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Mr. Lewis shared that 45 scholars are enrolled in our AVID Elective class. Members of our AVID Site Team have attended numerous trainings to better support our scholars, including training on critical reading and collaborative study groups. Teachers in our Online High School have been incorporating AVID into their classrooms, such as philosophical chairs and the use of Cornell notes. He also shared that both the Counseling Services and Engagement Departments have been hosting a number of workshops, field trips and enrichment activities for our scholars. He also shared that we are hosting synchronous and asynchronous biology, chemistry, and physics labs every month this school year (days, time, and locations to be determined).  They will be held in Fresno, Los Angles and Santa Ana. We currently have 42 scholars enrolled in biology, 15 enrolled in chemistry and 5 enrolled in physics.

Ms. Ashley Daugherty and Mrs. Kasey Wingate, Scholar Success Coordinators, shared a presentation on our Response to Intervention (RTI) program. They walked the committee through an example of the weekly bulletin, which is meant to support teachers in their support for scholars, the new truancy policy, and an overview of RTI. They also shared the indicators for Tier 1 scholars and examples of what the reporting currently looks like.

Mr. Lewis provided a walk-through of the new StrongMind system, including the Scholar Information System (SIS) and Learning Management System (LMS) / Parent Scholar Portal (PSP). He shared how staff, especially teachers, can access key information to support our scholars through this unified system. He will share a similar walk-through to the full Board of Directors at the November 27 board meeting.

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Mr. Lewis reviewed the committee charge and opened the floor for discussion. This is the second year of operation for the Academic Affairs Committee, and the first with the current membership. Mr. Brown requested a monthly update on attendance, test data, and other relevant data points. Dr. Granger mentioned monthly would be good to start, and also asked that the report include RTI updates.

Mr. Lewis reviewed the 9th grade math placement checkpoint update from the Counseling Services Department, who performed the 30-day checkpoint for our 9th grade scholars per our 9th Grade Math Placement Policy. The checkpoint resulted in zero (0) scholar course level changes.