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

W. Middleton called a meeting of the board of trustees of Rochester Academy Charter School to order on Friday Mar 17, 2023 at 5:03 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

C. Sampson made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 02-17-23.
D. Calder seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Academic Excellence and Equity

A.

Monthly Topic

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.

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.

C. Sampson made a motion to proceed with the purchase of the Middle School building using Terrance Shannon as a consultant.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

MS Lease Extension

C. Sampson made a motion to approve the lease extension under the terms outlined in the lease extension document dated 3/20/2023.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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

D. Calder made a motion to approve the reviewed and revised committee job descriptions.
S. Al seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Board Member Recruitment Process Revision

The board reviewed the board member recruitment process revisions.

C. Sampson made a motion to approve the revisions made to the board member recruitment process.
S. Al seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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.

D. Calder made a motion to approve the employee contract changes.
J. Santos seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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.

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:08 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Santiago