No public comment.

Mr. Lewis led the council in an overview of the staff report. He mentioned how the Engagement team is hosting monthly themed assemblies. February was Black History Month. Mr. Lewis mentioned scholars were invited to submit and read poetry. He mentioned March 1st was the first day to start enrollment and re-enrollment, and next Friday, March 26th being the deadline for the next Fall, and Tuesday, April 27th is when Lottery for Open seats.

Mr. Lewis mentioned that state-mandated testing will still be happening this year with the possibility of not having a science test.

Mr. Lewis then mentioned in October Compass will be resubmitting back into San Diego. Then continued by mentioning that the upcoming school year has seen a growth of 16% of new scholars, and 55% of our current scholars have already reapplied (1,363). Thus will be required to hire 17 new Supervising Teachers and plans to begin hiring in May to be fully staffed before Summer. Mr. Lewis also mentioned that the Family Order Agreement must be signed before summer.

Nothing to report, the next meeting is scheduled for late April.

Ms. Randi Pugh started the Survey results by acknowledging that Learning Labs and Workshops are having an increase in engagement for scholars and parents. Mr. Lewis added a comment that 200 families participated in the Survey Results. 

Ms. Mariecor Agravante mentioned she would love to see a portal with consolidated information for Online curriculum and Options curriculum to simplify the One-Stop Shop for all scholars and parents. 

Mrs. Therese Christopher added that they're having a zoom meeting with homeroom teachers at least once a month.

Ms. Randi Pugh also mentioned Classlink and gave an overview of its familiar functions regarding the families email, passwords, and logins.

Ms. Smith mentioned there is slow communication between Vendors and staff. She thinks it would be a great idea to add additional staff roles allowing vendors to advocate and acquire a wider selection of vendors.

Ms. Smith also added a suggestion for the extra Educational Funds to be put into a reserve to finance early school ordering in August for returning scholars.

Ms. Smith also mentioned many parents have commented on having one combined website with Dashboard, Attendance, to finding information ect. for user friendly navigation.

The council will be sharing results again in the next meeting.

The next Board of Directors Regular Meeting will be on Sunday, March 28 at 10 am.
 
The next Parent Advisory Council Meeting will be on Friday, May 21 at 3 pm.