Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe these meetings but must be aware that although the meeting is held in public it is not a public meeting and therefore observers are not permitted to speak during the meeting itself, except during public comment.
Committee Members Present
M. Buja (remote), T. Overall (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
A. Savage (remote), E. Firnkes (remote), S. Muzzy (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Set future meeting date
B.
Recap of 2024/2025 data - Year in Review
Susan shared out the CRCS Side-by-Side Framework Outcomes.
Performance framework goals broken down by Fall, Winter, and Spring of 2025
What are the next steps that are being taken now based on last year's data?
* Focus on rigor and closing the gaps in achievement
* Looking at our longevity data
Had a discussion around comparing our achievement data to the data of our local districts that we pull from - how do we compare?
C.
Reading Stamina
Had a discussion around reading stamina.
* Dimensions has been using Accelerated Reader to building reading stamina - Overman is making a plan to try and incorporate it into their programming also
* Large lending library at Dimensions for families
* Button Quest - take home book bags and making buttons to incentivize reading (certain authors, how many books, amount of time, etc)
* Made a full building switch to Science of Reading
D.
Math and reading NWEA progress from last year.
Shared our the Side-by-Side Framework Outcomes which covered this progress.
E.
Check in on Facilitator Retention Data
Susan shared out a graphic showing over the past 6 years of staff retention at CCA and DA. Overman is working on theirs.
Will take another closer look at this data and graphic in the next meeting.
III. Other Business
A.
Future Topics
* Check in on Facilitator Retention Data
* Fall NWEA data and Maine Through Year data
B.
Future Presentations
Susan shared that she would love to have facilitators share out.
Susan is nominating Jeff Wheeler, Casie Guillow, and Selina Warren to share out over the next 3 months.
Checking in with Jeff to see if he will share at the October Board Meeting regarding Accelerated Reader.
November 12, 2025 at 9:30am