Noted and discussed.

Kevin Moran

• Three kids at RVCS
• Concerns around electromagnetic exposure in the school and more broadly (WiFi, microwaves, phones, florescent lights, etc.)
• Convenience potentially at a cost - EMF tied to multiple medical risks
• Symptoms written off as other medical issues
• Potentially to economically reduce exposure 

• Section B - committee written twice
• Section D - end parentheses missing
• "Improvement performance" written error

Daniel Dennis & Company

• Speakers - Colleen D'Alfonso, Valquiria Marcal
• Reviewed audited financials and determined that there were no areas in red and numbers aligned closely to those from FY24

• Came in better than expected and shown in statement.

HR Update

• As of 10/14 BlueLion HR was retained to provide outsourced HR services to RVCS
• BlueLion stated that it does not report to the board or to the leadership but is a resource for the school
• Focus will be on full-service HR and to do a climate/culture survey
• @RVCS email address will be created for the company and RVCS will have single point person to reach out within BlueLion
• Reporting back:
  • They handle directly to extent possible
  • If related to Director, then Board is involved 
• Working to complete intake and then to determine proper communications to the faculty ASAP

Grounds Redesign

• Additional cost to address water drainage of $9,830 which will be covered by the Foundation - aligns to the pond cleaning
• Tool to discussed at next Finance Committee to track costs and changes

Coffee with Karen was well attended

• Planning on hosting RVCS faculty holiday party at Newburyport Brewing again this year
• December 11 4-7pm (so staff can go straight from school)
• List will be sent soon to ensure that dishes are covered

• As Montessori school, not focus but do understand that it is a metric 
• This year got to pre-pandemic scoring
• RVCS exceeded state levels all areas
• Decrease in chronic absenteeism from prior year (exceeded target)
• High growth in ELA and Math scores compared to other students in MA
• Outperformed the state in Science and Civics
• In the school's experience while scores are often lower in early years, they catch up in the end and aligns to the Montessori style of learning
• Need to increase caregiver education around MCAS and how it ties to Montessori

• Internal audit completed for past year with plan to do external audit in this school year
• Suggestion to push increased spending by the classrooms to make greater use of allotted $2K per classroom - will help to drive towards more complete set of Montessori materials
• Presented to Accountability and now to Board, plan to next present to the faculty - date TBD

• Next meeting plan to review the by-laws. 

• At board retreat, one of the goals was to determine a tool for the director evaluation - need to create a subcommittee for this
• Agree to have Karen develop goals for April - so need goals in place before then - most likely backing up process by at least a few months to provide time to evaluate, recommend to the board, and roll out

• Committee stands up as needed
• Recent actions has led to committee being stood up and addressed 3 issues; two were resolved and one that will be raised to the HR firm
• Staff handbook does not reference grievance committee but does talk about the process - updates to staff and parent handbook will most likely have to be updated through HR firm
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