Sam Falk and his team from Board on Track  led a discussion of the near term goals of Gov Com. Tiffany and Matt commented on the current BOT discussions regarding potential efforts to connect with philanthropic sources of funding outside the Parker community. Sam inquired about the committee’s sense of how well the BOT was functioning. Tiffany shared her view that BOT meetings were well attended, faithful to the agenda and efficient. Todd stated that the BOT January retreat is a source of continuity for strategic action. Sam reported that his team  could provide a governance “Success Plan” posted to Board on Track for future use. 

Todd led a discussion about BOT Chairperson succession. He reported that Steph Reinhorn was unable to commit at this point to succeeding to the position of Chairperson due to a potential change in her current work status. Todd confirmed that Steve was willing to continue as Chairperson until the end of his term if necessary. Todd also reported that he recently met with Roland Gibson and that Roland expressed an interest in working on the Diversity and Equity Committee. Todd will follow up with him. The Committe also discussed ways to keep Trustees who will be terming out involved with the school. Bala stated that institutional memory was important quality of an effective Board and described the potential for an informal position he described as Part Time on Call (PTOC) as a strategy for preserving institutional memory.   

Due to time limitations the Committee postponed a discussion of self evaluation until it’s next meeting. 

The Committee scheduled it’s next meeting for Tuesday March 17,2020 at 8am.