Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School

Minutes

Education Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday February 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Education Committee will be meeting virtually 

Committee Members Present

Christine Tridente Fahey (remote), Dwayne Stanley, Evan Przyborowski (remote), Gregory Theos (remote), Kristin Laird (remote), Mike Nawrocki (remote), Stephan Richter (remote)

Committee Members Absent

Maura Webster

Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened

Dwayne Stanley

Guests Present

Anisha Peri (remote), Anton Richter (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Christine Tridente Fahey called a meeting of the Education Committee of Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School to order on Monday Feb 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes January 27 2025

Evan Przyborowski made a motion to approve the minutes from Education Committee Meeting on 01-27-25.
Stephan Richter seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Challenge Success

A.

Admin Walkthrough

- Results shared with student government
    - Will be addressing stand-out issues for further insight
        - Stress
        - Academic Engagement

III. MCAS Plan

A.

Vote on MCAS Plan

Stephan Richter made a motion to To approve the AMSA graduation requirements after applying language inconsistency fixes.
Evan Przyborowski seconded the motion.

- Updates to language surrounding “local graduation” and “masa graduation” requirements
- Update wording for Science requirement

The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

IV. Trustees Day

A.

Trustees Day debrief

- Gives a better perspective on how students learn day-to-day
- Good to see quality of teaching
- Teachers & students are used to having guests attend classrooms
- Events like this should occur more frequently:
    - Twice a year would be super do-able with the groups involved
    - Good for more insight into different teachers and different lessons, etc.

V. Surveys

A.

Surveys (parent and faculty)

Dwayne Stanley arrived at 6:52 PM.

- Looking to NOT change questions unless absolutely necessary

VI. Rigor

A.

Maintaining High Standards

Moved to next meeting

B.

Courses Unique to AMSA

Moved to next meeting

VII. Closing Items

A.

Agenda topics for the next Education Committee Meeting

Maintaining High Standards and Courses Unique to AMSA.

B.

Adjourn Meeting

Evan Przyborowski made a motion to Adjourn the meeting.
Stephan Richter seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:58 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Christine Tridente Fahey