Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence
Minutes
6.20.2023 BOT MEETING
Date and Time
Tuesday June 20, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Board Of Trustees is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Monthly MLKCSE Board Meeting
Time: Jun 20, 2023 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Jun 20, 2023 05:30 PM
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Trustees Present
Alton Jones (remote), Darren James (remote), Dean Morneau (remote), Denise Pagan-Vega (remote), James Lightfoot (remote), Jennifer Wallace-Johnson (remote), Jessica Putnam (remote), Kailey Boyd (remote), Kiyota Garcia (remote), Patricia Rapinchuk (remote), Teremar Rodriguez-Vazquez (remote)
Trustees Absent
None
Guests Present
Kendra Salvador (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Meditation
D.
Public Comments
None.
E.
Vote on May 16, 2023 Meeting Minutes
II. Executive Director's Report to the Board
A.
Executive Director's Report to the Board
Discuss report in specific, discipline, kindergartens screeners, staffing, and new Assistant Principal.
III. Academic Excellence Committee Report
A.
Review Monthly Academic Data
Discuss consistency of meetings as a committee. Also discuss comparison of EOY Academic data, more specifically, that the data is showing improvement.
B.
BOT Academic Excellence Committee Webinar Updates
Discuss upcoming webinar and sharing notes.
IV. Treasurer's Report
A.
Updates
Discuss showing appreciation for teachers and sending a note from the board. Financially we are doing very well. Capital plan was discussed as it relates to surlpus. Also RFPs were posted, bids have been received. Summer programming options were discussed.
B.
APPROVE CAPITAL PLAN
V. Board Chair Report
A.
Updates
B.
Vote
C.
Vote
Discuss potential of conflict of interest as wife, Abby Cole, is employed at the school. Concerns raised as it relates to potential problems and transparency conflicts and confidentiality. Vote was tabled.
VI. Other Business
A.
New Business
Reminder for completing board evaluation of Kendra (ED) and creating the report. Also a reminder that Board Retreat is coming up on July 30, 2023. We want to speak about fundraising, networking, and getting out in the community. October Gala - we are asking all trustees to participating in planning in all events. Jess P. met with Berkshire Bank to discuss continued partnership and they will start attending to the back-to-school night and participate in school events.
Darren James read meditaton.