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

J. Ray called a meeting of the board of directors of Lumen Public School to order on Thursday Feb 17, 2022 at 2:00 PM.

B.

Land Acknowledgement

C.

Record Attendance

D.

Approve Minutes

G. Sementi made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 01-20-22.
L. McDonald seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Finance

A.

Monthly Financial Report

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.   

III. Consent Agenda

A.

Approve January Payroll & AP # 1451-1477

T. O'Sullivan made a motion to approve the minutes from Monthly Finance Committee Mtg. on 02-16-22.
A. Estes seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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.  

J. Ray made a motion to Approve Strategic Plan 2022 - Gene Sementi.
T. O'Sullivan seconded the motion.

Board engagement 

Institutional memory - self assessment 

Recruiting road map 

Goals and Tasks - uploaded 

Board on Track 

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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 

VII. 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 3:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Ray