Rochester Academy Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Friday March 17, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Location
Rochester Academy Charter Middle School
Trustees Present
C. Sampson, D. Calder, J. Santos, S. Al, W. Middleton
Trustees Absent
M. Guler
Guests Present
D. Ozcan, G. Santiago, J. Doyle, Jane Kobos, M. Demirtas
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence and Equity
A.
Monthly Topic
B.
Committee Meeting Minutes
III. Finance, Facilities & Audit
A.
Enrollment
Mr. Demirtas went over the numbers of student enrollment per grade level.
B.
Financials
Mr. Demir went over the summary income statement for the month as well as the reserves in use. Mr. Demir explained the items on the balance sheet of cash flow.
C.
MS Project Review
Mr. Demirtas reviewed the documents for the MS project.
D.
MS Lease Extension
E.
Budget 22-23 Preparation
Mr. Demir went over the budget preparation timeline.
F.
Committee Meeting Minutes
IV. Governance
A.
Reviewing and Revising Committee Job Descriptions
B.
Board Member Recruitment Process Revision
The board reviewed the board member recruitment process revisions.
C.
Committee Meeting Minutes
V. Other Business
A.
Employee Contract Decisions
Mr. Demirtas went over the staffing changes report for the month of March. Mr. Middleton suggested including start date information for the employees leaving RACS.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Board Meeting Evaluation
Ms. Santos and Mr. Middleton agreed that the board covered a lot of important agenda items during the meeting and the meeting ended almost on time.
Ms. Doyle presented i-Ready winter diagnostic and IRLA data and compared it with the annual i-Ready goals. After that, Ms. Doyle went over the Cohort Regents data. Mr. Demirtas suggested reviewing the professional development document at the next board meeting.