Community Regional Charter School

Minutes

Academic Excellence Committee meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday April 1, 2025 at 9:00 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), N. Reinholt (remote), S. Muzzy (remote), T. Works (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

M. Buja called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee Committee of Community Regional Charter School to order on Tuesday Apr 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM.

II. Academic Excellence Committee

A.

Set future meeting date

Testing staring mid April and going until the end of May

 

Updates on: Enrollment/Attendance 

 

Tuesday, June 10th @ 9:00am 

 

Calendar invite has been sent out. 

B.

Update on the Side-by-Side Performance Framework Document - CRCS Short Term Goals

Attendance (see below)

Chronic Absenteeism updates (see below)

 

 

Retention for Enrollment: 

3 learners not returning from CCA

DA - 97% commitment to re-enroll

OA - Finalizing the numbers on re-enrollment

 

C.

Update on Attendance

Sickness is hopefully over, which negatively impacts attendance. 

 

Chronic Absenteeism Update:

CCA: N/A

DA: 24% 

OA: N/A

 

Average Daily Attendance as of 4/1/25

CCA: 88%

DA: 90% 

OA: 84%

 

Attendance audits at Dimensions went out and parents were upset and Susan shared some of the responses.

 

Next event: May 1st at DA - Free Spaghetti Dinner 

Adults/Kids kickball

Book Fair

Free Family Photos

 

 

 

 

D.

Update on Enrollment

For FY26:

CCA: Trying to get to 50 learners total

DA: 184 at next year (accepting K and 5)

OA:  OA is still finalizing Intent to Re-Enroll forms. 

 

364 for FY26 currently

- 16 more PreK Kids

- Only 136 for next at OA, so they need to enroll about 40 learners

 

 

E.

Review policy: JICH - DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE BY STUDENTS

Reviewed proposed policy changes to JICH.

 

Committee agreed on firm and consistent consequences.

 

Comments were made and attached to draft policy document for Governance Committee to consider. 

 

Additional consequences for distribution and selling was something the committee felt was important.  

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:22 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
T. Works
Documents used during the meeting
None