Final

Lowcountry Montessori School

Board Meeting

Published on March 23, 2021 at 5:39 PM EDT

Date and Time

Thursday March 25, 2021 at 5:30 PM EDT

Location

Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/ojp-hamt-tgr

 

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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
II. Consent Agenda
  A. Approve minutes from 2/25/2021 regular board meeting.
   
III. New Board Member Welcome
  A. Welcoming Sydney Boggs, Janie Ephland, and Lari Young to the LMS board.
IV. Public Comment
  A. Public comment period, limited to 3 minutes per person.
   
The LMS public comment policy: https://app2.boardontrack.com/public/6m1lWX/home
V. Director's Report
  A. March Update
VI. Committee Reports
  A. Finance
   
Vote to approve attached February reports.
Discuss proposed budget amendment(s).
First reading of 2021-22 budget.
Discuss possibility of free PK3 and PK4 program - implementation, implications, timing.
  B. Facilities
  C. Governance
   
Update on upcoming board elections and recruitment.
Discuss timeline for switching back to in-person meetings.

 
  D. Academic Excellence
   
Commitee report from Mar. 17 meeting.

 
  E. Fundraising
  F. Project Oversight and Planning
VII. Unfinished Business
VIII. New Business
  A. Vote to approve 2021-22 school year calendar.
IX. 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.
X. Other Business
  A. Vote on matters from Executive Session, if required
XI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting