Several board members interacted with faculty and upper school students during lunch.

Barry Caldwell

Glenn Kautt

Carl McFadgion

Ken Merritt

Lisa Rucker

Brendan Williams-Kief

Margie Yeager

Tiffany Austin

Caroline Coleman

Geovanna Izurieta

James Kelly

Treshia Pettiford

Alexander Porcelli

Will Rumford

Bryan Whitchurch

(student) Abigail Fitzpatrick

(student) Aaron Gill

(student) Folasade Jackson

(student) Mia Jancachagua Espinoza

(student) Brooke Oliver

(student) Sebastian Risso

(student) Capri Romney

(student) Rina Saxon

(student) Lydia Tiersky

Board members had two options after lunch:

. observe two seminars in two different classes with Peter Anderson

. a walk-through of several classes with (2nd St Principal) James Kelly

Ken Merritt welcomed everybody to the WLPCS fall retreat at 2nd St. Brendan Williams-Kief was the time keeper and Carl McFadgion was the norms monitor.

All board members who were present during the optional portion (lunch/seminars/walk-through) of the fall retreat shared their "The Latin Way" experiences. The board members observed that the WLPCS community is diverse and inclusive and caring. The self confidence of the students (during lunch, during the seminars, during the walk-through) was highlighted. Faculty classroom management and student time management were also praised.

Peter Anderson (re)introduced and explained the Consent Agenda which will be used for all future board meetings. When financial information is part of the Consent Agenda, it might be useful to include a "financial" one pager.

Caroline Gifford gave an update on the academics of the two campuses. One of the (adjusted) academic goals is to focus on both ends of the learning spectrum - students below grade level and students above grade level. A priority is to challenge all students, with an emphasis on the following:

. vertical alignment in English

. define/codify best practices re DBQ and socratic seminar

Year 1 of the strategic plan - goal setting process

Year 2 of the strategic plan - implementation phase (current)

James Kelly highlighted the success of the AP program at 2nd St.

Anaka Osborne talked about the academic data for AJC.

NOTE: The Oct 17 Thu Academic Committee meeting is cancelled.

Lisa Rucker shared the following:

. additional feedback from board members about the proposed board engagement model

. the (DRAFT) board calendar for the rest of SY24/25

The board members discussed whether to have one or two retreats. The second retreat (in Apr at AJC campus) is TBD. Instead of a(nother) 5 hour long combined engagement and meeting retreat, there was a suggestion to separate engagement from meeting to hopefully allow more participation from board members. Board members were asked to fill out a survey re a second board retreat.

An emergent issue was discussed during the executive (closed) session.

Oct 19 Sat : Fall Fest at 2nd St from 4pm to 8pm

Oct 19 Sat : start of Latin Pride (the annual campaign to raise needed funds for the school)

The Capital Campaign task force will be (re)activated shortly. There was a request for monthly financials to be made available to board members.

Peter Anderson identified four areas of work re the status of alum engagement.

. alum connection

. alum in need of support

. alum as "giving" prospects

. alum (and current students) who might potentially return to WLPCS to work

The following two items need follow up in future meetings.

. the (leadership) thinking behind school policies

. school growth (in particular, AJC)