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Washington Latin board fall retreat - Oct 2026

in person @ 2nd St
Published on October 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM EDT

Date and Time

Tuesday October 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM EDT

Location

in person @ 2nd St

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Lunch at 2nd Street 12:30 PM
  A. Lunch 30 m
   
  • Catered lunch/informal conversation groups with leadership team members and new faculty in the second-floor conference room
  • Opportunity to engage with fellow board members
  • Informal "meet and greet" board prospect
  
II. Soaking in The Latin Way 1:00 PM
  A. Q&A with Tiffany Austin, Director of the Upper School 15 m
  B. ETA/G Period (Observe Classes) 45 m
   
  • US room 211 - Honors US History - Bhuva and Warga
  • US room 213 - Honors Humanities - Abraham-Macht and Smith
  • US room 217 - Calculus - Raskin
  • MS room 138 - Science 5 - Bane


 

  
  C. ZETA/F period (Observe Classes) 45 m
   

US room 205 - Advanced Arabic Studies - Porcelli

US room 212 - AP Calculus AB - Love

US room 215 - Precalculus - Wai and Sadiq

MS room 031a - English 8 - Shek

MS room 132 - 6th grade YES - Spiegel

MS room 237 - Life Science 7th - Jones, Niles


 

  
  D. Choral Performance/Transition Time 15 m
   

Gather in the lobby

  
III. Opening Items 3:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance
  B. Call the Meeting to Order Ken Merritt 1 m
  C. Welcome And Framing Ken Merritt 2 m
  D. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes 1 m
    Approve minutes for Washington Latin board meeting - Aug 2026 on August 27, 2026  
  E. Approve Consent Agenda Vote 2 m
   

Included in the consent agenda for review in advance of the meeting:

 

  • LEA Report
  • Risk Monitoring Update
  
  F. Q&A with the Principals Discuss 10 m
  G. Academic Updates Discuss Caroline Gifford 12 m
IV. Board Business 3:28 PM
  A. Finance Update Geovanna Izurieta 30 m
   
  • June financials
  • Updating check-signing policy
  • Updating board-designated reserve policy
  • Contracts over $25,000
  • Update on the audit
  • New audit committee
  
  B. Governance Update Discuss Aswathi Zachariah 15 m
   
  • Q&A with Colleen Niese, Board candidate
  • Vote on candidacy
  • Competency matrix
  • Board member training
  • Update on beginning of the year paperwork
  
  C. LEA Report Peter Anderson 10 m
   
  • Advocacy issues
  • Q&A on the report

 

  
  D. Fundraising 7 m
V. Meeting with student support department 4:30 PM
  A. Meeting with the team 20 m
   
  • Introduction of the team
  • Highlights and challenges
  • Q&A
  
VI. Closing Items 4:50 PM
  A. Wrap-Up/Takeaways Ken Merritt 5 m
  B. Adjourn Meeting Vote

This meeting is governed by the Open Meetings Act. Please address any questions or complaints arising under this meeting to the Office of Open Government at opengovoffice@dc.gov."