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.

Approval of Minutes from Sep 9, 2021

Approval of Minutes from Nov 11, 2021

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

Community Council Report

• Alyson joined community council meeting last month to share the importance of engagement
• Room parent leveraging some of the bullets to drive engagement with parents
• Teacher Appreciation Week underway

School Leader Report

School Leader gives monthly report.

• MAP Comparison (APS)
• First year in which APS is taking MAP, so we took a look at how we compare to other local schools in the area
• Reviewed the data and discussed
• Hiring/Recruitment
• Tours beginning in January, every other Wednesday until the lottery
• Open House First Sat of Feb at 10am
• Lottery Update
• Lottery to take place on
• School Calendar Update
• Awaiting APS calendars so we can build ours for the next 3 years
• Charter Renewal Update
• LOI needs to be submitted in Feb for our Mid August application
• Working with a consultant to work through the renewal application.
• Charter Amendment
• Bill recently approved that may initiate the need to make an amendment to the existing charter

Finance Committee Report

Mid year adjustment took place

Funding sheet circulated

We finished above budget expectations 48k and 271K MTD and YTD respectively. 

Looking into expanding Finance committee

Governance Committee Report

Governance Committee gives monthly report.

• Full Board Training Reminder; looking to schedule for February
• Annual hours; let's have them done by end of May

Development Committee Report

Development Committee minutes circulated from last meeting.

Long term goals set for next 3-5 years

Working with the community council on parent engagement

Facility improvements on the horizon (signage, etc.)

• Reached our matching funds goal which allows us to start the process of adding the banners

Branding Guidelines

Education Committee

Adopt Delana's 2021-2022 Goals

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:54 pm