Catalyst Schools- Board of Directors Executive and Strategic Issues Committee Meeting

October 10, 2025

1:15-2:00 PM

Location:

Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School

5608 W. Washington Blvd.

Chicago, Illinois 60644

AGENDA

1. Public comment (limited to 2 minutes per speaker)
2. Charter Agreements for Catalyst Circle Rock and Catalyst Maria with Chicago Public Schools for terms beginning July 1, 2025
3. Adjournment

Please find the October 2025 menus for Catalyst Maria and Catalyst Circle Rock linked below.

Catalyst Maria breakfast

Catalyst Maria K-8 lunch

Catalyst Maria 9-12 lunch

Catalyst Circle Rock breakfast 

Catalyst Circle Rock lunch 

The Catalyst Board of Directors approved the following minutes at their September 15, 2025 meeting:

June 9, 2025 Board meeting minutes

September 10, 2025 Financial Committee meeting minutes

The Catalyst Board of Directors will hold a meeting September 15, 2025 from 3:00-5:00 pm. The agenda and meeting information are below. All Catalyst Board meetings are open to the public, with a public comment portion during the time below.

Location: 

Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School
5608 W. Washington Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois 60644

AGENDA

*3:00-3:10- Welcome: Larry Williams, Chair and Gordon Hannon, CEO

• Review of agenda
• Review and vote for approval of June 9, 2025 Board of Directors meeting minutes and September 10, 2025 Finance Committee meeting minutes.
• Vote to approve Erica Harris for a three- year initial Board of Directors term

*3:10-3:30-Mission reflection- Sasha Fawaz, Terry Toth, Julie Hendry, Emily Vogel

*3:30-3:40 - Public comment (limited to 2 minutes per speaker)

*3:40-4:00- Charter renewal discussion

*4:00-4:15 – Governance items: Gordon Hannon and Larry Williams

• Discussion on Board membership, terms, and recruitment of new Board members

*4:15-4:45 - Academic Committee: Dr. Catherine Burns and Sasha Fawaz

• Charter renewal update
• Catalyst Maria Elementary and Catalyst Circle Rock End of Year, Beginning of Year and historical FAST data review
• Attendance review
• High School metrics– freshman on track, etc.
• Data informing three year strategic plans
• Questions / discussion / due diligence on items related to Chicago Public Schools Academic and Inclusive Programming & Equitable Systems domain indicators (ISBE Summative Designation, SPED and ELL compliance, ISS and OSS figures, etc.)

*4:45-5:00 - Finance and Strategic Issues Committee: Yuan-Ying Hsu

• YTD FY26
• Questions / discussion / due diligence on items related to Chicago Public Schools Financial and Organizational Compliance Indicators (Annual Audit, etc.)

 

The Catalyst Board of Directors' Finance Committee will hold a meeting on September 10, 2025 at 9:00 am to discuss the conclusion of FY25, the beginning of FY26, internal financial processing platforms and status on organization’s loans.  This meeting will be held by video conference- please contact Catalyst's Director of Administration Michael Kasang at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 773-897-5816 for conference call information.