Rochester Academy Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Friday October 19, 2018 at 5:30 PM
Location
1757 Latta Road
Trustees Present
D. Calder, K. Crawford, M. Gedemenli, M. Guler, W. Middleton, Y. Bilgic
Trustees Absent
J. Santos
Guests Present
D. Ozcan, J. Doyle, M. Demirtas, Z. Ercan
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
W. Middleton called a meeting of the board of trustees of Rochester Academy Charter School to order on Friday Oct 19, 2018 at 5:36 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
K. Crawford made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 09-21-18 Board Meeting on 09-21-18.
D. Calder seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Annual Auditor Report
A.
Annual Auditor Report
Heveron&Company representatives presented the audit summary report for 2017-18 school year. The report states that school financial statements are fairly stated and school's controls and procedures are generally quite good.
III. Academic Excellence
A.
Director's Report
M. Demirtas presented the enrollment numbers. J. Doyle analyzed the 6 through 8 ELA and Math State Test results. RACS students were able to surpass the home district in all areas. ELA scores are relatively better than the math scores.
IV. Community Outreach/Development
A.
PR report
Z. Ercan presented the monthly PR report. As school, we will continue to reach out to the community members to ask for their support for our educational programs.
V. Finance, Facilities & Audit
A.
Financials
D. Ozcan presented the financials. As of September 30, 2018, we received 27% of the revenues and the expenses were at 19% of the budget. The assets are $2.5M-building and $600K-equipment.
VI. Governance
A.
CEO Evaluation
W. Middleton will present the CEO evaluation report in November board meeting.
B.
Strategic Plan
Ranking and delegation of strategic plan key result areas and targets were completed in the last governance committee meeting. W. Middleton presented the shared document which outlines priorities and leading committees.
C.
Governance Committee Recommendations
-Each member of the board meeting is expected to determine a prospective board member candidate. Development and legal backgrounds are preferred. A training calendar will be prepared for those prospective board member or committee members.
-The committee shared the guilt-free board members document. This document clearly indicates what our charter school expects from a board member in 2018.
- We will continue to conduct board meeting evaluations at the end of each board meeting.
-The committee shared the guilt-free board members document. This document clearly indicates what our charter school expects from a board member in 2018.
- We will continue to conduct board meeting evaluations at the end of each board meeting.
VII. Other Business
A.
Staff Hire/Termination Approvals
M. Guler made a motion to approve the hiring and termination of the staff members.
K. Crawford seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VIII. 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 7:05 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. Demirtas