Final

Bloom Academy Charter School

Bloom Academy Monthly Board Meeting

April 2024
Published on April 4, 2024 at 8:43 PM CDT

Date and Time

Tuesday April 9, 2024 at 6:30 PM CDT

Location

Bloom Academy Charter School

3420 Almeda-Genoa Rd. 

Houston, TX 77047

Notice of this lawfully convened board meeting was publicly posted online and on the main door of Bloom Academy's school building in accordance with all Texas state rules and regulations.

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Joana Nunoo 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Alison Harold 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Alison Harold 1 m
II. Public Comments 6:33 PM
  A. Comments from the Public Discuss Alison Harold 10 m
   

Comments are welcome from members of the public and are not to exceed 2 minutes per person/organization. 

  
III. Old Business 6:43 PM
  A. Superintendent Update FYI Courtney Sales 10 m
IV. New Business 6:53 PM
  A. Presentation and discussion of 2024/2025 State and Federal Grants (ESSA, IDEA, LASO II, Stronger Connections, Safety, SAFE II) Discuss Kimber Fuccello 10 m
  B. Review and Approval of Contracts Over $20K Vote Nitara Jenkins-Morgan 10 m
  C. Review and Approval of Budget Amendment Vote Kimber Fuccello 15 m
  D. Review and Approval of Homebound Policies Vote Nitara Jenkins-Morgan 10 m
  E. Review and Approval of Revised Enrollment Policy Vote Nitara Jenkins-Morgan 10 m
  F. Review and Approval of RDSPD Agreement Vote Nitara Jenkins-Morgan 10 m
   

The purpose of this Agreement is to create a cooperative arrangement whereby the Member LEAs may provide for the efficient delivery of legally required special education and related services to eligible students who are deaf or hard of hearing, including those with deafblindness, and who are residents or students of the Member LEAs set forth above.

  
  G. Review and Approval of 24-25 School Calendar Vote Nitara Jenkins-Morgan 5 m
  H. Review and Approval of Board Resolution-Request to Waive an Administrative Rule Vote Nitara Jenkins-Morgan 7 m
   
  • Waiver of 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §100.1033(b)(9)(A)(iii). This rule requires that the charter district’s most recent rating be “academically acceptable.” (The emergency rule 19 TAC §100.1020 provides that scale scores can be used to determine whether a school’s performance was “academically acceptable” or “academically unacceptable” for purposes of expansion amendment request determination.)
    • Bloom currently does not have an accountability rating.
  •  Waiver of 19 TAC §100.1033(b)(9)(A)(vi), which requires that schools seeking expansion amendments must have been rated Tier 1 or Tier 2 on their most recent Charter School Performance Framework (CSPF) report. 
    • Bloom's most recent CSPF rating was NA.
  • Waiver of 19 TAC §100.1033(b)(10)(E)(i), which requires that the campus with which a proposed site would be associated have at least 50% of its students in tested grades (that is, grade 3 and above). 
    • According to Bloom’s 2023-2024 snapshot, campus 101875001 had  177/400 in tested grades, or 44%.
  
  I. Review and Approval of Board Resolution-Pre-K Expansion Amendment Vote Nitara Jenkins-Morgan 5 m
V. Committee Updates 8:15 PM
  A. Academic Excellence Committee Discuss Cherece Milton 10 m
   

Director of Student Achievement S. Myles will engage the Board around a discussion about Interim STAAR progress (2023-2024)

  
  B. Development Committee Discuss Christopher Douglas 5 m
  C. Governance Committee Discuss Alison Harold 5 m
  D. Finance Committee Discuss Kimber Fuccello 5 m
   

E.Rhodes will debrief on finance committee meeting and prospective finance goals.

  
VI. Closing Items 8:40 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Alison Harold 1 m