Lowcountry Montessori School
Minutes
Board meeting
Date and Time
Thursday July 27, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Lowcountry Montessori School
Directors Present
C. Rentz, G. Alexander, J. Dameworth, J. Ephland, J. Iszkula, J. Poole, L. Young
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
A. Horn, B. Shaffer, S. Fox
I. Opening Items
A.
Determination of Quorum
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Reading of the Mission Statement
D.
Approval of Agenda
E.
Statement of Compliance with FOIA
II. Public Comment
A.
Public comment period, limited to 3 minutes per person.
- Chad Rentz presented a letter to the Board
III. Director's Report
A.
July Update
See Report
- Cadence Calls with USDA occur on the 3rd Monday of each month at 2:30pm
- Greg needs to be in attendance
- August Staff Retreat - 3rd/4th
- August 8th - Open House - 4-6pm
- August 31st - Ground Breaking Ceremony
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Finance Report
See Report
B.
Governance
Update on Charter Renewal
- Due October 23rd
C.
Facilities
See Report
V. New Business
A.
Discuss Contingency plan.
Pushed to August Meeting
Testing
- Testing Coordinator
- The Oz Factor on Accountability
Reading Plan - redo in September
- All teachers doing SLO (Student Learning Objectives)
- Reading Pathway Packet
Math Strategies 101
- Low scores across the district
- Math Plans for each student
Insurance
- Increase $14k/yr
- Need to research increasing the deductible to lower the payments
- Total increase recommended is $2.5M
VI. Other Business
A.
Vote on matters from Executive Session, if required
- See what is in place today
- Create a sign up page: Restorative Practice Committee
Add two items to the Agenda:
1. Amy - change gym roof which will require a special meeting
2. Insurance Company - will need to increase coverage for catastrophic coverage