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.

Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order by Chair Pardes Suliaman at 6:35 pm

Meeting Minutes Approval

Approval of the previous months Board Meeting Minutes

Monthly Financial Reports

 Highlights

• Total Revenue is $360,149.46 - Reflected on the P&L
• Total Deficit $(232,677.25) - Reflected on the P&L
• Total Cash is $53,589.13 - Reflected on the BS (Operating Cash) 
• Total Long Term Liability $3,226,088.89- Reflected on the B&S

$414,929.36 - From SLAM Foundation (Reflects auditor entry reversing recoverable grant back to loan) 

                            $4,594.53 – Teacher Retirement Payable 

                             $2,278,616.00 – ROU Liability per GASB 87

$527,949.00 - DEFERRED INFLOW OF RESOURCES - Pension/OPEB Plan

Academica Contract Renewal

Academica Update

Updates from the Education Service Provider

Updated FY23 School Calendar

Add the Vote Run Off Date as a virtual day for Students

SLAM FY22 Audit Update and Discussion

The audit was submitted a little late. We will be looking at new firms for the next year in hopes of finding someone who has more capacity. There were no findings in our Audit. That is always a great thing.

The Board would like a list of all deadline dates for each category.

SLAM Charter Renewal Update

There was miscommunication between the State and the Commission. We are actually up for renewal next year. We will still keep working on the documents and data that's needed for renewal.

We will meet with Greg Stevens on how we work together as a Board and help to function better as a team. Mr. Jones will meet with him Thursday at 3:30 pm.

SLAM Foundation Update

Monthly Principals meeting this Thursday. We will be looking at the iReady data by school. We will be visiting with SLAM Atlanta to look at ways to help the teachers, support them based on the data. We will be working on an initiative for National School Choice Week January 27 and they want all our schools to submit a 3 minute video to showcase their school and outline why they love SLAM. There will be a live event in January where everyone will be able to watch the live feed and see who is selected as the winners.

We just closed our Annual Staff and Climate Survey. Im happy to share highlights from the survey over whelming results,

Announcements

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:58 pm

Public Comment

There was no public comments at this meeting.

Superintendent's Update

@Karen Womack met with her leader advisor on November 15, 2022. Ms. King walked around and visited with Coach Z and was impressed with what she saw. She will return on December 14 at noon and will sit down with Dr. Davis and discuss how I can support the regular schedule. Tomorrow I have a Leader Advisor Roundtable and we will hear from the advisors regarding some of the challenges that all schools are facing.

I have to have a LYKES evaluator Review session. I just need to schedule the required exam and then I will be able to conduct the School Leaders Evaluation.

School Leader Report

Academic update; looking at common assessments looking from last month to this month.

@Charles Jones what is the rationale to decide what standards go into the assessments? Dr Davis, the unit plan is what we use. RTI process is underway. We hired a SPED Consultant and a

Classified Staff and Support Staff will have an evaluation mid year.