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River Valley Charter School

Board Meeting

Published on November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM EST
Amended on November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM EST

Date and Time

Wednesday November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST

River Valley Charter School welcomes your participation at Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Trustees (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of the organization in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our school and assists the Board in making the best decisions for our school. To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, guidelines are provided at the bottom of this agenda. All materials for all board and committee meetings, are available on our Board on track public portal found at rivervalleycharter.org.

 

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Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 7:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Jonathan Nickerson 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Denise Herrera
  C. Review Trustee Code of Conduct   Denise Herrera 1 m
  D. Public Comment Discuss Denise Herrera 5 m
II. Approve Previous Board Minutes 7:07 PM
  A. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Denise Herrera 2 m
    Approve minutes for Board Meeting on October 22, 2025  
III. Consent Agenda 7:09 PM
 

The Items Below form our consent agenda

  
  A. Accountability Committee FYI Denise Herrera 1 m
  B. Development Committee FYI Denise Herrera 1 m
  C. Executive Committee FYI Denise Herrera 1 m
  D. Committee on Trustees FYI Denise Herrera 1 m
   
  • Quorum not met, no board business discussed - plan to present updates to bylaws in upcoming board meeting
  
  E. Finance Committee FYI Denise Herrera 1 m
   
  • No meeting held this month
  
  F. Vote on Consent Agenda Vote Jonathan Nickerson 5 m
   

Vote to Approve Consent Agenda

  
IV. Director's Update 7:19 PM
  A. Director's Report Discuss Karen Kuse 20 m
   
  • HR Update 
  • Grounds Redesign 
  • Staffing Update 
  • Upcoming Important Dates
  
V. Finance Committee 7:39 PM
  A. Grounds Redesign Tracking FYI Chris Whitford 4 m
VI. Accountability Committee 7:43 PM
  A. Update FYI Albert Ting 8 m
VII. Development Committee 7:51 PM
  A. Update Elizabeth Rankin 5 m
   
  • Annual Fund update - mailing complete this week (target date 1/20)
  • Development meeting has been added to the BOT calendar: December 2, 6-7PM
  • 3rd Annual Read A Thon planning is next on tap - Read A Thon scheduled for February
  
VIII. Executive Committee 7:56 PM
  A. Update FYI Denise Herrera 5 m
   
  • Subcommittee for Director Evaluation 
  • Holiday Potluck
  
IX. Board Business 8:01 PM
  A. Executive Session Discuss Denise Herrera 20 m
   

Purpose: to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel

 

The board will reconvene after Executive Session.

  
X. Committee on Trustees 8:21 PM
  A. Update FYI Tanya Murdy 15 m
   
  • Bylaws Update
  • Board Health Discussion
  • Board Education: Public comment
  
XI. Grievance Committee 8:36 PM
  A. Update FYI Erin Bradley 5 m
XII. Closing Items 8:41 PM
  A. Public Comments Discuss
  B. Board Meeting Survey FYI Denise Herrera 1 m
   

Please refer to your dashboard for the survey link.

 

  
  C. Adjourn Meeting Vote

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.

REASONABLE LIMITATIONS MAY BE PLACED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY The Board Chair reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony to ensure that the agenda is completed.