Kevin Cocoran from Charter Choices and Kathy Hewitt, a community member, were present at the meeting.

The board held executive session from 5:40-6:30 for the purpose of discussing confidential personnel matters.

No public comments were made.

Ms Davis discussed the budget, the current marketing plan and its effectiveness in recruiting efforts, current academic progress and data, PSSAs and professional development. Disciplinary referrals as well as upcoming student and community events were also included in the report.

Lynn commented that the board is busy with overseeing the budget completion, recruiting new board members, and making preparations for next school year. The CEO evaluation process has been completed and the board election will take place in the next month.

Jeanne announced the terms of Sue White, Elizabeth Diaz, Josef Brandauer, and Melissa Rosenberger will be ending in June. Josef Brandauer has decided to renew his term and will become an appointed member for next year. Melissa Rosenberger has also decided to renew her term and will participate in the May board election for a 2 year term. We would like to announce that after months of preparations, the two remaining elected board seats will be filled by two candidates: Greg Murray and Rukhsana Rahmen. The election informational materials are being prepared and will be distributed to the Vida community shortly. The election will be held at the May 22 board meeting and the entire Vida community - parents and staff - are invited to participate. Jen Seidel, PTO President, has agreed to help coordinate the efforts of volunteers to staff the election.

This item was tabled for next month.

This item was tabled for next month.

The board thanks Sue White for her dedication and contributions to Vida Charter School over the last three years. We wish her well in her future endeavors.

After several months of delays, the auditors have finally completed Vida's audit for 2016. Kevin Cocoran briefly discussed the 2016 audit, stating that there were no findings. He also mentioned the "theoretical" liability due to the GASB-68 regulation requiring this liability be shown. Kathy Hewitt mentioned that GASD also had a delay in the audit this year and their audit was approved later than usual as well.

Kevin Cocoran mentioned that proposals for new auditors are still coming in. There are currently three proposals under consideration and the finance committee should be able to bring a final recommendation to the board next month for selection.

Kevin, Martha, and Melissa discussed possible budget scenarios that are under consideration. It is likely that an enrollment estimate of 271 will be used as the basis for the budget. This scenario will produce a small surplus and assumes a general 3% cost increase for all line items, excluding personnel costs. Personnel costs are currently being tabulated and are in line with normal cost increases. The board will plan to view and approve the preliminary draft budget at a special meeting on May 1.

The finance committee will look at adjusting its meeting dates in light of holidays and scheduling conflicts with other board meetings and bring a revised draft of tentative meeting dates for approval at next month's meeting.