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Lowcountry Montessori School

Board Meeting

Published on January 22, 2020 at 3:40 PM EST
Amended on January 23, 2020 at 7:36 AM EST

Date and Time

Thursday January 23, 2020 at 5:30 PM EST

Location

749 Broad River Dr., Beaufort, SC 29902
The mission of Lowcountry Montessori School is to provide an authentic Montessori education building a foundation for lifelong learning.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance and Guests
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
  C. Reading of the Mission Statement
  D. Approval of Agenda
  E. Statement of Compliance with FOIA
  F. Approve Minutes from Previous Meeting
    Approve minutes for Board Meeting on November 21, 2019
  G. Approve Minutes from Finance Committee Meeting
    Approve minutes for Finance Committee Meeting on January 20, 2020
  H. Approve minutes from Special Board Meeting
    Approve minutes for Special Board Meeting on December 5, 2019
  I. Approve minutes from Special Board Meeting
    Approve minutes for Special Board Meeting on December 20, 2019
II. Public Comment
 
Academic Excellence
  A. Public comment period, limited to 3 minutes per person.
III. Director's Report
 
CEO Support And Eval
  A. January Update
IV. Committee Reports
 
Facilities
  A. Governance
   
Board Orientation Survey:  https://scde.formstack.com/forms/boardorientationsurvey
Review current committee assignments
Winter Session: Review agenda.
Classroom Observations
Vote on changes to the Public Session policy.
Vote on any items necessary from committee presentation.
  B. Academic Excellence
   


 
  C. Finance
   
Discuss Audit.
Vote to approve November and December financial reports.
Vote to approve budget amendments.
Discuss Combined Financial Policy draft.
 
  D. Fundraising
   
Vote on any items necessary from committee presentation.
  E. Facilities
   
Vote on any items necessary from committee report.
 
V. New Business
 
Finance
  A. Board Procedures for concerns addressed to individual board members
VI. Old Business
 
Fundraising
  A. USDA Update
   
Discuss projected vs actual USDA expenditures.
VII. Executive Session
  A. Executive Session
   
This session held in accordance with SC Code of Law, Title 30, Chapter 4, meaning it pertains to one or more of the following types of discussions:
  • Section 30-4-70(a)(1) Discussion of employment, appointment, compensation, promotion, demotion, discipline, or release of an employee, a student, or a person regulated by a public body or the appointment of a person to a public body.
  • Section 30-4-70(a)(2) Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and proposed sale or purchase of property, the receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened, or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney-client privilege, settlement of legal claims, or the position of the public agency in other adversary situations involving the assertion against the agency of a claim.
  B. Discuss Contractual Matter
  C. Discuss Parent/Student Concern
  D. Discuss potential legal issue
VIII. Other Business
  A. Vote on matters from Executive Session, if required
IX. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting