River Valley Charter School
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Location
River Valley Charter School Middle School Great Room
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Agenda
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| I. | Opening Items | 7:00 PM | |||
| A. | Record Attendance | Anna Wetmore | 1 m | ||
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | Sonia Suelen | |||
| C. | Public Comment | Discuss | Denise Herrera | 3 m | |
| D. | Review Trustee Code of Conduct | Denise Herrera | 1 m | ||
| II. | Approve Previous Board Minutes | 7:05 PM | |||
| A. | Approve Minutes | Approve Minutes | Anna Wetmore | 1 m | |
| Approve minutes for Board Meeting on March 19, 2025 | |||||
| III. | Consent Agenda | 7:06 PM | |||
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The Items Below form our consent agenda |
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| A. | Accountability Committee | FYI | Denise Herrera | 1 m | |
| B. | Development Committee | FYI | Denise Herrera | 1 m | |
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February and March |
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| C. | Executive Committee | FYI | Denise Herrera | 1 m | |
| D. | Committee on Trustees | FYI | Denise Herrera | 1 m | |
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March & April |
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| E. | Finance Committee | FYI | Denise Herrera | 1 m | |
| F. | Vote on Consent Agenda | Vote | Anna Wetmore | 5 m | |
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Vote to Approve Consent Agenda |
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| IV. | Budget Salary Line Item | 7:16 PM | |||
| A. | Salary Line Item | Vote | Chris Whitford | 8 m | |
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We will be voting on accepting the salary line item. |
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| V. | School Calendar | 7:24 PM | |||
| A. | Start of School Date | Vote | Denise Herrera | 8 m | |
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Board will vote to approve the start date for the FY25'-26' school year. |
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| VI. | Director's Update | ||||
The Director's Report is Attached Under Section V. - School Calendar.
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| VII. | Finance Committee | 7:32 PM | |||
| A. | Update | FYI | Chris Whitford | 8 m | |
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Update on Financials - Currently projecting $221K Income Update on Budget Process - DESE still indicating 3% growth in tuition dollars but that is tentative. Lower revenue being generated from mix of sending districts. |
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| VIII. | Committee on Trustees | 7:40 PM | |||
| A. | Review Dashboards | Discuss | Jonathan Nickerson | 20 m | |
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Working session for committee breakouts to identify KPIs for dashboards |
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| B. | Succession Planning | FYI | Albert Ting | 5 m | |
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New Board Members |
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| IX. | Development Committee | 8:05 PM | |||
| A. | Update | Discuss | Elizabeth Rankin | 8 m | |
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YTD Funding Update Next Meeting |
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| X. | Accountability Committee | 8:13 PM | |||
| A. | Accountability Committee | Discuss | Eric Simone | 8 m | |
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Update Next Meeting |
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| XI. | Exectuive Committee | 8:21 PM | |||
| A. | COL Sign Ups | Discuss | Beth MacQuade | 5 m | |
| B. | Policy Approvals | FYI | Denise Herrera | 5 m | |
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List of policies to be approved at May Meeting |
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| C. | Charter School Viability | FYI | Chris Whitford | 5 m | |
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Share synopsis of MCPSA webinar |
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| XII. | Closing Items | 8:36 PM | |||
| A. | Board Meeting Survey | FYI | Denise Herrera | 1 m | |
| B. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||