Final

River Valley Charter School

Development Committee Meeting

Published on January 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM EST

Date and Time

Monday January 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM EST

Location

River Valley Charter School, 2 Perry Way, Newburyport. Middle School Great Room

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Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Elizabeth Rankin 1 m
  B. Record Attendance   Elizabeth Rankin 1 m
  C. Holiday Card Discuss Elizabeth Rankin 5 m
   

Follow up- What worked, What would need to be adjusted moving forward

  
II. RVCS 25 Anniversary 6:07 PM
  A. Update Discuss Elizabeth Rankin 15 m
   
  • Review the amount collected to date
  • allocation of current funds were communicated for outdoor space.- Below is the excerpt from the chair email to the community discussing where the funds would be allocated and sharing the vision.
    • I am proud to serve as board chair during this celebratory time and am excited to help lay the foundation for the next 25 years. In the weeks and months ahead, RVCS will share opportunities to reflect on how far we have come and look ahead to the future. We have big plans to improve our outdoor space! I hope you'll join me in supporting this amazing school and thus, each and every one of our outstanding kids. (If you have already donated, thank you for taking the time to commit to the future of RVCS!) If you have not, please consider a 25th anniversary contribution that is personally meaningful to you.


 

 

 

  
  B. Next steps in the 25 year campaign Discuss Elizabeth Rankin 20 m
   
  • Giving Tuesday: 11/28 Video-- This was not completed
  • Lantern Solstice walk- 12/21- Amazing event
  • Habits of Learning- 8 C's- 
  • January- Couriosity- Anything on grounds project- maybe the community involvement and what has happened already with staff and students
  • February- Courtesy
  • March- Commitment- PA-readathon- Tanya to share how, when and what is needed for this to be successful

 

 

  
  C. Grounds Project Discuss Elizabeth Rankin 20 m
   
  • Developments participation: Capital Campaign
    • Need phases of project with financial scope and timeline. 
  • In the future- how will we show the community the funds being raised- growing/giving tree in solarium was an idea
  
  D. Friend Raising & Community Outreach Discuss Elizabeth Rankin 2 m
   

Past and upcoming opportunities to make relevant connections - chamber events, follow up calls and letter writing.

  
III. Closing Items 7:04 PM
  A. 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.