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Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence

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Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday February 28, 2023 at 12:00 PM

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Time: Feb 28, 2023 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Committee Members Present

Jessica Putnam (remote), Teremar Rodriguez-Vazquez (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Jessica Putnam called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence to order on Tuesday Feb 28, 2023 at 12:16 PM.

II. Governance

A.

Review Progress to Governance Committee Goals

  • Jessica being the new Chair of the committee reviewed the goals with the committee and assessed progress
    • One goal complete - two men of color added to the Board
  • Added additional goals for this year - see Goals section

 

B.

Draft new Trustee Interview Questions

  • Discussion held on lack of formal and consistent interview questions for interviews for new Trustees
  • Action steps: Committee members to come back to the next committee meeting with 5-7 questions each to put towards a standard question database to be referred to/used when interviewing potential Trustees

C.

Review Recruitment Plan

  • No recruitment process in writing, plan to draft one so the followed set of procedures can be followed 
  • Areas trustees are needed:
    • HR
    • finance
    • Lawyer (labor law practice?)
    • Marketing
    • Facilities/contractor/construction/architecture
    • Fundraising
    • Berkshire Bank
    • Academic
    • Capital Campaign
    • Mayor’s office (ex – aide)
    • Berkshire Bank
    • Mass Mutual
    • Colleges – Springfield/Smith/Baypath/Westfield State
  • Reviewed Trustees in progress/potential Trustees:
    • Darren James, waiting on Approval from DESE
    • Alton Jones, vote at next board meeting
    • Anthony Cole -  waiting on resume
    • Rebecca XXX ANET Coach- waiting for an answer, Kendra reached out
    • Cynthia Normand, CFO HeadStart - Jess reached out, waiting for an answer
    • Teremar to meet with potential trustee next week
    • Stephanie XXX – Coach for ANET (moved ti RI from TN, will be moving to area in next couple of months, worked for a charter school network. Dom to contact)

D.

Review Potential Trustee Brochure

  • Needs to be revised - determined to be too wordy. 
  • Add pictures?
  • Action steps: Jess reach out to Kendra to get an editable copy

III. 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 12:45 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Jessica Putnam
Documents used during the meeting
  • MLKCSE Board of Trustees brochure, 02-04-2022.pdf