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River Valley Charter School

Board Meeting

Published on January 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM EST
Amended on January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM EST

Date and Time

Wednesday January 21, 2026 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 10 m
   

Public comment requested around PBE

  
II. Approve Previous Board Minutes 7:12 PM
  A. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Denise Herrera 2 m
III. Consent Agenda 7:14 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
  E. Finance Committee FYI Denise Herrera 1 m
  F. Vote on Consent Agenda Vote Jonathan Nickerson 5 m
   

Vote to Approve Consent Agenda

  
IV. Director's Update 7:24 PM
  A. Director's Report Discuss Karen Kuse 20 m
   
  • Enrollment
  • HR Company
  • PBE
  • Grounds 
  • Easement
  • CPA
  
V. Board Business 7:44 PM
  A. DESE Virtual Visit Denise Herrera 10 m
   

virtual visit at River Valley Charter School on March 12, 2026.  

  
  B. Massachusetts Conflict of Interest Law Training FYI Denise Herrera 2 m
   

Conflict of Training information has been sent by  noreply@sklburst.com for completion. Please try to complete this ASAP, please and thank you. 

  
VI. Finance Committee 7:56 PM
  A. Update FYI Chris Whitford 2 m
   

Current financial position

  
VII. Accountability Committee 7:58 PM
  A. Update FYI Albert Ting 10 m
   

- Fall Screener review and report out

- Caregiver survey progress/ timeline/ update and report out

  
VIII. Committee on Trustees 8:08 PM
  A. Update FYI Tanya Murdy 5 m
   
  • Bylaws cleanup
  • Feedback Survey Responses
  
  B. Updated Bylaws Vote Vote Jonathan Nickerson 5 m
   

Vote to approve bylaws as updated and send to DESE for approval

  
IX. Executive Committee 8:18 PM
  A. Update FYI Denise Herrera 5 m
   
  • BlueLion update
  • Tanya participation/ alignment
  
X. Development Committee 8:23 PM
  A. Update FYI Elizabeth Rankin 5 m
   
  • Annual fund update
  
XI. Closing Items 8:28 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.