June 2026 Meeting Agenda and Minutes
The Academy
Board of Directors
Board Meeting
Monday, June 8, 2026
6:00pm
Agenda
I. Open Meeting
The Academy’s mission is to help all students grow into college ready, exemplary citizens by combining academic mastery with personal empowerment to drive lifelong success. We serve our full community by intentionally developing a school culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. With this in mind, the Board of Directors welcomes all members of our community to this meeting and invites each person to begin our time together in whatever way will help ground you for thoughtful and productive discussion - a few deep breaths, a prayer, a moment to organize your thoughts, or whatever meets your needs.
II. Consent Agenda
a. Approve Agenda
b. Approval of May 18, 2026, minutes.
III. Public Comment
The chairperson will recognize anyone who signs the request form before the meeting time. Public comment and input shall be limited to fifteen minutes total, ten minutes per topic, and 2 minutes per speaker. Neither Board members nor Academy staff is obligated to respond to comments or input. The Board will provide written responses as deemed appropriate.
IV. Reports from Directors, Principals, and Committees
a. Executive Director Report – Expectation: The Executive Director will update the Board on progress toward financial and operational strategic priorities.
b. Chief Academic Officer Report - Expectation: The CAO will update the Board on progress toward instructional and cultural strategic priorities.
c. Committee Reports – Expectation: Committee Chairs will update the Board on progress with each committee.
i. Finance – No meeting this month.
ii. SACademic – No meeting this month.
iii. PTO – No meeting this month.
V. Presentation and Discussion
a. Data Dashboard SY25-26 – Expectation: The Executive Director will present the final Data Dashboard for SY25-26, including both the Instruction & Culture Scorecard and the Finance & Operations Scorecard.
b. 2021-2026 Strategic Plan Reflection – Expectation: The Executive Director will present a review of final outcomes connected to the strategic plan that is ending with this school year.
c. 2026-2029 Strategic Plan – Expectation: The Board will complete a final discussion of the proposed strategic plan that will take effect with the start of the new school year.
d. Board Member Term Renewal – Expectation: The Board will complete discussion of terms for one open seat for SY26-27.
e. Final Read of FY26-27 Budget – Expectation: The Executive Director will present the final proposed budget for FY26-27.
f. Executive Session C.R.S. §24-6-402(4) – Expectation: As needed, the Board may call an executive session for one of the specific topics identified below via a 2/3 majority.
i. Discussions regarding buying or selling property;
ii. Conferences with an attorney to receive legal advice;
iii. Matters required to be kept confidential by state or federal law (e.g., student academic records);
iv. Security arrangements or investigations;
v. Determining contract negotiation strategies;
vi. Personnel matters;
vii. Consideration of documents protected from disclosure under the Open Records Act; or
viii. Discussion of individual students where public discussion would adversely affect the student involved.
g. Work Session Summary – Expectation: The Board Chair will summarize the topics discussed during the work session prior to this formal meeting.
VI. Executive Summary
a. Adoption of the 2026-2029 Strategic Plan – Expectation: The Board will vote to adopt the proposed strategic plan for 2026-2029.
b. Board Member Term Renewal – Expectation: The Board will vote to fill two one seat for SY26-27.
c. Adoption of FY26-27 Budget – Expectation: The Board will vote to adopt the final proposed budget for FY26-27.
VII. Adjourn Meeting
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, June 8, 2026
Board Members Present: Also Present:
Sarah Drewlow Chairperson Brent Reckman Executive Director- online
Dan Klenjoski Treasurer Sarah Gramarossa Chief Academic Officer
Kristen Cofrades Secretary Andrea Foust Director of Finance
Jen Halford Board Member Stacy McCleskey Exec. Admin. Manager
Larissa Fransua Board Member
Minutes of the regular Board meeting of The Academy held at 11800 Lowell Blvd, Westminster, CO 80031 in Adams County on June 8, 2026.
I. Open Meeting
A quorum being present, Sarah Drewlow called the meeting to order at 5:59 pm.
II. Consent Agenda
a. Sarah Drewlow moved to approve May 18, 2026, minutes. Seconded by Larissa Fransua.
Discussion: None
Ayes: Dan Klenjoski, Kristen Cofrades, Jen Halford
Nays: None
III. Public Comment
There was no public comment this month.
IV. Reports from Directors, Principals, and Committees
a. Executive Director Report
i. Finance
1. The budget is being finalized. There are no major updates to report since last month’s meeting.
ii. Operations
1. The City of Westminster Planning Commission met and approved the amended development plan, allowing the project to move forward.
2. Asphalt work will begin on the parking lots.
3. Turf installation at north campus is being completed.
4. The kitchen remodel at main campus has started. This project is blowing out a classroom wall to give the kitchen 30% more prep area and two additional serving lines. This project will help us catch up and be more efficient with the number of students eating school lunches.
b. Chief Academic Officer Report
i. Data was collected for the Instructional and Culture Scorecard.
ii. No other updates since the last meeting in May.
c. Committee Reports
i. Finance – No meeting this month.
ii. SACademic – No meeting this month.
iii. PTO – No meeting this month.
V. Presentation and Discussion
a. Data Dashboard SY25-26
i. There has been a lot of success over the last 5 years with 81% or 35/43 KPI goals met.
ii. Instructional Scorecard (Prepare)
1. End-of-Year Reading – Upper elementary is a little behind their goal.
2. End-of-Year Math – Lower elementary, upper elementary, and middle school are a little behind their goal while high school met their goal.
iii. Culture Scorecard (Explore)
1. This area shows how students experience project-based learning through experiences such as Leadership Notebooks, Student-Led Conferences, Pride classes in middle school, and Graduation Portfolios in high school.
2. Each level allows students to express mastery.
iv. Personal Leadership Development (Empower)
1. Students are given the ability to develop their own experiences.
v. Finance Scorecard
1. Staff compensation was low when the 2021-26 Strategic Plan was created. Administration has worked very hard to make teacher and support staff salaries match or be better than Adams 12.
vi. Operation Scorecard
1. The Customer Satisfaction survey is given to school staff in December and May. With a scale of 1-5, we continue to meet expectations.
2. Student enrollment has been met 4/5 years. The 26-27 enrollment is a little low, but we believe that it will increase by the time school begins.
vii. Governance Scorecard
1. The Board evaluation helps with strategic initiatives.
b. 2021-2026 Strategic Plan Reflection
i. At the end of 2022, 56% or 24/43 KPI’s were met.
ii. At the end of 2026 (end of year 5), 81% or 34/43 KPI’s were met.
iii. Highlights of the Strategic Plan
1. Increased instructional support.
2. New culture initiatives.
3. Annual process at the governance level
iv. Focus for continued improvement
1. Build on past instructional efforts.
2. Strengthen academic outcomes. The school has experienced great success in supporting students who have needed additional academic assistance, and now we can focus on providing greater challenges for high-achieving students.
c. 2026-2029 Strategic Plan
i. The first page is an introduction and explains what The Academy is about.
ii. The second page contains highlights and celebrations to give readers a feel for our community.
iii. The third page explains what is important to The Academy.
iv. “Elevating Learning” articulates our instructional vision and values.
v. “Prepare” gives the goals across all levels.
vi. “Explore” states what our values are and that we help students explore strengths and passions.
vii. “Empower” gives details about personal leadership development.
viii. “Elevating Community” was included because there wasn’t a community vision in the last plan.
ix. “Finance, Operation and Governance” is similar to the previous plan. Best practices are built in and remain a core part of our community.
d. Board Member Term Renewal
i. Kevin Sanchez is interested in renewing for another 4-yr term from 2026-30.
ii. Officer roles will be voted on during the Board Retreat in July.
e. Final Read of FY26-27 Budget
i. The Director of Finance continues to work diligently to update projections so the budget is precise and accurate.
ii. CSI Budget Summary and CDE Unified Budget were both reviewed.
iii. The school is required to run a zero budget.
iv. Total revenue is $32,979, 371 and total expenditures is usually equal, but this year it is $8MM higher. The extra $8MM will go towards the athletics project.
v. The school was budging for a flat Per Pupil Revenue (PPR) and was able to include a 3% pay increase to staff, because of past conservative financial practices. The PPR did end up increasing by approximately 3% and the budget will remain the same, so that we can keep that extra allowance to be in a position to give future pay increases to staff.
f. Work Session Summary
i. Monthly Board communications were reviewed.
ii. Board self-evaluation was discussed
iii. Executive Director Report and Chief Academic Officer Report were discussed.
VI. Executive Summary
a. Adoption of the 2026-2029 Strategic Plan
Larissa Fransua moved to adopt the 2026-2029 Strategic Plan. Seconded by Jen Halford
Discussion: None
Ayes: Sarah Drewlow, Dan Klenjoski, Kristen Cofrades,
Nays: None
b. Board Member Term Renewal
Dan Klenjoski moved to approve Kevin Sanchez’s 4-yr term renewal. Seconded by Sarah Drewlow.
Discussion: None
Ayes: Kristen Cofrades, Larissa Fransua, Jen Halford
Nays: None
c. Adoption of FY26-27 Budget
Sarah Drewlow moved to adopt the FY26-27 Budget. Seconded by Jen Halford.
Discussion: None
Ayes: Dan Klenjoski, Kristen Cofrades, Larissa Fransua
Nays: None
VII. Adjourn Meeting - Sarah Drewlow adjourned the meeting at 6:41 pm.