The Board of Trustees introduced themselves, and then C. Meaney presented about her work as the Director of the Teacher's Center. She introduced herself and explained her background in education.  C. Meaney gave an overview of the work of the Teacher's Center, focusing on her priorities of "Listen, Learn, Act."  She explained recent presentations through the Teacher's Center, including "Mastery-based Promotion and Essential Rites of Passage," at the NEASC Model Schools conference.  Her ally development includes working with Center for Secondary School Reform (CSSR), New England Association of Secondary Schools (NEASC), Great Schools Partnerships (GSP) and the Massachusetts Charter School Association (MSCA).  C. Meaney is working with Sara Bailey from the Astra Foundation to advocate for progressive education at the National level.  Another area C. Meaney is actively working on is the grant secured from DESE to work with Ayer-Shirley Regional School District focusing on social-emotional learning through advisory.  She explained all of the visitors who have already cycled through Parker so far this year.  Trustees asked questions about goals and future work, and C. Meaney described wanting to cultivate relationships with other schools that lasted over time, helping teachers write about principles of progressive education in journals, and cultivating a sustainable business plan for the TC. 

T. Sumner described a recent visit to Parker by Representative Natalie Higgins (Leominster) and  also his collaboration with C. Meaney with a group of students who are learning about public relations work. He described his ongoing work with the Massachusetts Charter School Association and advancement work with grant-writing.  He gave an update on the roof, and J. LaPlatney and L. Warner spoke from the perspective of teachers and students in the building on a daily basis. 

J. Saxe and K. Drew explained how the Third Decade Fund relates to the strategic plan of the school.  

M. McKenna explained the Q1 Financial Dashboard to the Trustees.  

L. Warner, G. Penna and C. Igoe described their meeting with Domain leaders that helped their committee begin to understand current hiring practices at Parker, along with generalizable and specific barriers to hiring a more diverse teaching staff.  L. Warner explained the work that the faculty continues to do in areas of race, equity and privilege.  Trustees expressed interest in taking the Implicit Association Test on their own time. 

C. Regan-Davi explained how Governance is working towards a standard calendar of learning for Trustees, capitalizing on the work of individual Board subcommittees to help share the load.  Governance Committee will continue to take photos of Trustees to put on our website.  We will also be beginning a library of relevant texts, such as Ted and Nancy Sizer's books, so that Trustees can take them out for their own reading.  

The Board voted to suspend the first read on the Enrollment policy and vote on the Enrollment policy at the 11-8 meeting.  T. Sumner made the motion and J. Bartsch seconded. The vote was unanimous in favor.