Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to order by the Academic Committee Chair, RaShaun Holliman

Academic Work Session

Academic Committee Remarks - Committee Chair

Academic Updates and Work - Head of School

• Review iReady Pre Benchmark
• Monthly Scholar Attendance - see folder; concerned about grade 5 and attendance; attendance specialist resigned (duties distributed to current staff until position is filled); seeking 95% or better; number of scholars did not complete virtual learning, given grace:

Kindergarten 93.27%

1st grade 91.41%

2nd grade 95.68%

3rd grade 92.13%

4th grade 90%

5th grade 89.93%

6th grade 92.60%

7th grade 95.92%

8th grade 92.28%

• Review Benchmark 2 Pre & Post Data 2021-2022 - see folder - number of scholars who still need to test; examples 8th grade ELA moved; 7th grade ELA without a teacher; 6th grade concerns (discussed math and science as well)
• Review SLO (Student Learning Objective) Data - see folder - Connections Courses Spanish, Art, Theatre, Dance participated; PE and Health did not participate this cycle;
• Monthly Staff Attendance - see folder
• Monthly Discipline - see folder
• Discuss No zero policy - see folder - developing a list of points regarding what will be in the potential policy (including recovery options)
• Discuss Foreign language options - see folder - opportunity would be for Mandarin Chinese; would explore parent interest; could be a part of new honors work
• Review school calendar - see folder - three versions for consideration version 1 aligns with DeKalb except for asynchronous days; version 2 ; version 3.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:24 pm