The Anchor School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Committee Members Present
C. Humphrey (remote), J. Burton (remote), N. LeBlanc (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
J. Pinto Taylor (remote), Shanice Stewart (New board member) (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 Sep 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
N. LeBlanc made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 08-06-25.
J. Burton seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Governance
A.
SCSC Monitoring & Reporting
B.
Professional Development Update
- Investing in professional development with a contractor: Simply Great Schools
- Training for teachers and directors; helping TAS achieve short-term goals
- Will be in building 3-5 times this year
- Dr. PT continuing with Leadership Advisor program (high school design and readiness)
- Area of opportunity: AI and education -> new styles of learning and teaching
- Dr. PT wants to attend a conference around this
Action items
- Nicole to send Dr. PT Woodward's guidelines on AI use
C.
Governance Reporting & Tracking for SY25-26
Areas of oversight:
- Personnel -> Will remain with Governance Committee
- Facilities -> Most touchpoints will be with Finance Committee
- Policy tracker -> TAS source of truth for all staff and student policies
- Open questions around committee oversight of "Facilities 2.0"
- Cross-committee? Bleeds between Finance and Community Engagement
- Facilities 2.0 framing: We're in a 3-year capital campaign for our building fund
Action Item
- Dr. PT to update Personnel report for SY25 — committee will review in November
- CE&A committee will take on Facilities 2.0 initiative
D.
Develop a Board Training Calendar
- No formal calendar just yet
- New board member onboarding is tentatively expected in October
Action items
- Jasmine to send out availability email to new board members
- Jasmine to reach out to 21Cobalt about developing the board calendar
E.
Community Engagement & Advancement (CE&A) Planning
Committee makeup
- Jasmine serving as Community Engagement lead
- Carl serving as Strategic Partnerships lead
- Jarrod (new member) joining, maybe others
- It'd be good to find a way for other members to plug into initiatives in a lightweight way
Goal: Accelerating our expansion efforts
Action items:
- Dr. PT to share assets from The Donovan Group with CE&A members (Jasmine and Carl to start)
III. Other Business
A.
Request for New Paraprofessional Teacher's Aid
FYI from Dr. PT: There's been a request for a new paraprofessional teacher's aid
- No board action needed at this time
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 8:01 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
N. LeBlanc
Action items