F.W. Parker Charter Essential School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday June 8, 2021 at 6:45 PM

This meeting will be held in person at the Parker School.

Trustees Present

C. Regan-Davi, G. Penna, J. Saxe, M. Silva-Rosa, M. Turnbull, M. VanderWilden, S. Reinhorn (remote), S. Roach, T. Sumner, T. Testa, Z. Basma

Trustees Absent

M. Lindsey

Trustees who left before the meeting adjourned

T. Testa

Guests Present

K. Tedstone, M. Beganski, M. McKenna

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 Tuesday Jun 8, 2021 at 6:49 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

C. Regan-Davi made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 05-11-21.
G. Penna seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
M. Turnbull
Aye
M. Lindsey
Absent
T. Testa
Absent
M. VanderWilden
Abstain
G. Penna
Aye
S. Roach
Aye
S. Reinhorn
Aye
J. Saxe
Aye
M. Silva-Rosa
Aye
T. Sumner
Aye
Z. Basma
Aye
C. Regan-Davi
Aye

II. Trustee Resignation

A.

Trustee Resignation

Steve informed the group that Balu has resigned from the board due to a geographic relocation.
Glenn asked if Balu might be interested in staying on if the board votes to continue to allow remote participation.

III. Principal's Report

A.

Principal's Report

Todd highlighted the following from his report and then called for questions.

Todd invited the board to join graduation through the live link provided on the website.  

Gateways start tomorrow and Todd let the group know that the faculty is very happy to be ending this school year in person.

Most faculty will start their summer by the end of the week of June 14th.

Summer School will happen this summer for 2-4 weeks for students in MST, AH, and maybe Spanish. 

IV. Committee Reports

A.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The group voted to rearrange the agenda and this section occurred after the Trustee Resignation section..

Tiffany presented to the group the work that the Anti-Racist Task Force did over the summer of 2020.
The hope for the work tonight is for board members will reflect on ways they as individuals and the collective board can support the faculty as they advance the anti-racist work.

Ruth and Tiffany asked the group to reflect upon one way our thinking about race and equity has changed over the last 12 months.

The original document created by the Task Force was presented to the board.  Highlighted were the buckets of work that the Task Force chose to concentrate their efforts on.  The categories are individual racial literacy/cultural competency, taking risks with colleagues and community, curriculum and instruction, and Parker policies and procedures.

The group read through the document and gave their thoughts and asked clarifying questions.

2 groups formed to discuss the question from above- "How can I as an individual board member, and a collective board, support the faculty as they advance this anti-racist work?"
 

B.

Facilities

Martin reported that the facilities committee met.  Michelle and John put together a sequence of upcoming projects with the biggest project being phase 2 of the Heating System upgrade.

C.

Finance

Glenn presented the technology reserves policy and the staff bonus proposal and asked for a vote to approve.

D.

Development

Katrina informed the group of the successful completion of the 2:1 match to finish out the fund crossing the $220K mark.  There are currently 488 gifts with the average size of gift increasing by 9% from last year and the fund total is 14% greater than last year.
Also highlighted were two grants that have been awarded from the Mifflin Memorial Fund and Northrop Grumman and a third that is still in process (from Bemis).

E.

Governance

Christine asked returning trustees to update their bios or headshots if they wish.

F.

Principal Evaluation Committee

Christine presented information about the school leader committee. She reminded the group that this is one of the biggest roles of the trustees- to support Todd and his school leadership.

Christine read the summary of the Principal Evaluation to the group.  The group gave Todd a round of applause.

V. Other Business

A.

Comments from the Public

There were no comments from the public.

VI. Votes

A.

Proposed By-Law Revisions

G. Penna made a motion to approve the proposed by-law revision.
M. Silva-Rosa seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
T. Testa left.

B.

Bonus/Stipends

J. Saxe made a motion to approve the bonus/stipend proposal.
C. Regan-Davi seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Reinhorn
Aye
M. Lindsey
Absent
G. Penna
Aye
C. Regan-Davi
Aye
T. Testa
Absent
J. Saxe
Aye
T. Sumner
Abstain
M. VanderWilden
Aye
M. Silva-Rosa
Aye
M. Turnbull
Aye
S. Roach
Aye
Z. Basma
Aye

C.

Technology Stabilization Reserve Fund

C. Regan-Davi made a motion to approve the Technology Stabilization Reserve Fund proposal.
M. Turnbull seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

CEO Evaluation Summary

C. Regan-Davi made a motion to approve the CEO evaluation summary.
M. VanderWilden seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VII. 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 8:07 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
M. Lindsey

VIII. Annual Meeting

A.

Trustee Slate

Christine and GovComm presented the following Trustee Slate information:

Left term early:
George Clancy
Balu Balasubramanyam

Rotating off:
Mary-Wren vanderWilden
Zayna Basma

Renewing trustees:
Stefanie Reinhorn
Tiffany Testa

New slate of trustees:
Amy Jolly
Nicole Odekirk
T. Sumner made a motion to approve the Trustee Slate.
M. VanderWilden seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Officer Slate

The Officer Slate presented is:
Chair-Christine Regan Davi
Vice Chair and Treasurer- Glenn Penna
Secretary- Matt Lindsey
J. Saxe made a motion to approve the Officer Slate.
M. Silva-Rosa seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
T. Sumner
Aye
M. Silva-Rosa
Aye
T. Testa
Absent
M. VanderWilden
Aye
G. Penna
Abstain
Z. Basma
Aye
C. Regan-Davi
Abstain
S. Roach
Aye
M. Turnbull
Aye
J. Saxe
Aye
S. Reinhorn
Aye
M. Lindsey
Absent

C.

Appreciations

Todd extended appreciations to the Trustees rotating off the board- Mary-Wren and Zayna.
The group also showed appreciation to Steve who is stepping down from his Board Chair position.

D.

Adjourn Annual Meeting

Steve adjourned the Annual Meeting at 8:36 unanimously.