F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
January DevComm Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 7, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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 (remote), D. Van Patten (remote), G. Tang (remote), J. Fredericksen (remote), J. Saxe (remote), K. Tedstone (remote), M. Beganski (remote), S. Cole (remote), S. Reinhorn (remote)
Committee Members Absent
B. Sweet, E. Gibbs Revelli, J. MacDonald, L. Acton, M. Cole, M. Kosinski-Collins
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
K. Tedstone called a meeting of the Development Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Wednesday Jan 7, 2026 at 7:30 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes
G. Tang made a motion to approve the minutes from November DevComm Meeting on 11-05-25.
J. Fredericksen seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Development 2024-2025
A.
DevComm working groups update
B.
Q4 Dashboard discussion
The group looked at the Q2 dashboard. Thoughts/reflections:
- Except for graduate families, each category is underperforming from last year
- Recurring gifts should be counted at 1 gift
- Add a section for major gifts
- In each constituency, what are the range and median gift amounts?
- Overall a nice look at the numbers and it gives a lot of information
C.
Parker Giving Days
In earlier section
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Tedstone
Events:
Monique gave a brief synopsis of the November 5K and the group talked about their hopes for this event moving forward- more runners, adding to the event (a fair-like atmosphere), and getting the word out more. Overall, the feeling was very positive at the event.
The group then spent time talking about what we want the feeling to be at the June 5th Community Celebration at Sterling Street.
Thoughts-
Alumni:
The group talked about the GOLD alumni event that is being held TODAY! There were 28 RSVPS and we are providing a program including socialization, lunch, a financial math "class", and a filmed interview portion.
We want to ask the attendees what they would like to see in future alumni events.
Parker Fund:
The group worked on the Parker Giving Days (the week of March 15th). We are hoping to have a match for this new initiative. Perhaps the match could come from our trustees?