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MINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
NEW ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL OF BROWARD COUNTY, INC.
March 26, 2015
A meeting of the Board of Directors of New Alternative Education High School of
Broward County, Inc. (“Company”), a Florida not for profit corporation, was held at Mavericks
Support Center, 4500 PGA Boulevard, Suite 302, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on March 26,
2015 at 4:30 PM.
The following directors were present in person at the meeting: Ira Paul, Steve Bracy,
Jennifer Russell and Debbie Schatz. Charles Bethel attended by telephone. Also present were
Marvin Pitts, Lauren Hollander, Chuck Rumpf, Charles D. Barnett and Jeanette Jimenez.
A quorum was present and the meeting was called to order. Mr. Barnett recorded the
proceedings.
The first order of business was adoption of the consent agenda. Upon motion made by
Mr. Paul, the consent agenda was unanimous adopted. The consent agenda consisted of the
following items:
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Approval of the December 1, 2014 minutes.
Approval of out of field waivers attached to these minutes.
The next order of business was a review of the financial statements for January 2015.
Mr. Rumpf reviewed the financial statements. The Board asked a number of questions which
were satisfactorily answered. The Board had an extensive discussion regarding the financials.
Mrs. Hollander noted that due to the actual FTE count, the financial statements for February
which show a significant reduction in income. Upon motion made by Mr. Paul, the Board
unanimously agreed that the financial statements appeared in good order and acknowledged that
the Board understood the fund balances.
Mr. Bracy led a discussion regarding the status of the review of the appeal of the auditor
general’s findings and the status of capital outlay funds for the schools. Mr. Bracy discussed
with the board the strategy for the resolving this matter.
Mr. Pitts discussed the renewal application for Pompano. He informed the board that
while the application had not yet been received, the school was going forward with preparation
of items that were needed for the Broward application. Mr. Pitts informed the board that Raquel
Espinoza was again assisting in the application process. Mr. Pitts told the board that he would
keep them advised as a process continued.
Mr. Bracy then informed the board regarding the contract status for the Sunrise school.
While the school had been approved for a renewal charter, there would be a number of changes
from the standard charter contract. Mr. Bracy said that the changes would be similar as to what
was approved for the Miami charters. Upon motion made by Mr. Paul, the Board unanimously
authorized Mr. Bracy to act on behalf of the Board in negotiating the charter contract and
executing it when appropriate.
At this point Ms. Schatz left the meeting.
The Board then heard the video reports from the principals. Mr. Pitts then informed the
board that the graduations would be on June 13 at Broward College with the North Broward
school graduation at 10:45 AM in the Central Broward school at 1:45 PM.
The Chair called for any public input. There was none.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:55 PM.
By: _______________________________
Secretary
Approved:
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Out of Field Report
Teacher
Carla James
Charter School Name
Out-of-Field Assignment
Gifted
Mavericks High School - Central Broward
Current Certification
Language Arts 6-12 and ESE
Board Meeting Date 3/26/2015