Baystate Academy Charter Public School
Minutes
Baystate Academy Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday May 9, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Location
2001 Roosevelt Avenue
Springfield, MA 01104
Directors Present
C. CASTILLO, F. Robinson, J. Hixon, L. deSousa, M. Anderson, R. Nieves, S. Logan (remote)
Directors Absent
G. AMADOR, P. Blain, P. Hyry-Dermith, R. Connolly
Guests Present
T. Sneed
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Public comments
D.
Approve Minutes
II. Principal search
A.
Interview observations
Dr. Logan, Ms. Anderson and Ms. Castillo presented to the board their observations of the principal interviews that were conducted on 5/8/204.
III. Academic Success
A.
Discipline Data Review
Mr. Sneed reports that there were 10 suspensions since the last report, 7 of the suspensions were drug related. This month the year-to-date suspension rate is 5% more than at this time last year which is down from 10% last month.
B.
Dashboard review
Higher order thinking was increased to 26% with a goal of 90%.
C.
CVT Data
Our target is a score of 3, our score is 2.7, higher order thinking score is still a 2.
D.
2023 Senior Class
Our seniors (50 total) have all been accepted to a 2-4 year college program.
IV. Governance Committee Report
A.
Committee report
Catherine Rojas will be voted on as a new board member at the annual meeting next month.
no one from the public came to the meeting today.