Living School

Minutes

Academic & Culture Committee

Date and Time

Monday October 8, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Location

https://zoom.us/j/738211128

Committee Members Present

F. Olajide (remote), M. Lehnherr (remote)

Committee Members Absent

D. Lister, N. Mock, P. Dutta

Guests Present

S. Pasternak (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

F. Olajide called a meeting of the Academics & Culture Committee Committee of Living School to order on Monday Oct 8, 2018 at 5:05 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

F. Olajide made a motion to approve minutes from the Monthly Charter App Committee Meeting on 08-14-18 Monthly Charter App Committee Meeting on 08-14-18.
M. Lehnherr seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Charter App Committee

A.

Review Committee OKRs

B.

Review Capacity Interview Preparation

Met Sat 9/29 with Board & Team and did a mock interview with a panel of local school leaders and district personnel.

Panel had important questions about the non-traditional financial model and some of the risky assumptions built into it as well as important questions about the outcomes the model is correlated with.

We added new questions to the preparation document which we will answer before this weekends' prep meeting.  We'll then allow folks answering the question to translate narrative answers to bulleted list in preparation for the interview.

C.

Review Academic & Culture data to be tracked

Added a goal for attendance to be equitable across lines of different and a category of goals around enrollment & demand.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

F. Olajide made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
M. Lehnherr seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:38 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
F. Olajide