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.

Public Comment

The WACS Board would like to welcome students, parents, staff and community members.  In order to facilitate an efficient meeting, if you would like to offer comments please limit your remarks to the public comment period of the agenda.  

No public comment this month

Approval of Minutes from Aug 12, 2021

Approval of Minutes from Sep 9, 2021

School Leader Report

School staff gives monthly report.

• Update on the recent professional development day, really positive feedback
• Annual Diversity Report
• As a purposefully diverse school, we conduct an annual diversity report to ensure we are remaining a diverse community
• Details of the report included, 1/ diversity of faculty/staff by gender, race, level of education, 2/ diversity of the Board by gender and race, and 3/ Student population by a/ race broken out by K-4 and Middle Grades including the annual trend, b/ student profile (gen ed, gifted, spec ed), c/ school attendance zones.
• Staying true to our purpose in serving the Westside community, the majority of our students come from schools zoned on the Westside.
• Deep discussion on racial diversity trends including the potential causes and opportunities.
• Board request to do a deeper dive on special ed and gifted ed populations in a future meeting.

Governance Committee Report

Governance Committee gives monthly report.

• Adopt 2021-2022 Training Plan

• Reminder about 2021-2022 Full Board Training
• Focus will be on the Charter renewal

Development Committee Report

• Update on recent discussion on future development needs
• Update on new signage
• Video created with the new mission

Finance Committee Report

• We finished above budget expectations 55k and 222K MTD and YTD respectively. Cares Act 11 and 111 reimbursement over budget of 102K MTD and 244K respectively which have really helped supplement operating expenses.

• As of July 2022, we are projecting a cash balance of 706K, net of cash reserves of 1 million. Cash reserves represent approximately two months of operating expenses. It should we noted that presently we have Accounts Receivable outstanding of 243K;

• Rebounded on investment account +$7k last month

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:18 am