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Board Meeting Agenda (Thursday, April 14, 2022)
Generated by Raleigh Cato on Thursday, April 14, 2022
1. Meeting Opening
Procedural: A. Call to Order
Meeting called to order at 5:04pm
Prayer by Tina
Procedural: B. Roll Call
Tina King-Washington
Alicia Whitehead
Raleigh Cato
Dyllon Mills
Danny Porter
Ceriss Blackwood informed the team about her planned absence
Action: D. Approval of Minutes
Recommended Action: Motion to approve the minutes
Raleigh makes a motion to approve the minutes, Dyllon seconds
2. Community Participation
none requested
3. Reports
Action: A. Head of School Report
HVAC installed just in time for a Spring snowstorm
Aligning with NISN schools, moreso than Colorado schools, lots of “irons in the fire” regarding shared PDs
Americorps grant funding for 2-3 years; Americorps service member may change, we still want to retain the position for classroom
aid funding
Staffing updates – ads out for positions, interest in half time ESS position for next year, interest in 1:1 position now
April 16th board retreat – 9am-12:30pm at the Mancos Library
Discussion items – budget, enrollment, strategic planning check in – are we living up to our mission and vision for KCA?
Architect selection meeting – k12, higher ed, KCA, planning & development attended, hosted by growing Ute futures; selected MIG,
based in Denver; drafting our playground and outside facilities at KCA with Amatoolik, pro bono; currently working on a retaining
wall for the building foundation
Playground by the end of May
Superintendent/ Head of School evaluation – need to see if CSI required eval and Danny’s self eval align; Due in May, turn
evaluations into Tina
Funder’s Gathering on April 26th in Denver, Danny is attending and speaking on behalf of KCA
Daniels Fund – request for under 50k to fill in gaps in funding for swag, food, and other needs – with the goal of adding seats at our
school
May 10th is school picture day, picture of the board is requested by Tribal council
Question about whether we’ll align to use the RE-1 curriculum… NO we will not! We will remain independent to adhere to our
mission, vision, and curriculum recommendations from NISN. We are here for the benefit of the Native students we are serving.
Action: B. Financial Report
February Budget report discussed – good financial traction, under CSI benchmarks, tabor has increased, at or below our baselines for
spending (staffing/ salaries) which means we need to pay out more that has been allocated to us (which requires interest and hiring
open positions), going through the tribal office has held up our timelines to spend what we need to when we need to (can we make
an agreement about freeing our monies from tribal timelines?)
Raleigh makes a motion to approve the Feb 22 budget, Alicia seconds
Call for the vote at 5:57 – motion carries, Feb 22 budget approved
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March Budget report discussion – we are spending much more money this month than we’ve brought in, to account for the
unresolved claims thus far; state and federal funds are still the greatest gap; revised budget (12/21) versus working budget is
different because of more grants that have come in and the PPOR was raised – we will need to revise our budget again in May to
account for this change
Raleigh makes a motion to approve the March 22 budget, Alicia seconds
Call for the vote at 6:09 – motion carries, March 22 budget approved
FY22 Q3 discussion – compare to FY21, everything appears on track accounting for increased PPOR before we revise the budget next
month (puts us over 100%, but that’s OK with the state-wide PPOR increase)
Raleigh makes a motion to approve the Q3 budget, Alicia seconds
Call for the vote at 6:18 – motion carries, Q3 budget approved
22-23 school year budget discussion – color coded diagram, based on funding sources – follow up discussion will occur at the board
retreat; growing student body needs growing staff; sustainability of grant funding, recruiting – board requests a list of which grants
we’ve received and how long they last; we anticipate having 44 students in our projections; federal COVID related funds will be
ending
4. Action Items
Vote on 2022-2023 calendar
Discussion – 161 days of student contact with a 4 day week, every first Fridays are half-days; 2 weeks longer than RE-1; school days
remain the same; teacher and family feedback is positive; minimal teacher work days (2), but the current staff is in favor of this
plan; what will half days look like? teacher planning, PD, PLC with pay
Dyllon makes a motion to approve the calendar, Alicia seconds
Call for the vote at 5:32 – motion carries, 22-23 calendar is approved by the KCA board
5. Adjourn
Action: A. Adjourn
Recommended Action: Motion to Adjourn
Alicia makes the motion to adjourn the meeting, Dyllon seconds
Meeting adjourned at 7:1