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Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Friday September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Location

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Committee Members Present

Diana Foskett (remote), Donna Carroll (remote), Sherard Johnson (remote), Teremar Rodriguez-Vazquez (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

tommie artis (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Teremar Rodriguez-Vazquez called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence to order on Friday Sep 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM.

II. Vote on Committee Meeting Minutes

A.

Vote on Minutes July 21, 2025

Diana Foskett made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 07-21-25.
Donna Carroll seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Vote on Minutes from June 26, 2025

Donna Carroll made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Quarterly Meeting on 06-26-25.
Diana Foskett seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

Vote on Minutes from May 4, 2023

Donna Carroll made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 05-04-23.
Diana Foskett seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

III. Public Comment

A.

Public Comment

No public attended.

IV. Governance

A.

Discuss Committee Composition and Goals

Discuss about training opportunities and continued education like we already did with board on track. Brain stormed about how to encourage engagement and attendance. Committee members emphasized that it is also important to bring young members to the board to enforce our diversity and encourage different opinions in our meetings. Also discussed attendance requirement and the board's attendance and how it has improved. United Way Board Matching really helped to get new members. Encourage the board to be proactive and encourage friends to attend our meetings to be guests. 

 

Action items

- Ask Kendra about Darren's replacement based on the Family Services and MLK Board.

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 4:20 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Teremar Rodriguez-Vazquez