Lumen Public School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday February 17, 2022 at 2:00 PM
Location
Lumen High School
718 W. Riverside Ave.
Suite 102
Spokane WA 99201
Directors Present
A. Estes, D. McMurray, G. Sementi, J. Ray, L. McDonald, T. O'Sullivan
Directors Absent
C. Plager
Guests Present
S. Edwards
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Land Acknowledgement
C.
Record Attendance
D.
Approve Minutes
II. Finance
A.
Monthly Financial Report
III. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve January Payroll & AP # 1451-1477
B.
Review Policies & Procedures
Review the document annually.
IV. Updates
A.
Principal Report Out
Two Lumen Students joining meeting.
Lumen - High expectations with tons of support.
Glow - huge benefit
1 student - in parenting program
1 student - working with midwife to prepare for baby
All school meeting - revisiting culture of school,
What is working at Lumen - new schedule (Voted in by student body), off campus lunch, new chef, more support, food is better, new Glow schedule (more structured time), 15 minute break in afternoon, better bonds with staff, high school transcript checking
What is not working - motivation across all students, pushy, cell phones, more hands on work, in each other’s business, bathrooms, norms (accountability)
Trip - Taking the whole staff to Learning and the Brain trip - NYC - Science of the Brain
Hiring for long term Science Substitute - moving two candidates forward
V. Committee Updates
A.
Governance
Equity Training -
Trauma learning - 7 generations for Native American tribes to break cycles, own experience 4 generations,
Working towards better representation on Board.
Framing - Board health and board growth.
Life long work.
Next steps - review policy and procedures to put in place more voice from students on the board - possibility of schedule to hear from students on a regular basis. More student voice on the board.
Next Steps - outside consultants or materials
Start with Demographics of teen parents - more information to frame the conversation around
Bring back a proposal to discuss this learning journey and how will it look.
Email to follow with learning styles.
VI. Governance
A.
Approve Strategic Plan
Building the Board out - push out to 3rd quarter after equity / culture training.
Board engagement
Institutional memory - self assessment
Recruiting road map
Goals and Tasks - uploaded
Board on Track
B.
Recruitment
New Board candidate
Attend next month as a member of the public
C.
Board Retreat
Leading date - August 4 - All Day Board Retreat 8:00 - 8:00
D.
OPMA Compliance
Bill discussion
Jared update -
Revenue in line what we would expect this time of year.
Expenditures moving along as exspected.
A lot of travel expenses coming up.