The Anchor School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday August 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Committee Members Present
C. Humphrey (remote), J. Burton (remote), N. LeBlanc (remote)
Committee Members Absent
A. Pressey
Guests Present
J. Pinto Taylor (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
N. LeBlanc called a meeting of the Governance Committee of The Anchor School to order on Wednesday Aug 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Governance
A.
SCSC Monitoring & Reporting
B.
Develop Board Training Calendar
Group ideas that it's a good idea to develop a calendar
Onboarding
- Internal training was a good choice, 21Cobalt was a great facilitator
- Potentially too long, consider a 60-or 90-min session instead
- Planning on stronger onboarding comms, truly having "board buddies" from the start
- Dr. PT: Also add mission, vision, what TAS is all about (could also be during yearly governance training)
Yearly required governance training
- SCSC trainings are now available for this year
- One day (versus two) feels easier to sustain for training year (~ 6 hours)
Action items
- Nicole will email Morgan (cc'd Governance + Dr. PT to follow up on onboarding planning) - add a quick note about yearly training to email
- Jasmine will start building the initial version of a board training calendar -> will review it during next Governance meeting)
C.
Prepare for Board Terms/ Succession Planning Activities
Board terms - voting this August
- The Vice Chair and Treasurer will serve two-year terms, starting with our vote in August
- The Board Chair and Secretary will be on a separate, two-year staggered term.
- This helps with leadership continuity and aligns with our charter term ending in 2028
- Long-standing members
- Jasmine: Staying put long-term
- Emily: Wants to remain active, and ultimately transfer Secretary and Academic Committee lead duties to a successor this school year
- Also interested in serving on an advisory board
- Jaamal: Sourced our potential next Treasurer; will serve with focus on passing responsibilities to next Treasurer
Reviewing SY25-26 committee structures
- Governance committee is excited about Community + Advancement committee
Board Chair strategic goals
- Developing a board manual
- Assessing board policies and procedures
- Developing an advisory board TAS
Action items
- Jasmine will add updated Bylaws to BoT
- Nicole will send email to broader group about Community + Advancement committee
- Jasmine will follow up with Sahi about continued work in Finance Committee
III. Other Business
A.
Staff and Family Handbook
- Staff Handbook getting approved at August board meeting
- Plan is to review the Staff Handbook in August Academic meeting
- Jasmine: Should an Ops Committee be stood back up?
B.
Vote: Amend Agenda
N. LeBlanc made a motion to add planning for Staff Handbook approval to the August Governance Committee agenda.
J. Burton seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IV. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:06 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
N. LeBlanc
Dr. Pinto-Taylor:
Sidenote: Nicole waiting to submit last year training verifications to the SCSC