F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday June 13, 2018 at 6:45 PM
Location
Room 27 at the Parker School
Trustees Present
C. Igoe, C. Regan-Davi, C. Stack-Haan, J. Bartsch, J. Howard, J. LaPlatney, J. Saxe, K. Reeves, L. Warner, M. Turnbull, M. VanderWilden, S. Roach, T. Espinola, T. Sumner
Trustees Absent
G. Penna
Trustees who arrived after the meeting opened
C. Igoe, M. Turnbull
Guests Present
M. McKenna, S. Reinhorn, T. Testa
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Roach called a meeting of the board of trustees of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Wednesday Jun 13, 2018 at 6:45 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
M. VanderWilden made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 05-09-18 Board Meeting on 05-09-18.
J. Howard seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Bellwether
A.
Facilitated discussion of Bellwether work
C. Igoe arrived.
B.
Video call with Gwen Baker, senior associate, Bellwether Education Partners
The Trustees participated in a video conference call with Gwen Baker, Bellwether Associates.
M. Turnbull arrived.
III. Principal Evaluation for 2017-2018
A.
Principal Evaluation for 2017-2018
The Principal Evaluation Committee presented the summarized report for Todd, and talked about the process of working with Board on Track to give and then collate survey results.
IV. Principal's Report
A.
Principal's Report
T. Sumner summarized his Principal's report from the packet, and emphasized graduation, the gym floor project and his work with Bellwether.
V. Committee Reports
A.
Governance Committee
C. Regan-Davi gave a presentation about the Governance Committee's goals, achievements over the past year and next steps next year.
B.
Development Committee
K. Drew explained the current percentages for donors to the Third Decade Fund, comparing them to prior years. She highlighted some key events, such as the Ted S talks and showed a preview of a video that captured soundbites from interviews with speakers from Common Principles, Uncommon Lives.
C.
Finance Committee
VI. Votes
A.
Credit Card Policy - Second Read
T. Sumner made a motion to approve the second read of the Credit Card policy.
M. Turnbull seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
M. VanderWilden made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
J. Saxe seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Warner
VIII. Annual Meeting
A.
Nomination and election of new Trustees and Officers
C. Stack-Haan made a motion to Approve the nomination slate as presented.
J. LaPlatney seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
J. Saxe made a motion to Elect of Board Officers.
J. LaPlatney seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Recognition of Outgoing Trustees
T. Sumner presented the four outgoing Trustees (Joe Howard, Kayla Reeves, Jeannie LaPlatney, Laura Warner) with gifts and recognized them for their work.
C.
Adjourn Annual Meeting
T. Espinola made a motion to Adjourn Annual meeting.
J. LaPlatney seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
1. What excites you about the plan so far?
2. What questions do you have about Bellwether's methodology or approach?
3. What questions do you have about the recommendations/direction so far?
4. What additional inputs/comments/questions would you like to offer the Bellwether team?
The Trustees offered their thoughts to these questions before the video call so that we could prepare to talk with Bellwether.