Shaun recognized long time volunteer Lisa Griffin for her work over the last 12 years. 

Samantha recognized the outgoing board members for all their work and Lynne for her work for the staff to receive their bonuses.

Lisa recognized Robin Greene for all her work on getting state waivers approved for our charter contract. Shaun Schafer for his deep passion for Stargate students and staff, his many hours of volunteer service and engagement with activities and the community, for giving of his time to serve on the Board, and for his sense of humor that lightened Board meetings. Ray AuYeung for his commitment as an Independent Director and constant willingness to contribute, for sharing his expertise in finances, and for his thoughtful and well-balanced comments at meetings. Danielle Fox for her many hours spent volunteering not only on the Board, but also in many other capacities as well, for working hard to build positive relationships and trust, and for always being willing to jump in and learn new things. Samantha Howorko for spending countless hours over the years in serving the Board, for being willing to take on many responsibilities, and for providing her financial expertise.

Staff members who planned a wonderful graduation. 

Ray recognized the entire Stargate community for the opportunity to serve and gave a special shoutout to folks on the finance committee, Mike, Apryl, Derek, Will, and Matt for the pleasure to work closely with such a wonderful team and sounding board that they are. 

Danielle recognized the community and staff for trusting her to help guide the school throughout the last 3 years, the Executive Directors who she's been so thankful to work with and the challenges that have helped her to grow in her time on the Board. 

Lindsey recognized outgoing Board members for their free time committed to a difficult job, Anne DeFino for taking on Eagles Landing, Summer sports team and PE coaches for summer camps, Student Council leads for Dodgeball Tournament, and Robin for attending the Board meeting on her birthday.

Lindsey attended Doug Day, 5th grade field trip, Dodge Ball Competition, 5th grade picnic. Elementary JamFest

Danielle attended Doug Day, various Staff Appreciation Week events and Volunteer Tea

Lisa attended Doug Day, Senior walk, 5th grade picnic, Volunteer Tea and Graduation

Shaun attended teacher appreciation and high school girls soccer team state playoff games

Stacy Tempas, Communications Manager shared about the new website

• New site going live Friday, June 14th - working link will be sent to the community
• New look and more user friendly
• Changes include:
  • Navigation tools with additional information to make sections more robust, 
  • Videos done by Adams Video Project
  • Athletics pages for individual athletics/grades/sports
• Context of information is the same with a different look

Dave Logan, Athletics Director, shared about this sports year in review

• There were 250 high school students that played at least one sport, either at Stargate or their district assigned home school 

Mr. Wayne Granger presented his report

• Stargate did not receive the SAFER grant, more applicants than funds available. Can re-apply in May, 2025
• Cameras around the campus are outdated and poor quality. System would upgrade to 16 megapixel cameras. This is a large project to upgrade. Have sent out RFP, awaiting responses
• Will bring DNS and Firewall in-house instead of outsourcing, as done so before.

Org Chart:

• Discussed potential changes within the organizational chart of leadership for the 2024-2025 school year.
• Discussed where HR should fall within the org chart - dotted line verses solid line
• Discussed if contract employees should be on the org chart

Lynne Whitney shared the May KPIs:

• Biggest implication from bonus and Sick Time Payout: 
  • Cash on hand 150, projecting that at the end of the year will be 155
    • Crossed threshold of 150 days cash on hand, will discuss implications of funds at July meeting
    • $280k sick time payout, $425k for bonus, $10k for original budget
• Budget Approval
  • All revenues are trued up to the current date
  • Will approve updated budget below
  • Discussed changes to Fund 23

Dr. Greene presented her report 

• No change to the number of Principals/Assistant Principals, just allocating them differently
• Current enrollment is 1555
  • Still sending out offers to other grades to meet number
• Senior lounge will be moved to house MS Principal and Assistant Principal upstairs  
  • Senior lounge will be relocated to maintain student culture

Amy Cottrell presented on the importance of student safety and busing to and from sports events

Candidate was not present.

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Parents shared their opinions with transition within the basketball program 

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Tien Tong, election chair, shared the results of the election

Lisa Hosfelt, recruiting liaison, shared the Recruiting report with future plans of non-elected board candidates as well as how independent candidates were recruited. 

Lumakar Challa shared the SAC Community Survey Results 

Need to tie to the pathways and ensure that all links work between the two

Charter contract was approved by the District

Discussed plan to ensure all policies are reviewed next school year, focusing on priority policies first.

Discussed the need to have a position that is specific to serve our community and the need to increase volunteerism

• SAC KPI's will be presented in August
• Discussed the difficulty new Board members may have in electing officer positions at their first meeting.

Samantha and Lisa will attend, date/time TBD