River Valley Charter School
Minutes
Committee on Trustees Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday May 29, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Location
River Valley Charter School, 2 Perry Way, Newburyport. Middles School Humanitarian 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.
Committee Members Present
A. Ting, C. Getz, E. Bradley
Committee Members Absent
A. Fields, C. Martin
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Committee on Trustees
A.
Discuss executive slate for RVCS BoT
B.
Board Orientation for 24-25
C.
Discuss committee memberships for BoT
- There may be need to rebalance the committee memberships to balance numbers.
- The Committee memberships assignments for 24-25 will be discussed at the June BoT meeting.
- Need to reach out to new Trustees as to their initial interest in committee placement.
III. Other Business
A.
Updating RVCS BoT By-Laws
- Looking to next year, a project for CoT could be updating the BoT By-Laws. Last update was done in 2019.
- Items could include remote participation rules, updating titles (Secretary --> Clerk), clarification of other sections.
- No inquiries were received by CoT or CoT Chair for leadership positions for 24-25 as of 5/29/2024.
- Current leadership has agreed to be nominated for the same roles as currently held.
- Chair- Denise Herrera
- Vice-Chair - Albert Ting
- Treasurer - Chris Whitford
- Secretary - Erin Irose
- BoT Chair will appoint Anna Wetmore as assistant secretary for 24-25.