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River Valley Charter School

Board Meeting

Published on January 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM EST

Date and Time

Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST

Location

River Valley Charter School Middle School Great Room

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 7:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
II. Consent Agenda 7:01 PM
 

The Items Below form our consent agenda

 

  
  A. Accountability Committee FYI
  B. Finance Committee FYI
  C. Development Committee FYI
  D. Executive Committee FYI
  E. Vote on Consent Agenda Vote Anna Wetmore 5 m
   

Vote to approve consent agenda

  
III. Director's Update 7:06 PM
  A. Director's Update Discuss Karen Kuse 20 m
   

Please review the attached document and follow up with any questions

  
IV. Accountability Committee 7:26 PM
  A. Accountability Committee Discuss Eric Simone 8 m
   
  • Criterion 7: School Climate and Family Engagement- Sending to the community week of 1/20.
  • https://app2.boardontrack.com/org/9o7BzX/media/viewer/346180?scope=
    • This link details Charter School Performance Criteria for your reference, This lives in Accountability Committee Folder.
  • Next Board Meeting we will review and discuss Criterion 6: Program Delivery
  
V. Committee on Trustees 7:34 PM
  A. Committee On Trustees Discuss Erin Bradley 15 m
   
  • Board Survey: Review survey results
  • Board Recruitment and Officer Slate for 2026-27
  
VI. Development 7:49 PM
  A. Development Committee Discuss Elizabeth Rankin 8 m
   
  • Annual Fund: Update
  • We would like 100% Board Participation
  • Read-A-Thon: Update
  • Next Meeting Topics
  
VII. Executive Committee 7:57 PM
  A. Executive Committee Discuss Denise Herrera 10 m
   
  • Appointment of General Attorney
    • https://www.mirickoconnell.com/
    • Current Attorney provides Student Service Legal support: Nuttall, MacAvoy & Joyce, P.C
    • Mirick O'Connell provides Labor, Employment, By-Law revisions, Family Law, Environmental, OML and Conflict of interest.
  • Next Meeting: Policy Work
  
VIII. Finance & Facilities 8:07 PM
  A. Finance Committee FYI Chris Whitford 8 m
   
  • Update on Financials
  • Next Meeting: March 12th
    • Q2 Financials & Capital Budget Planning
  
IX. Other Business 8:15 PM
  A. Other Business FYI Denise Herrera 5 m
   
  • MCPSA Upcoming Workshops
    • Strategic Planning: Feb 4th 12-1:30pm. (ALL)
    • Onboarding New Board Members Workshop: Feb 6th 12-1:30 (COT)
    • New Board Member Roles & Responsibilities: May 8th 12-1:30 (new members within last 12mo)
  • Committee Goals Check In
  
  B. MCPSA Board Survey Discuss Denise Herrera 20 m
   

MCPSA Board Survey

https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbellwethereducation.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_01Alqz5ACo1JIQ6&data=05%7C02%7Cdbaron%40burtonsgrill.com%7C98f9ba0636cf47342c5808dd2e85238d%7C19f3db8c5ae6418d871c94aec4420174%7C0%7C0%7C638717871569624041%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mnd%2BY6h7ZTteltTwgRm8Zj0MspDmQz6RzXbEbecJ63E%3D&reserved=0

  
X. Closing Items 8:40 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote
  B. Board Meeting Survey FYI Denise Herrera 5 m
   

https://app2.boardontrack.com/surveyFormView/take/743?uid=d53689d0f5de400292bbc191df0c1e3d

  

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.