SY 2022-23

Horizons K-8 School
Council Meeting Minutes

Date: 3/16/23
Time: 6pm

In Attendance: Katie Todorof, Eric Goldgeier, Thomas Escobar, Sindy Phuong, Liz Wilding, Erica Harrington, Zoe Vandeveer, Caroline Gursky, Julie Layne, Michelle Bargo, Suzy Magliaro, Lisa Leftakes, Imogene Salva, Elizabeth Parady, Matt Wallace, Joanne Sullivan, Cory Pavicich, Jim Freund, Adam Brink, Mike Tadros, Suzanne Tadros, Allyson DeSart, Rob Horansky, Maitreya Rich, Jennifer Christie, Lauren Yeldell, Micah Schwalb, John Bogosian, Lucas Ketzer, Holland, Teran, Thomas, Katie Hughes, Meredith, Jen MP, Barb, Christy S, Aubrey, Julie, Julianna, Chris, James Hutt, Karen Wolfer, Brooke Bell, Jannell Eagan, Lucas Mile, Tiana Mile, Melissa Spirko, Leontyne, Lynn, Mercedes, Sarah, Hilary, Marley B, Fran, Erica B, Elizabeth C, Katherine, Kevin Crouse, Crystal Findlay, Karen, DMG, Jeff, Judith Bartels

Minimum of 20 member quorum established
Facilitators: Allyson DeSart, Mike Ashmore
Notetaker: Maggie Anderson
Timekeeper: Elizabeth Parady

6:00 Introductions

6:05 Communication Agreements/Procedure/Concordance/Minutes

6:10 Committee Reports

• DAC (District Accountability Committee) – John Bogosian – Minutes – Discussed a push for Title 1 programs (community partnerships), adding indoor security cameras, call for application for Bond oversight committee

• DPC (District Parent Council)  – Kristin – not present

• FRC (Fundraising Committee) – Elizabeth – Monthly donations are available to set up now, April 22 is the spring social/gala, Presale raffle tickets are available if you can’t come, and you don’t need to be there to win. Karen is making a Bolder Boulder team. Our donut event/Variety Friday/pizza event was successful, Upcoming Mod Market fundraiser

• EDB (Equity, Diversity, & Belonging)- Allyson – Bookclub of Gender creative child earlier this month

• HCG (Horizons Community Group) – Elizabeth – Keep an eye on Skylines for an announcement about joining the steering committee and upcoming meetings

• FRC (Financial Review Committee) –  Elizabeth – The committee brought the budget proposal to the board
• Board Report – budget and hiring discussions, two candidates – one is flying in on Monday

6:30 Budget update and long term sustainability – feedback

Allyson asked: Why Horizons? Why is the community choosing Horizons? The answer will help the board prioritize areas of the budget. The reason we are asking this is that pandemic money is running out, we have to tighten our belts, we’ve been drawing down on our reserves.

Jim talked about the historical context – We’ve been in this place before – we want to be proactive so that our financial future is secure. A faculty subcommittee met a few times and came up with scenarios that would work.

Lucas gave overview of the different proposals – We have $4.5 million/year – state revenue per pupil, mill levy funding too (local property taxes), Expense – district charges us per student (special ed, legal, HR). The latest charter contract increased business expenses significantly, $1.3mil/year paid back to the district, salary/benefits cost are about 70% of our costs, ESSR funds will be gone soon.

Building capacity is 385 student.

All are welcome to the Financial Review Committee meeting on the first Wednesday at 2:30; Fundraising Committee meets the first Wednesday at 8:30.

Horizons picks up the slack for funding programs that fundraising doesn’t quite get enough for

An idea was mentioned that teachers could have paras that are student teachers to help cover the shortfall

There was a discussion of what fees will look like going forward.

About $9k in PPR for each additional student.

Feedback of what is most important to our families:

• Small class size
• Excellent teachers
• Paras in class
• Retaining Veteran teachers
• Social emotional learning
• Outdoor Ed
• Specials
• Specialists
• Project based learning
• Increasing class sizes is okay, but we don’t want to lose paras

We want to emphasize responsible, thoughtful communication – so that incorrect information doesn’t spread because it hurts our reputation.

In the past, Horizons didn’t have specials in the traditional sense, the subjects were taught by homeroom teachers. If we removed specials, it wouldn’t mean that those subjects wouldn’t be covered.

Fundraising committee looking into why folks haven’t contributed

Tell people to come to council.

8:00 Adjourn

Horizons K-8 School
Council Meeting Minutes

Date: 4/20/23
Time: 6pm

Minimum of 20 member quorum established
Facilitators: Lucas Ketzer, Mike Ashmore
Notetaker: Maggie Anderson

6:00 Introductions

6:05 Communication Agreements/Procedure/Concordance/Minutes – Jim

6:10 Committee Reports

• District Accountability Committee:  John – discussed academics vs development, BVSD is focus on teacher training, college preparedness/industry certifications, UIP (Unified Improvement Plan) doesn’t have definitive timeline, but discussed best practices, equitable, restorative practices, MTSS (Multi Tier Support System)
• District Parent Council – No update

• Fundraising: Sindy – Bookfair was a huge success and joy. Upcoming social on Saturday.

• Equity, Diversity, & Belonging Committee – Evening with Kick2Build, Rerooting workshop on the 27th

• Horizons Community Group: Elizabeth – Spring swap on  21st, Plant sale May 12, Horizons Steering Committee on 21st

• Financial Review Committee: Lucas – We looked through budget proposals and how we pay teachers out for annual leave
• Lucas celebrating Lauren and Holland for heading up the addition of a shade structure over our checkerboard area in the courtyard

6:30 Budget update and long term sustainability – Presentation of board plan

Our costs to the district went up (increasing our expenses) funding from federal program to help make up for learning loss during covid, literacy interventionist funding being cut too, $900K shortfall for next year if we don’t adjust anything.

This budget won’t  get us to a zero budget for next year, incremental changes will be better for folks to handle, and can accommodate upcoming potential changes in funding (mill levies, governors plans, etc).

Lucas explained the overall working of the budget and balancing expenses vs revenue vs drawing down reserves.  He talked about what the council budget money goes to.

We are adding 19 students, which leaves the door open to add more next year if we need to.

Hilary: We are on budget for this year

Discussed how parents can help in the classroom so teachers can focus on interventions, etc, 

Discussing the pros and cons of fees vs donations, we don’t want money to be a hindrance to families wanting to be at Horizons, and we may unintentionally do that if we require fees.

Discussion about how to educate parents (especially new ones) about how Horizons works.

8:10 Adjourn

Horizons K-8 School
Council Meeting Notes

Date: 5/18/23
Time: 6:05
In Attendance: Magliaros, Lucas, Mike, John Bogosian, Allyson, Adam, Julie, Travis Lockhart, Bargo, Lynn, Elizabeth, Mindy Hutt, Brooke Fritz, Rachel Mentz, Dustin Clelen, Joel Gratz, Carline Gursky, Micah Schwalb, Joy, Eric and Katie Goldgeiger, Olly Glosband, Mike, Suzanne Tadros, Julie L, Shannon Lamb, Susan Twetten, Barb, Thomas, Sindy, Kevin Crouse, Mercedes, Diana Stone, Jannell, Juliana, Joanne S, Jeanne, Arabians, Nina Rogers
Minimum of 20 member quorum established.
Facilitators: Lucas Ketzer, Mike Ashmore
Notetaker: Maggie Anderson

6:00 Introductions

6:05  Communication Agreements/Procedure/Concordance/Minutes : Adam and Lucas explained the reasons behind these agreements/policies and how they are foundational to our school. 

6:10 Committee Reports

• EDB: Allyson - Compiled a reading list for summer about bettering ourselves and our community, podcasts too, Next year’s agenda: No Place for Hate, bookclubs

• Finance Review Committee: Elizabeth - itemized list of purchased services, how is learning lab funded/reimbursed - minutes vs # of students using services

• Fundraising Committee: 173K out of 208K goal, finalize fee schedule for next year, creating an annual report

• District Accountability Committee: John - Q&A, school finance act, split into subcommittees, ours was student life, more communication tools

• DPC - Kristen - budget update from CFO, Adoption will be in June, May 23 next public input, employee compensation and inflation

• HCG Elizabeth - end of year picnic, finalizing budget from this year, goodbye gifts, calendar for next year, join next year!

6:30 Council Budget

• Fund 11 is our major operating budget, Council is separate budget we use for fundraising - pays for parent led initiatives, etc. 

• Projecting 70K in revenues CO gives and HawkBucks

• Fees next year will hit fund 11 budget

• Goal of 20K from spring auction next year

• Projecting 12K in interest next year

• 101K projecting for council budget next year

• Winter sports would be funded through fees and would hit fund 11 (might be scaled back compared to past)

• BVSD allocates for services for IEPs.  no anticipated reduction in the services received, MS literacy intervention was cut (council could contribute to fund 11)

Proposal to approve budget by Mike, Adam seconded, council passes budget via concordance

7:00 Board Elections

• Travis Lockhart and Michelle Bargo are our new Parent Board Members

7:30 Open Forum

• Discussion about notetaking for board meetings and how to get information out faster

• Gratitude to Lucas for leading us the last four years

• Cohesion between grade levels - field trips

• Drowning in communications, disappointment in areas that are being cut from the budget, how can we address this?, communicate that discussions are happening - special communications, recorded meetings, deep discussion about how to inform parents and get them involved

• As a community do we need to change how we are communicating/functioning, 

• Electing board positions - August

7: Adjourn

Horizons K-8 School
Council Meeting Notes

Date: 5/18/23
Time: 6:05
In Attendance: Magliaros, Lucas, Mike, John Bogosian, Allyson, Adam, Julie, Travis Lockhart, Bargo, Lynn, Elizabeth, Mindy Hutt, Brooke Fritz, Rachel Mentz, Dustin Clelen, Joel Gratz, Carline Gursky, Micah Schwalb, Joy, Eric and Katie Goldgeiger, Olly Glosband, Mike, Suzanne Tadros, Julie L, Shannon Lamb, Susan Twetten, Barb, Thomas, Sindy, Kevin Crouse, Mercedes, Diana Stone, Jannell, Juliana, Joanne S, Jeanne, Arabians, Nina Rogers
Minimum of 20 member quorum established.
Facilitators: Lucas Ketzer, Mike Ashmore
Notetaker: Maggie Anderson

6:00 Introductions

6:05  Communication Agreements/Procedure/Concordance/Minutes : Adam and Lucas explained the reasons behind these agreements/policies and how they are foundational to our school. 

6:10 Committee Reports

• EDB: Allyson - Compiled a reading list for summer about bettering ourselves and our community, podcasts too, Next year’s agenda: No Place for Hate, bookclubs

• Finance Review Committee: Elizabeth - itemized list of purchased services, how is learning lab funded/reimbursed - minutes vs # of students using services

• Fundraising Committee: 173K out of 208K goal, finalize fee schedule for next year, creating an annual report

• District Accountability Committee: John - Q&A, school finance act, split into subcommittees, ours was student life, more communication tools

• DPC - Kristen - budget update from CFO, Adoption will be in June, May 23 next public input, employee compensation and inflation

• HCG Elizabeth - end of year picnic, finalizing budget from this year, goodbye gifts, calendar for next year, join next year!

6:30 Council Budget

• Fund 11 is our major operating budget, Council is separate budget we use for fundraising - pays for parent led initiatives, etc. 

• Projecting 70K in revenues CO gives and HawkBucks

• Fees next year will hit fund 11 budget

• Goal of 20K from spring auction next year

• Projecting 12K in interest next year

• 101K projecting for council budget next year

• Winter sports would be funded through fees and would hit fund 11 (might be scaled back compared to past)

• BVSD allocates for services for IEPs.  no anticipated reduction in the services received, MS literacy intervention was cut (council could contribute to fund 11)

Proposal to approve budget by Mike, Adam seconded, council passes budget via concordance

7:00 Board Elections

• Travis Lockhart and Michelle Bargo are our new Parent Board Members

7:30 Open Forum

• Discussion about notetaking for board meetings and how to get information out faster

• Gratitude to Lucas for leading us the last four years

• Cohesion between grade levels - field trips

• Drowning in communications, disappointment in areas that are being cut from the budget, how can we address this?, communicate that discussions are happening - special communications, recorded meetings, deep discussion about how to inform parents and get them involved

• As a community do we need to change how we are communicating/functioning, 

• Electing board positions - August

7: Adjourn

Horizons K-8 School

Council Meeting Minutes

Date: 1/19/23
Time: 6pm

In Attendance: Mike A, Laynes, Rob, Lucas, Caroline, Allyson, John B, Adam, Karen, Brooke, Kevin, Maitreya, Tyler, Mike T, Suzanne, Elizabeth, Maggie, Aubrey, Jessica, Ryler, Liam, Kate H, Julie, Hilary, Joy, Lynn

Minimum of 20 member quorum established
Facilitators: Lucas Ketzer, Mike Ashmore
Notetaker: Maggie Anderson

6:00 Introductions

6:05 Communication Agreements/Procedure/Concordance/Minutes

6:10 Committee Reports

• DAC – District Accountability Committee, John: Notes Dr Anderson presented about the dual language pathway, looking at equity issues related to it, BVSD hired a consulting group on bilingual education (report is available if interested), BVSD moving towards fundamental literacy approach, Looking at new K-5 literacy materials: three vendors presented: Amplify, Houghlin and Mifflin, McGraw Hill are the three contenders. Discussion about students with disabilities and how the pandemic affected their learning.

• DPC – District Parent Committee: no update.

• SAC- School Accountability Committee: no meeting this month.

• EDB – Equity, Diversity, Belonging, Allyson: Discussion about how to be more collaborative, workshop coming up with Rerooting consulting – “Culture and Whiteness” is the topic in April, bookclub in March (Gender Creative Child), lending library starts next week – diverse books in the classroom, Outdoor Ed gear collected for students that need it.

• HCG – Horizons Community Group, Elizabeth: no meeting in December, Steering Committee meeting Friday morning, liaison meeting Wed 1/25, discussion of how HCG can better support faculty, organize volunteers for classrooms, Anxiety workshop (x2), Board game night Feb 22.

• FRC – Finance Review Committee, Elizabeth: revised budget to board and was approved, BVSD gave staff budget numbers so we know where we’re at, we are earning money on council funds, 500K drawdown in budget which was planned.
• Board Report, Mike: budget, fundraising committee discussion, bulk of time spent on the hiring of Lucas’s replacement – process, etc.

6:40 Fundraising Update, Elizabeth: 63% of our goal, approximately 37% of families have contributed, looking at system for monthly donations (Donor Box, CO Gives), Donor box seems more robust, CO Gives is new, we opted for CO Gives – accounting team is already familiar with it, cost for transactions is the lowest they were able to find, Spring event is April 22 at Junk Yard Social Club, create video or material to promote winter sports and its impact on students/parents – could be used for spring gala as well, Adam: winter sports are complex with limited transportation funds, weather & temperature

6:50 Head of School Selection Process: Committee of 16 forming, potentially reducing that number, Peter’s presentation, Leading Screening, Interview, Performance Rubric spreadsheet to make the process more objective, posting is live for 15 days to see how many applicants we get, board votes to hire, discussion about the teacher led model and how it affects this process, will we examine what it means to be a teacher led school? Yes, but we won’t make the hiring contingent on these discussions

7:20 Open Forum 

• Joy comments that Horizons is not what it used to be
• Jessica mentions lack of cohesion across the school that other parents have noticed
• Adam: teachers often have representatives go to council vs everyone going
• Elizabeth loss of institutional knowledge
• Lucas’s understanding of teacher-led school is that his role is to empower teachers to make decisions, this could be opportunity to redefine teacher-led school
• Julie: teachers are working hard on new curriculum
• Julie L: make sure our new families know how important the community is
• Is the conversation about teacher led worth having if it is a teacher led school? Is it Council’s job to discuss it? Mike says it needs to be formally requested of the teachers to decide.

8:05 EDB Budget – via Allyson : During the process of hiring a speaker – found a discrepancy in budget amounts between EDB and HCG.  EDB had hoped for a speaker, but could not afford. Can we make them equal?  Question as to where the money would come from. Discussion continued.  Proposal for budget parity of EDB to be equal to that of HCG.  Question as to where the money would come from. Lucas second.  We did not have concordance.  The request was that HCG budget should be reviewed first and review EDB.  Before we change any of them.

The mission of these groups is similar-complimentary- serve the community. Council budget is determined in May. Move this conversation to the agenda for the next meeting.

8: 25 Adjourned by Mike

Horizons K-8 School
Council Meeting Minutes

Date: 11/17/22
Time: 6:02
In Attendance: Lucas, Maggie, Rob, Michelle Bargo, Suzy Magnliaro, Mike Ashmore, Adam Brink, Melissa Spirko, Karen Wolfer, Caroline Goodwin, Bogosian/Stone, Lynn Pence, Joel Krajl, Allyson DeSart, Elizabeth Parady, Kevin Crouse, Vera, Laynes

Facilitators: Lucas Ketzer, Mike Ashmore
Notetaker: Maggie Anderson

6:00 Introductions

6:05 Communication Agreements/Procedure/Concordance/Minutes

6:10 Committee Reports

• DAC (John Bogosian) – SROs/Gun Free School Act – #of SROs increased by 30% over 10 years, does this criminalize what is normal student behavior? No real resolution to the conversation, open enrollment – Horizons in particular was discussed – economic income survey that we added to the lottery, Lucas – goal to increase socioeconomic diversity, Substitute pay increase, 80 -90% sub fill rate.

• DPC (Kristen sent notes to Lucas) – MTSS supports, UIP working to decrease disproportionate rates of discipline with minorities, increase access to advance classes.

• SAC (Lucas) – Horizons UIP was approved by district, will be posted to CDEC beginning of January.

• EDB (Allyson) – visit was well received with ½, native american heritage month – shared resources via skylines, book fair maybe in the future, MVV celebrations with students, support for LGBTQ+ kids, book club, open enrollment outreach – flyers, looking for all kinds of diversity

• HCG (Elizabeth) – Fall Dance was a huge success, new parents helped, huge turn out, raised $600, Pancake breakfast – raised over $1K for Hawkbucks campaign, not a lot planned for December, anxiety workshop being put together, January community event will be family board game night, Artastic is Dec 2

• FRC (Elizabeth) – still waiting for numbers from the district so we can start revising the budget – due to district in January, fundraising – different scenarios to show the board for decision -making  FY 2026 goal is to find a zero budget with an 8% reserve, long term strategy to accomplish this by then, fundraising committee is working on finding a way to do monthly contributions, Dec 6 is CO gives day, Auction is too big of a lift this year, $95K raised – 46% of our goal, Mod Market fundraiser will be on council nights going forward
• Board Report (Mike) – UIP, Winter Sports, fundraising committee, managing shortfall we could potentially have in the future, board membership changing – Lucas & Karen will no longer be voting members of the board, allows 2 more faculty members, December meeting for faculty to choose new members

6:40 Open Forum – discussion about illnesses at school, fundraising goal – how does it compare to previous years at this time? What is a realistic expectation amount to ask for? Will this create an alienating culture for families that can’t give as much? Is open enrollment  a key time to make sure folks know they will be asked for money? Lack of community understanding of what we need and why, previously we had asked various times for various things and the feedback we received was that that made people feel nickel and dimed, this was a response to that, everyone reacts differently to the different types of asks, We are still early in this strategy and work now more on the messaging. “All of us in for all of our kids” Could we have an event to give it weight to talk to folks about fundraising? Action plan on fundraising: bring this feedback to fundraising committee

8:06 Adjourn

Horizons K-8 School

Council Meeting Minutes

Date: 10/20/22
Time: 6:06
In Attendance: Adam Brink, Lucas Ketzer, Peter Hegalbach, Carol Schwendener, Tyler Currie, Julie Cohen, Mia Seymour, Kevin Crouse, Caroline, Rachel, Suzy, Elizabeth, Allyson DeSart, Meredith Croft, Rob Horansky, John Bogosian, Ryler Horansky, Tim, Suzanne Tadros, Mike Tardos, Kristen Daly, Joe Kralj, Melissa Spirko, Joy Pieper, Diana Stone, Karen Wolfer, Vivian, Lynn Pence, Laynes, Ryan Conrad, Chris, Mike Ashmore, Maggie Anderson, Nina

Minimum of 20 member quorum established
Facilitators: Lucas Ketzer, Mike Ashmore
Notetaker: Maggie Anderson
Timekeeper: Lucas Ketzer

6:00 Introductions

6:10 Communication Agreements/Procedure/Concordance/Minutes – Tyler Currie – address one another directly, be open about problems and disagreements, speak from the heart, concordance is our decision-making process, we make decisions collectively through dialogue

6:15 Committee Reports

• John Bogosian – District Accountability Committee (DAC) – this is a way for parents to represent and have input in district decisions. Topics discussed: decline in enrollment nationally, proposal for the state funding school lunches ($100 million in the first year); including land acknowledgement statement, exploring diversity in social studies (DAC Notes October 2022).
• Kristen Daly – District Parent Council (DPC) – representing parent voice of Horizons. Topics Discussed: School Safety and Volunteering – multi-dimensional approach – positive school culture, security, emergency management (preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery), staff training, mental health support, standard response protocols.
• Mike Ashmore – School Accountability Committee (SAC) – Mike – discussed closing the gap in testing scores
• Allyson DeSart – Equity Diversity & Belonging (EDB) – Meets second Tuesdays, Topics discussed: how are we talking about Thanksgiving? In the classroom?, Mission/Vision/Values discussion, Open Enrollment ideas, Outdoor Ed supply library for folks who need gear, Book Club – What Happened to You?, upcoming parent workshop
• Elizabeth Parady – Horizons Community Group (HCG) – Social events that create community (speakers, service projects), Topics Discussed: streamlining liaison emails, “What Is It” section of liaison emails (like what is helpatschools, what is hawkbucks?), events – Fall Dance, Clothing Swap, Feed Our Teachers, Pancake Breakfast, Open Enrollment Tours (need volunteers!), email horizonscommunitygroup@gmail.com
• Elizabeth Parady – Finance Review Committee (FRC) – meetings Nov 2, BVSD has switched software and it’s had issues, we are monitoring spending and comparing it to last year, 36% of our fundraising goal (42% of families have participated), fundraising meeting – after school 3:45-4:45 Oct 31, discussion about the messaging regarding donation requests, lots of different perspectives, most agree that an ask needs to go out again soon
• Mike Ashmore – Board Report – Board meets 2nd Thursday of the month, Input about needing more LGBTQ+ support, discuss change of bylaws in order to increase the numbers of faculty represented on the board (this would involve removing Lucas and Karen as board members), Bryce (our legal counsel) verified that the board can make this change if they decide they want to.

7:35 Spring Auction Committee –  needs volunteers – fundraising opportunity, about 175 people turnout in past, silent auction, paddle auction, 40-50K raised, new people would be taking this on (past organizers are stepping back) If you have great ideas or experience, email Lucas

7:45 Open Forum

• Drop off procedures – how we can be more safe and efficient, Horizons has had traffic studies done and our set up is considered satisfactory.

8:00 Adjourn

Horizons K-8 School
Council Meeting Minutes
Date: 9/15/22
Time: 6:30
Minimum of 20 member quorum established
Facilitators: Mike Ashmore, Lucas Ketzer
Notetaker: Maggie Anderson
Timekeeper: Lucas Ketzer
6:30  Introductions
6:45 Communication Agreements/Procedure/Concordance/Minutes
6:48 Committee Reports

• DAC- Still looking for a representative (parent or guardian at our school), great way to interface with the district and it’s projects
• DPC- Kristen Daily  sent notes, this committee provides input to the district specifically from a parent perspective
• Bond (last one pasted was 2014) 670 million dollar needs, 350 million is what they are asking for for building improvements; Horizons will receive about 500K if it passes; will be on November ballot; we encourage folks to vote; to learn more, go to the BVSD website
• Committee  discusses CMAS results district-wide and addresses disproportionalities; Horizons was on the highest plan you can receive from the state
• Increases eligibility for FRL students
• District has recovered academic performance overall since the start of the pandemic
• SAC- Mike – Maps, CMAS, iReady School Performance Framework, (School Accountability Committee)
• EDB- Allyson – 1st Tuesday of the month at 5:30; Fran’s class wrote a song about the new Mission/Vision/Values; last meeting they discussed how we are living this out?; Open Enrollment update – we are aspiring to have  20% of our students qualifying for FRL – some snags with charter agreement but it’s in the works; Outdoor Ed – hoping to support students who don’t have the supplies they need, like a lending library for gear; “This is Not Who We Are” screening  is coming up – okay to bring middle schoolers; book club is in the works (What Happened to You is an upcoming title); SES subgroup that all are welcome to join – addressing obstacles for families at Horizons
• HCG- Elizabeth – looking for a diverse steering committee; works with liaisons, volunteers, classroom cleaning; looking for volunteers for events; planning clothing swaps
• FRC- Elizabeth – anybody can join; look at finances of the school; recent meeting was looking at financials from last year, they aligned pretty well with the budget, upcoming meeting to look at this years budget, need to come up with a long term, sustainable plan after we are done drawing down our reserves; we need to fundraise to cover the gaps, fundraising committee (AKA “development committee”) is forming;  208K is goal for this year (we have 27% of our goal so far); goals include creating more equity (like every kid getting a yearbook and Horizons swag)
• Board Report- Mike – election

7:30 Council Budget and fundraising update
7:35 Board Elections – Rob Horansky – 13 votes yes via Zoom; 13 yes in person; Rob Horansky is our new Board Member
7:00 Open Forum

• We discussed the changes in our messaging and philosophy behind asking for donations/fundraising, how can we make sure everyone hears this message?; more people on the committee the better communication, the better the messaging, etc.
• Strategic Planning update – next steps is the decision making matrix; goal is concording on 21-page document dictating how decisions are made at the school
• 9/28- SAC Meeting at noon
• 9/29- This Is Not Who We Are, 6pm, childcare provided
• 10/3- SEL Presentation
• 10/5- FRC Meeting
  8:08 Adjourn