River Valley Charter School
November Board Meeting
Date and Time
Location
River Valley Charter School, 2 Perry Way, Newburyport, MA. Middle School Great Room
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the River Valley Charter School is to provide a rigorous academic program
based on the Montessori philosophy and rooted in the history, culture and ecology of the
Merrimack River Valley. Students will reach their full potential as scholars and become self-
reliant, productive members of society. They will be adept at critical thinking and creative
problem solving and will be fully prepared to succeed in future schools, careers and civic life.
Agenda
| Purpose | Presenter | Time | |||
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| I. | Opening Items | 7:00 PM | |||
| A. | Call the Meeting to Order | ||||
| B. | Record Attendance | 1 m | |||
| C. | Public Comment | 5 m | |||
| D. | Approve Minutes | Approve Minutes | 1 m | ||
| Approve minutes for RVCS Board Meeting on October 18, 2023 | |||||
| E. | Approve Accountability Meeting Minutes | Approve Minutes | 5 m | ||
| Approve minutes for November AC Mtg on October 30, 2023 | |||||
| F. | Approve Executive Committee Minutes | Approve Minutes | 5 m | ||
| Approve minutes for Executive Committee meeting on November 8, 2023 | |||||
| G. | Approve Development minutes | Approve Minutes | 5 m | ||
| Approve minutes for Development Committee Meeting on October 23, 2023 | |||||
| II. | Montessori Minute | 7:22 PM | |||
| A. | Montessori Minute | FYI | 15 m | ||
| III. | Other Business | 7:37 PM | |||
| A. | Board on Track Presentation | FYI | Yuna Shin | 20 m | |
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Yuna will be reviewing best practice's for Board on Track. Please make sure your Skills and Demographics are completed prior to meeting. |
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| B. | Board Packet | FYI | Denise Herrera | 5 m | |
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Please make sure you are prepared for the meetings by having reviewed all relevant material for the next meeting. If this is a challenge, let's discuss how we can make more accessible. I am researching ways to add our initials to the minutes as completed. |
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| IV. | Board Business | 8:02 PM | |||
| A. | Committee Descriptions | FYI | Denise Herrera | 10 m | |
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All Committee Chairs need to review their current descriptions and suggest edits to align accuracy to responsibilities. This needs to be completed by December 5th. We will review, discuss and vote at our next board meeting. |
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| V. | Director Report | 8:12 PM | |||
| A. | Director's Report | FYI | 10 m | ||
| VI. | Accountability Committee | 8:22 PM | |||
| A. | Accountability Update | FYI | Eric Simone | 10 m | |
| VII. | Development Committee | 8:32 PM | |||
| A. | Development Update | FYI | Elizabeth Rankin | 10 m | |
| B. | Leadership Giving | Discuss | Elizabeth Rankin | 10 m | |
| VIII. | Finance Committee | 8:52 PM | |||
| A. | Finance Update | FYI | Chris Whitford | 5 m | |
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No November Meeting. Quick finance update |
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| IX. | Committee on Trustees | 8:57 PM | |||
| A. | CoT Update | FYI | Albert Ting | 10 m | |
| X. | Closing Items | 9:07 PM | |||
| A. | Public Comment | ||||
| B. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||