F.W. Parker Charter Essential School

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday October 6, 2020 at 8:00 AM

This meeting will be held virtually via Teams and can be accessed by board members and the public using the following link: http://parker.school/governancecommittee

Committee Members Present

B. Balasubramanyam (remote), C. Regan-Davi (remote), G. Clancy (remote), M. Lindsey (remote), N. Odekirk Hatlevig (remote), T. Sumner (remote), T. Testa (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

G. Clancy called a meeting of the Governance Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Tuesday Oct 6, 2020 at 8:00 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

N. Odekirk Hatlevig made a motion to approve the minutes from GovCom on 05-14-20.
B. Balasubramanyam seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Resolution options for by-law requirement of three parents

George presented an overview of the board's options, and noted that DESE is silent on the question of parent membership on board. 

Options included changing bylaws or proceeding with another parent member now. 

Team noted that we do have candidate options now. Christine R. nominated Parker parent and GovCom member Balu Balasubramanyam. Balu B. gave a brief overview of his experience and interest as nominee. 


 
Christine R. led discussion to review upcoming GovCom activities: 
  • Board assessment 
  • Self assessment for individual trustees
  • Recruitment

III. Vote to accept trustee nomination

A.

Adding parent trustee

M. Lindsey made a motion to recommend to the full board that we another parent trustee now vs waiting til June.
N. Odekirk Hatlevig seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C. Regan-Davi made a motion to accept Balu Balasubramanyam as nominee.
M. Lindsey seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IV. 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 9:38 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. Regan-Davi