Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
Business Meeting of the CRCS Board
Date and Time
Monday May 15, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
48 South Factory Street
Skowhegan, ME 04976
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.
Directors Present
C. Hansen (remote), D. Denis, K. LaCasse (remote), T. Arnold (remote)
Directors Absent
N. Reinholt, S. Noonkester, T. Overall
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
C. Hansen
Ex Officio Members Present
A. Savage, T. Works
Non Voting Members Present
A. Savage, T. Works
Guests Present
E. Firnkes (remote), J. Alves (remote), Kit Canning (remote), S. Muzzy (remote), T. Wyman (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Executive Director Reports
A.
Letters of Resignation
B.
New Hires
No new hires at this time
C.
Enrollment
CCA - 41 confirmed
DA - 174 confirmed with a few more anticipated acceptances that are touring later this week
OA - 171 currently enrolled with a few tours happening later this week - with the kids graduating and coming over from DA we have approx. 160 learners enrolled for next year
D.
Update on Academic Performance Measures
Charter Commission has voted to move the the growth target to 45%-55% meeting growth target
Check-in --> DA with 1 learner missing from reading 55% meeting growth target school wide and for grades 3-7 which are on the performance measures we are at 63%
DA with missing K-2 learners missing we don't have the total in yet but for grades 3-7 with just missing 1 test we are at 55%
OA is still missing a handful of test so the report hasn't been run yet
Accuplacer - goal 75%-100% will meet the goal and OA is currently at 70% in reading and 74% in math
III. Other Communications
A.
CRCS meeting with MCSC
Travis, Susan, and Elizabeth are going back in front of the School Performance committee of the Charter Commission in June - meeting with Lana next week in preparation for that meeting
Expectation that all board members have completed at least 4 modules prior to the end of the school year
IV. Finance & Facilities
A.
Approve monthly performance and stability report
B.
FY 24 Budget Discussion
* Went through some questions that were brought up during the finance committee meeting with answers
* Discussed items such as ESSER funds, summer school details, transportation, locking in oil pricing, dispersing the Director of Technology and Special Projects position for the district, etc.
* Not voting on the budget tonight but a request to be able to get contracts out to employees so we don't risk people leaving due to lack of contract
* Travis shared out the salary scales and salaries in the upcoming budget so the board could make an informed decision with granting the request to give employees contracts before the budget has been formally voted on and approved
* All board members present at this meeting are in support of moving forward with issuing employees contracts for the 23-24 school year
C.
CRC2- Executive Change
V. Governance Committee
A.
Approve Minutes
B.
Review the following policies with no changes
C.
First reading of the following policies
VI. Executive Committee
A.
Executive Director contract
Travis has been working with the board to review his contract for next year and later on during the meeting there will be an executive session to discuss and move towards a vote to approve the Executive Director contract for SY 23-24
VII. Other Business
A.
Vote to join Maine alliance of charter schools
B.
Vote to accept the donation by Judith Jones in the amount of $5,000 to be used towards paying the dues for the Maine Alliance of Charter Schools
C.
Vote on the 23/24 CRCS school calendar
D.
Title I school wide application for CCA and Overman
Crystal shared an overview of the documents.
E.
Title I Schoolwide application for CCA and Overman
Board meeting was adjourned at this point and all other items on the agenda have been tabled until the next meeting due to a lack of a quorum.
Riley Teixeira - Ed tech II