River Valley Charter School

Board Retreat

Published on March 25, 2026 at 9:14 AM EDT

Date and Time

Saturday March 28, 2026 at 9:15 AM EDT

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.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 9:15 AM
  A. Record Attendance   Jonathan Nickerson 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Tanya Murdy
  C. Retreat agenda from Consultants Discuss Tanya Murdy 240 m
   

1. Welcome and Connection 

2. Objectives and Norms

3. Montessori Moment

4. High Level Review of Board Audit Findings and Recommendations

5. Board Functioning Activity

6. Agreement vs Alignment Activity

7. Connection Moment--Grace and Courtesy

8. Action on Recommendations

9. Close

 
II. Closing Items 1:16 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Tanya Murdy
   

Motion to go into executive session

2pm

 
  B. Executive Session Vote Tanya Murdy 60 m
   

Executive Session G.L. c. 30A, section 21(a)(2) to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel (Executive Director Karen Kuse).