Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order

Approval of Agenda

So that there is agreement between board members on the agenda, and the amount of time spent on the meeting, the board shall vote to approve an agenda for the meeting. To the best of its ability, it will follow that agenda, and allow for the chair to move the board through the agenda as specified.

Amend agenda

Add “Discussion of work sessions”

June Board Meetings Minutes Approval

Approval of the previous months Board Meeting Minutes

June 21st Public Budget hearing and June Board meeting

Public Comment

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. Each member of the public may sign up to comment at the meeting, and will be allotted two minutes. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. Our meetings are open to the public and a matter of public record. As such, if your comment is about a private matter, please contact the board via email, or speak to the board chair privately.

New School Location Lease Discussion and possible action

Danny: Landlords will include playground, construction of a portion of the classrooms (classrooms on the left), roof work, painting of building, getting hallways up to code, etc. Once enrollment is up, the landlord will bring the rest of the facility up to code. Long term: the building is expected to accommodate over 500 students.

Lease has minimum number of students of 150 for year one

(Lease document: Schedule D).

Board may has to explore a contingency plan in the event that the building is not ready for the start of school. Ex. YMCA, portable trailers, etc.

Monthly Financial Reports

Balance Sheets 

Superintendent's Update

The Superintendent provide's updates on the status of the School District.

The Superintendent did not have any updates.

School Leader Report

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

SLAM Foundation Update

Updates from the SLAM Foundation

There were no SLAM Foundation updates.

PPP Engagement Letter

Work Session Discussion

Academica Update

Updates from the Education Service Provider

There were no updates provided by Academica.

Offer letters verses Contracts

Currently SLAM sends offer letters to the staff each year to secure their positions for the upcoming school year. In the offer letter there is a clause regarding student enrollment. Let's discuss if we will continue to do this or convert to offering annual contracts.

PQ - Professional Qualifications

SLAM adopted a policy that said that all teachers that were hired that were not certified had 12 months to obtain their teacher certification. Do we want to keep the 1-year agreement in place?

Policy to be amended next meeting.

Announcements

Upcoming school or Board events

Meeting Adjourn

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:29 pm