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good afternoon good afternoon um include we have on the lives we'll make sure that we're ready to get wait about 1 minute 601 and then we can get started good evening madam can you hear I'm sorry say it again your voice whomever is speaking your voice is going in and out this is Michelle estro can you hear me I can hear you maybe I have some are going on here so give me 1 second turn the air off so that's probably the better okay so it is now 601 I am going to call to order the Felton Laboratory Charter School virtual board meeting for this evening Thursday September 25th 2025 if we can recite the the mission statement of Felton Laboratory Charter School I guess if we don't have it on our sheet we're so comfortable having it on our agenda we don't have it thank you so very much so we will now recite the mission of about 11 is cool the mission I felt the labor Charter School is bringing up the we can see it again okay so the mission uh felt the laboratory part of school is to provide rigorous creative and diverse learning environment through science technology engineering the Arts and Mathematics theme thank you so very much Miss Grimes so that's going to be a mission of mine is to to know it by heart so I don't have to rely on a paper or the computer can I get a motion to adopt the agenda for this evening I saw move is there a second second and who is Ruby Smalls thank you Miss Mall it has been uh moved and properly second are there any opposes hearing none the um the agenda for this evening has been adopted can I get an um approval for this evening's minutes minutes from August the 20 8 I'm hoping that our board members had an opportunity review the minutes so can I get an approval for the minute I move that we accept the minutes from August 28th meeting as information is there a second second is that Mr Kennedy a pinky yes thank you Mr Kenny Kennedy and Miss Smalls we will move right along to our um for our financial updates from Varys good evening everyone good evening I'm going to go ahead and share my screen can you all see my screen we're waiting for it okay yes it's showing them thank you okay perfect I'm just going to make it a little bit bigger can everyone see this okay yes all right then this uh just a reminder please keep in mind and these are and their ports are draft as we're still working through the audit of last year for the school so this numbers might slightly change by the end of the audit but these are our financials for the month ending of August cash uh was setting at 2.64 million and the base funding uh 290 143 we had a lot of deficit of 64,300 06 for the month of July and August combined expenditures for the month again of July August so year to date Personnel at 469,615 Contract Services at 70 73,061 supplies at 694 62 facilities at 48,165 um moving down below for federal grants um the majority of the grants haven't been approved yet for your 26 so the only ones that we have is USDA at 49,638 does anyone have any questions comments I don't think so but just for clarity you said something was not approved you said the federal grants were not approved um they're not finalized yet a 4 year 26 okay all right so we can't claim them yet okay thank you I don't have any additional questions if anyone else has any questions no you asked what I was about to ask okay more then thank you I'm going to stop sharing my screen thank you um next on the agenda is our director's report Dr grat good evening everyone um and good evening Madam chair members of the board um just a few things to share this evening I will go ahead and share my screen um let me make sure I share I share the entire screen okay um I want to start off uh with uh just some some information um the scsu homecoming parade is um upon us let me make sure this is large enough can everybody see it okay the homecoming parade will be held on October the 4th 25 um our sta elections did take place and so our SGA members um also missed and Mrs Felton are asked to report to the Seaboard Street by 7:15 a.m. the entrance location is the Baldwin Street that's the marriage housing parking location is the Queens Village Bus Parking um is closer to Naylor Street uh float drop off location is Naylor street so this is after the parade this is where you will pick up your students um you will be able to contact Miss tart uh this is her cell phone number for all sgaa parents and members you might want to write this down the attire for the parade Miss Fountain coordinate um here's a tie with Miss Felton's Miss Felton's attire is a royal blue gown the attendants are asked to be in garnet and burgundy gowns SGA officers females all black or black top um I'm sorry I think bottom with white with white shirts so all black or black top um bottoms with a white shirt so that's the entire higher uh special recognition Mr Mrs Felton will be proudly representing in represented in the South Carolina State coordination on October the 1st 2025 questions about that before I move to the next 1 so it's Saturday October the 4th please bring your students to the Seaboard Street location by 7:15 a.m. okay um for those of you that are um thinking about going to New York and and you were worried about the funds uh there is a double good virtual fundraiser this will be totally uh online and uh you get to keep 50% of everything you sell um the popcorn ships directly to your buyers prices start as low as $11 and everybody um know was about double good uh popcorn the fundraiser will start on September the 25th at 11:55 a.m. and it will end on September the 29th at 11:55 a.m. you simply need to log um download the double good app into the event code which is vvy o u t and then you can create your popcorn store to sell to your friends your families and everybody body else remember um double good they have great success and you get to keep 50% of everything you sell um but everything else is taken care of by double good uh they will ship it out um everything is virtual and that's just to help with uh paying for the trip to New York so so Dr Grant I just want Pam is to be clear so that I'm clear so you're they're going to be able to split whatever they sell but the money that they do sell that goes toward their um New York trip not in their pockets right exactly not in their pocket it goes towards the New York trip and their child or their attending okay thank you any other questions before we move on and and remember here's the code into this cold once you download the app here's something is that a question or just someone's background noise okay so I'll move on to the next thing um we we always want to celebrate our um steam events so we always want to talk about steam so let's look at what we did for Steam in September and we will again have our next team event um in October so let me put this into a slideshow okay and of course 1 of the goals for Felton this year is to integrate steam throughout the curriculum not just a 1 steam day so we also know that we need to work on increasing our science scores and so we believe that through this team will be able to increase our science scores um and here are the dates for the the steam steam happens on our half day schedules this is just 1 of of what happens so the next 1 will be October the 14th at the school and then some of the things that happened at the school for this steam rotation and you see that our students and faculty are engaged in multiple component of the steam and we are a steam charter school so we definitely want to make sure that we integrate steam throughout the curriculum and some of our engineering designs and we're growing places so that's our steam day the next thing we want to make sure that's the popcorn thing we did that so we want to talk about math family fact night that is October the 17th and um it will be in the gym and so you can come to the gym um everything will be in the gym Refreshments will be served we do need you to respond to the flyer we have the flyer we gave it out uh the flyer we gave it out by paper it's also on the website you so please uh let us know if you will be coming that is 5:30 to 7:30 October the 17th at um the Felton Laboratory Charter School gym we also have a number that you can contact anyone at the school with questions about math family fact night and of course we always want to look at our uh calendar we continue to say this is a live calendar uh things may change who may add things but right now the school isn't intercession from September the 23rd through October the 6th uh your students will return on October the 7th on that day PTA begins their doughnut sales and on their birthday grams we also have fire prevention week uh that week so and then the next early dismissal day will be October the 14th that is also a steam day so we've made we've made sure everyone has a copy of this book I want to point out we are going to have a trunk or treat um in the gym and our honors and awards program will be on the 23rd our honors and awards program will be on the 23rd because we have finished our first 9 weeks so our first quarter so that will be there also the PTO talent show is on the 24th of October again that's also our board meeting so I want to point out um those things so that you are aware this is our Felton website and we're going to ask um that that everyone please visit the Felton website frequently your find our newsletter and you'll also find um the upcoming dates and everything on the website so please visit the website frequently um and so that is all we do want to say that we have audit our after-school program we are excited about it um Madam chair members of the board we already have 80 kids in the program so we're excited about that um and we also have Wednesdays where we're now going to be looking at our science kits and working on group projects with science so we're excited about what we've done with the 21st century after-school program um and that concludes on the director's report for the General Session thank you very much Dr gratic um do we have any questions for you might be more members no questions no questions okay if we have no question can I get a motion to um leave General Session and move into executive session I make a motion that we lead General Session and move into executive session is there a second second any opposes hearing none we will move into back of the session and Mr Grimes um can you please make uh miss estro the host for executive session okay thank you ask you just let me know when we're ready okay okay so I'm waiting for I think Miss estro and then we will need a motion to return to General Session from executive session okay I think everyone is back so can I have a motion to return to General Session from executive session no move any opposes or is there a second second any opposes hearing none we are back in uh we will resume General Session Miss estro if you could review our action items for this evening that's real you're Mike's mute you be having some um technology issues so um I'm not sure if this is warned but I'm gonna move forward um action item a is approval for um higher for a long-term sub can I get a motion to approve the higher for a long-term sub move that will approve the a well long terms of the hiring of second any opposes hearing none so um approved for our um for a long-term sub action item B is the approval um for the sled background check with um modification if necessary can I get a motion for approval for the sled background check with modification if necessary or if needed I move that we accept the claim background check um policy with um any correction or addition if needed second uh do you have any opposes so it has been approved for the sled background check with modific modification if needed um we now action item C for the approval for procurement policy make a motion that we approve the Pro procurement policy second do we have any opposes hearing none so there is an approval for the procurement policy and finally action item d approval for uh the retention policy I moved the application every 3 years can I get a approval for that Madam chair I make a motion that we approved the approval of the retention policy is there a second second are there any poses okay hearing none um can I have a motion to to adjourn this meeting for the federal Laboratory Charter School virtual board meeting second do you have any opposes hearing none thank you also very much for your time enjoy the rest of your evening thank you

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