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River Valley Charter School

Board Meeting

Published on March 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday March 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT

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.

 

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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  
  C. Public Comment   Denise Herrera 5 m
II. Consent Agenda 7:06 PM
 

The Items Below form our consent agenda

 

  
  A. Accountability Committee FYI
  B. Development Committee FYI
  C. Executive Committee FYI
  D. Committee On Trustess FYI
  E. Finance Committee FYI Anna Wetmore 1 m
  F. Vote on Consent Agenda Vote Anna Wetmore 5 m
   

Vote to approve consent agenda

  
III. Director's Update 7:12 PM
  A. Director's Update Discuss Karen Kuse 20 m
   
  • Pre-Enrollment 2025-2026
  • RVCS Internal Audit
  • Grounds
  • Community Preservation Act
  • Caregiver Survey

 

  
IV. Accountability Committee 7:32 PM
  A. Accountability Committee Discuss Eric Simone 10 m
   

 

  • Criterion 7: School Climate and Family Engagement- Review Presentation
  • Next Meeting we will:
    • review and discuss winter assessment data
    • dashboard metrics
  
V. Committee on Trustees 7:42 PM
  A. Committee On Trustees Discuss Albert Ting 5 m
   

 

  • Board Recruitment: Progress update/ request for additional nominees from BoT members
  • Board Retreat Planning
  • Committee metrics: Reminder that committees should be working on/ developing their individual committee "dash board' metrics. 
  
  B. Board Education: Board Meeting Structure FYI Denise Herrera 20 m
   
  • OML- Review Presentation from MCPSA Webinar
  • Agenda Setting: 
    • How to submit topics
    • Committee Chair Responsibilities
    • Consent Agenda
  • Working Board: Committee Work
  
VI. Development 8:07 PM
  A. Development Committee Discuss Elizabeth Rankin 8 m
   

 

  • Read-A-Thon: Update
  • Annual Fund Update
  
VII. Finance & Facilities 8:15 PM
  A. Finance Committee FYI Chris Whitford 8 m
   

2025 Financial Results

  • Tuition is on track with budgeted amount.
  • Expenses favorable to date but additional costs for pupil services and school psychologist is expected before the end of the year.
  • Currently running $200,000 favorable as compared to budget but remain cautious based on tuition changes.

2025 - 2026 Budget Discussion (Tuition and Salary Pool)

  • Will review first draft of budget in April.  DESE released FY26 Tuition Projections at +4.5% but this is very subjective and dependent on Federal and State budgets.
  • Initial thought is a salary pool of 3% but will come back for Board approval in April.


 

  
VIII. Executive Committee 8:23 PM
  A. Executive Committee Discuss Denise Herrera 10 m
   

 

  • Important Dates: 
    • May 27th-30th, June 2nd-5th- COLs- each board member to attend at least 2 COLS
    • June 9th -MS Graduation
  • Next Meeting: Policy Work
    • Looking Forward: How can the Board Support the Director
    • Board Education
    • April Board Meeting- No DBH
  
IX. Other Business 8:33 PM
  A. Other Business FYI Denise Herrera 5 m
   
  • MCPSA Upcoming Workshops
    • New Board Member Roles & Responsibilities: May 8th 12-1:30 (new members within last 12mo)
  • Committee Goals Check In
  
X. Closing Items 8:38 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote
  B. Board Meeting Survey FYI Denise Herrera 5 m
   

The link will be emailed to you. Thank you!

  

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.