F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
September DevComm Meeting
This meeting will be virtual on Microsoft Teams at this link: http://parker.school/developmentcommittee.
Fundraising is a conscious process of building a community of donors who are invested in the success of your work, both financially and otherwise. -Paola Cubias
Committee Members Present
B. Harrigan, B. Sweet (remote), D. Van Patten (remote), G. Tang (remote), J. Fredericksen (remote), K. Tedstone, M. Beganski, M. Cole (remote), M. Kosinski-Collins (remote), S. Reinhorn (remote)
Committee Members Absent
J. MacDonald, J. Saxe, L. Acton, S. Cole
Guests Present
Jennifer Berkhout (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Development 2024-2025
A.
Welcome to DevComm 2025-2026
B.
DevComm 2025-2026 Structure
Katrina went over the structure of DevComm from last year and proposed continuing this plan for the coming year. The working groups will be Parker Fund, Events, and Alumni Relations.
C.
Parker Case Statement
The group was asked to look at the revised case statement and give feedback- both warm and cool.
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- Parker Case Statement Draft 9-2025.pdf
We did introductions due to having three new people in the meeting. Each person said their name and their affiliation to Parker and their reason for engaging in this work.