Kairos Academies
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Location
Kairos Academies
3449 S Jefferson Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63118
We invite you join us at this Zoom link. This notice was published at www.kairosacademies.org/board at least one day prior to the meeting.
Committee Members Present
H. Eastwood (remote), K. Kerr (remote), N. Plair (remote), W. Young (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
K. Graham (remote), M. Chavers (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. CEO Goals
A.
Discussion
III. Governance Committee Goals
A.
Discussion
- Build a comprehensive succession plan for all Board member roles
- Build a new Board member training curriculum / program
- Set up a development / fundraising committee as part of formal Board Committee structure
We plan to revisit the third point to better articulate what our fundraising goals might be. Khalil recommended an annual board policy review for the governance committee. Another consideration is how to supervise other committees' performance.
IV. Chief of Staff updates
A.
APR/AR Update
NWEA Highlights:
Returning students scored at least 10 points higher in Math
Returning students scored at least 9 points higher in Reading
MAP Reading
5th declined 16%
6th was flat
7th declined 6%
8th declined 2%
MAP Math
5th increased 15%
6th increased 30%
7th declined 7%
8th increased 1%
We're projecting a 71% APR score that will be released in the Spring.
B.
Charter Renewal Update
Charter renewal is still expected to occur on 10/17 at 5pm. The board session and the public session will be one meeting. Marnae would like to set up a group session for prep prior to the meeting.
Hugh Eastwood joined at 6.05pm CT.
Khalil shared his organizational and CEO goals. He is going to take a second look and make sure his CEO and organizational goals are well aligned. He will share an updated version tomorrow morning.