F.W. Parker Charter Essential School

Minutes

GovCom

Date and Time

Friday April 12, 2019 at 8:00 AM

Location

Parker Charter

Committee Members Present

C. Regan-Davi, G. Clancy, M. Lindsey, T. Sumner, T. Testa

Committee Members Absent

K. Doherty

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Regan-Davi called a meeting of the Governance Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Friday Apr 12, 2019 at 8:00 AM.

II. Governance

A.

Recruitment leads -- updates

We discussed 2 leads, Mario Silva Rosa, and Julie Fredrickson. Mario is employed as the Dean of Undergrad Admissions at Bentley, has prior Board experience, is a person of color living in the Worcester area and a native Spanish speaker. We agreed that SR should meet with him. Julie is a Parker parent living in Littleton.

B.

2019-2020 Board

We discussed the general needs of the BOT to include an emphasis on diversity, legal or financial expertise, and an ability to attract financial support for the school.(Give and get) We discussed a call for interest in service on the BOT after the spring break which notes a desire for a 3 year commitment.
 

C.

Chair Succession Planning

We discussed that SR will serve as chair until ‘20. We discussed candidates for the treasurer spot including Steph Reinhardt and Glenn Penna.

 

III. Other Business

A.

Retreat goals

B.

Education opportunities for board

We discussed ideas for ongoing BOT education to include creating a document folder with materials from Mass Charter School Association and guest speakers form that organization.

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

G. Clancy made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
C. Regan-Davi seconded the motion.
The committee 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 8:45 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Clancy