Prior to calling the meeting to order, we took a moment of silence to remember Ms. Shoemaker, our first grade teacher, who passed away this weekend. Jason shared some words about her character, impact and love for Wesley. 

Governance roster: 

• Kwende Jones
• Jason Marshall
• Andy Odle
• Donica Johnson
• Senaca Williams
• Rajnish Singh
• Jenn Ziemann 
• Reginald Moorman 
• Lisa Price 

Goals (Directional and need to wordsmith)

• Recruit new board members 
• Drive board meeting efficiency 
• Review and analyze the by-laws and adjust accordingly 
• Oversee board training for existing and new board members 
• Support Executive Director with charter renewal approach and challenges that arise 

Discussion: Andy asked how the ED goals fall into this committee and after further discussion, the group decided to add a goal to support the Executive Director as any needs arise with charter renewal, which is apart of Jason's goals for this calendar year.

An example of support during the charter renewal that came up was determining how open APS is to adding additional items to the charter, ie enrollment priority for children at Capital Gateway. Raj suggesting getting demographics for the next three years if that is something we want to further explore. 

The committee discussed the potential to close the chat during board meetings to redirect the  community to more fully access the public comment channel avenue or private message host/co-host directly for any student specific needs. This set up is how the district runs the community engagement - public comment closes 10 minutes before the meeting regardless if joining in-person or virtually. 

At the first board meeting, there was chat activity that was both negative in content and tone. 

There was discussion on both sides; leaving the chat open to ensure the community felt heard and closing the chat to ensure meeting efficiency and the public comment avenue was more fully utilizied.

If we decide to close the chat, Raj suggested drafting a script for before and during the board meeting to more fully explain intent to the community and make it clear how community members can engage.

The committee decided: Kate, Jason and Donica will draft the script and bring it before the Executive Committee meeting on Friday, October 2nd, at which the Executive committee will make the determination on next steps.