No public comment was requested. 

Brian Anderson presented the May financials to the board. 

• State financial oversight for schools requires cash basis and accrual basis reporting
• June reports will be available the first week of August. 
• NCN continues to be in a strong financial position. YTD through May 639k ahead of budget due to more grant funds available and increased enrollment. 
• Only have one state loan with a 1% loan. 175k as of June 30. 
• Enlace has a one year of days cash on hand if no other revenue would come in. 

Katie sent out an email IDOE waiver, and Employee Handbook for board review. 

We submit a waiver to IDOE waiver to state Enlace intends to shorten the Thursday school day.

The NCN board would like to nominate Brandon Delk.

Patricia stated that board evaluations invitations were sent out through Board on Track. As well as the CEO evaluation due to OEI. 

There is currently is not a committee for community outreach but one is in the works. 

Katie will send the invites for the following events: 

Block Party is on July 21 from 3-7pm. 

Back to School Night 8/24 from 5:30-7pm

Hispanic Heritage 9/28 from 5:30 - 7pm

Fall Festival 10/26 from 5:30-7pm

Four Truth's for Enlace Academy 

• Everyone is physically present 
• Everyone is socially, emotionally, and mentally present.
• Students are cognitively engaged in learning
• Parents are engaged in their children's education 

Non-instructional measures

• Attendance is 93.7 and the highest in OEI portfolio. Goal was 95% so the attendance committee will continue to work toward that goal. 
• Suspension rate ended the year at 11.4%. The goal was to be under 12%
• 91% of our families attended each of their children's parent/teacher conferences.

Phonics Inventory (Year 2 Initiative)

Stephanie, Carlota, and Lauren have led this work. The comparison from the beginning of the year vs. the end of the school year. It has had a phenomenal impact. 1st graders are almost all on grade level and kindergarten is coming in ready for 1st grade. 10% of 2nd graders passed iRead assessment. 

Foundational literacy block for 3rd and 4th grade. Partnerships for more tutoring. 

Strategic hires for 3rd and 4th grade. Hired our Marian resident for 4th grade. A dean was Hired for grades 3-5 for language acquisition. Co-teaching model to provide additional support. 

NWEA Growth 

Benchmark assessment that we use as a prediction for iLearn and iRead readiness. It creates a growth goal for the students. Students that met their growth goals are back to pre-pandemic levels. Our goal is that 80% of our students hit their goal. 

Spring goal were higher than the students who hit their Winter goal. 

iLearn Overall Proficiency Headline 

Decrease in iLearn, feel confident will start increasing. Returning to some practices that made Enlace successful early on. Goals will be given to staff that are focused on growth that we have not done in the past. This data will be presented to the board in the winter. 

Co-teaching and blended learning will be started but will look different as the grades get higher. 

3rd grade cohort, 60% level 1 or level 2 on WIDA. Cannot access the English test. Document the English language learners. 

23-24 Cognitive Engagement

Strategic co-teaching, two licensed teacher in each classroom. We will have two teacher model and one bilingual assistant in kinder. 1st-3, 4-5th a resident teacher and bilingual instructional assistant and EL assistant. Blended learning blocks leveraging teachers in the classroom and programs that we have. Foundational skills, academic language. Ignite reading is aligned with our phonics instruction, saw real growth through virtual tutoring. Bilingual bridges a partnership founded with the Indiana Learns Grant, bilingual tutoring, Marian, and vetting more partnerships. Making sure our curriculum is highest quality and aligns with state standards. SAVVAS is part of SIOP, our approach to EL instruction. 

The transition committee has been working on having a goal for an executive director to be named by the beginning of next school year. An announcement will be happening. Dennis will identify an entity that will be helping through the process.