katie mentioned her interest in attending welcome events for incoming parents 
  • Members also noted that building out committees first often allows Board to develop candidates for Board over time 
• Board retreat
  • Scheduled for 6/15
  • WR to draft agenda to include 2 hours allotted for Board training 
    • Jess to send sign up sheet for breakfast potluck 
• Additional notes
  • Katie asked that Board members inform front office of upcoming meetings

• Monthly loss of $55k that will build to somewhere between $200-300k (total) for the year
  • Crucial to get enrollment back to minimum of 188 next year
  • At end of July, mortgage interest rate will be set for next 10 years
    • Rates just rose again (currently budgeted 5& uplift)

• Didn't meet this month

• Met this month
  • John Steinberg pulled survey results from BoardOnTrack and sent to Katie Sullivan, who will be presenting findings to Board during next monthly meeting 

• Didn't meet

• No update

• Did not meet due to lack of quorum
  • Objective of meeting was to sharpen survey re: DEI topics for eventual submission to parents 
• Lindsay noted that Board's effectiveness re: inclusivity and diversity will be measured by DESE 
  • Lindsay reviewed DEI lens through which Board is/should be operating and discussed DESE expectations

• N/A

• Jess to share sign up sheet for Board Retreat potluck
• Katie/Kim to run point on staff lunch
• Paul to request John Steinberg's attendance at graduation, purchase gift, and finish February meeting minutes
• Will to draft retreat agenda and investigate outstanding April, 2023 meeting minutes 

• N/A