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River Valley Charter School

Board Meeting

Published on May 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM EDT
Amended on May 20, 2026 at 7:41 PM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday May 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT

Location

Zoom 

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.

 

This meeting will be on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86709262536?pwd=JZb60p052ivCCqmPAzrb5HH1EVAbWQ.1

 


 

 

 

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   Tanya Murdy
  C. Review Trustee Code of Conduct   Tanya Murdy 5 m
  D. Public Comment Discuss Tanya Murdy 25 m
   

Public comment has been extended to accommodate all requests. 3 min per person. 

1. Kristen Hunter

2. Carli Hamilton

3. Robyn Demand

4. Megan Mancuso

5. Lauren Hajjar

6. Shelby Lee

7. Martha Burke

8. David Javier

  
II. Approve Previous Board Minutes 7:31 PM
  A. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Tanya Murdy 2 m
    Minutes for Board Meeting on April 29, 2026  
III. Consent Agenda 7:33 PM
 

The Items Below form our consent agenda

  
  A. Accountability Committee FYI Tanya Murdy 1 m
     
  B. Development Committee FYI Tanya Murdy 1 m
     
     
  C. Executive Committee FYI Tanya Murdy 1 m
     
  D. Committee on Trustees FYI Tanya Murdy 1 m
     
     
  E. Finance Committee FYI Tanya Murdy 1 m
     
  F. Vote on Consent Agenda Vote Jonathan Nickerson 5 m
   

Vote to Approve Consent Agenda

  
IV. Board Business 7:43 PM
  A. Montessori Moment FYI Beth MacQuade 10 m
   

We need to prioritize grace and courtesy in our words and actions. Our responsibility is to set solid, positive examples of communication between adults in the community at all levels. We need to communicate with the children in ways that help them feel safe and secure at RVCS so that they can explore and develop their interests/pursue their curiosity. They spend a tremendous amount of time in school. Our words and actions should focus on empathy and understanding. When we are at odds children feel it, see it and hear it.

 

  
  B. Discussion request by Meg Connerton FYI Meg Connerton 15 m
   

1.)   Request the Executive Committee share details and context related to the actions that took place a) during the RVCS Committee on Trustees meeting, and b) related to termination and removal of an E2 teacher during school hours, both which occurred on Friday, May 15, 2026.

2.)   Determine, as a Board, next steps related to reputational risk and potential misconduct.

  
V. Committee on Trustees 8:08 PM
 

Bylaws

Nominees

Leadership Slate for 2026-2027

Discussion on 5/15 COT meeting & process

 

  
  A. Update FYI Jonathan Nickerson 5 m
   
  • Nominee selection with direction from DESE (Alison Bagg) and Board Facilitator (Kate Scott)
  • Leadership nominees for 2026-2027
  • Bylaws update
  
  B. Bylaws Vote Jonathan Nickerson 5 m
   

Latest updates based on feedback

  
     
VI. Executive Committee 8:18 PM
  A. Update FYI Tanya Murdy 10 m
   
  • Interim Executive Solutions
  • COL sign up
  •  
  
VII. Finance Committee 8:28 PM
  A. Update FYI Gary LeFave 5 m
   

No meeting since last BoT

  
VIII. Accountability Committee 8:33 PM
  A. Update FYI Albert Ting 5 m
   
  • No meeting since last BoT
  
IX. Development Committee 8:38 PM
  A. Update FYI Elizabeth Rankin 5 m
   
  • Survey to record in-kind donations and parent contributions to classrooms
  
X. Director's Update 8:43 PM
  A. Director's Report Discuss Karen Kuse 20 m
   
  • 2025-26 Annual IDEA LEA Determinations
  • ELE Review
  • Maritime Mixer
  • Literacy Night
  • Staff Updates
  • Hired a handyperson
  • Interviewing tech companies to outsource network infrastructure and security
  • Easement
  • Pet & Absentee Policy
  
     
  B. Pet Policy Vote Tanya Murdy 5 m
     
  C. Absentee Policy Vote Tanya Murdy 5 m
     
XI. Closing Items 9:13 PM
  A. Board Meeting Survey FYI Tanya Murdy 1 m
   

Please refer to your dashboard for the survey link.

 

  
  B. Adjourn Meeting Vote Tanya Murdy

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.