Vida Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Location
120 E Broadway Gettysburg, PA 17325
Board held Executive Session from 6:03pm-6:32pm to discuss personnel matters.
Trustees Present
B. Reyes-Lua (remote), J. Burmistrova, J. George, J. Lewis (remote), M. Harple, P. Miller, S. Luque (remote)
Trustees Absent
P. Diaz-Parga, T. Arias
Guests Present
E. Nashelsky
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Executive Director Report
A.
Executive Director Monthly Report
III. Academic Excellence
A.
Benchmark Assessment Data
Elana Nashelsky gave an overview of this years benchmark data for Reading and Math. Vida used iReady for these benchmarks.
Brenda Reyes-Lua mentioned that there will be a Staff Satisfaction survey going out soon.
IV. Audit Committee
A.
Review initial fund statements from Auditor
Jessica George gave an overview of the meeting with the CPA from the audit committee. The audit is not complete, but we have a draft to review.
V. Finance
A.
Monthly Financials
Jessica George gave a review of the monthly financials from October 2025.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| B. Reyes-Lua |
Aye
|
| S. Luque |
Aye
|
| J. George |
Aye
|
| P. Miller |
Aye
|
| J. Lewis |
Aye
|
| M. Harple |
Aye
|
| T. Arias |
Absent
|
| J. Burmistrova |
Aye
|
| P. Diaz-Parga |
Absent
|
B.
Updated transportation costs
Jessica George gave a review of the presentation that Melissa Turner gave the Finance Committee about the increase in spending in the Transportation line item.
VI. Governance
A.
Board Policies for Approval
511 Record Management, Retention and Destruction Policy
- Change "committee" to "working group" potentially
- What does periodically mean in the context of this policy?
B.
Vida Cheetah Foundation
Paul Miller let us know that the update was to change the name to Vida Cheetah foundation and an updated date.
C.
Board Policies - First Read
We discussed:
- 150 Public Participation in Board Meetings
- Vida AI Use Policy
D.
Board member resignation
E.
Board Retreat
Paul Miller took some notes on possible topics/learning areas for the upcoming retreat, date TBD.
VII. Other Business
A.
Personnel Report
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| P. Miller |
Aye
|
| J. Lewis |
Aye
|
| S. Luque |
Aye
|
| T. Arias |
Absent
|
| J. Burmistrova |
Aye
|
| B. Reyes-Lua |
Aye
|
| J. George |
Aye
|
| P. Diaz-Parga |
Absent
|
| M. Harple |
Aye
|
Elana Nashelsky, on behalf of Christine Miller, gave an overview of the Executive Director report and the Ghost Writer report.