F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday March 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Committee Members Present
B. Harrigan, F. Fernau (remote), J. Fredericksen (remote), M. Edgar (remote), M. Lindsey, N. Odekirk Hatlevig (remote), P. Gordon (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| M. Lindsey |
Aye
|
| B. Harrigan |
Abstain
|
| N. Odekirk Hatlevig |
Aye
|
| J. Fredericksen |
Abstain
|
| P. Gordon |
Aye
|
| F. Fernau |
Aye
|
| M. Edgar |
Abstain
|
II. Governance
A.
Proposed Amendment to Bylaws
B.
Recruitment Updates
Matt & Brian will seek people to step forward for faculty trustee, and cull list before April meeting.
New member has joined Finance Committee.
Individual with strong facilities background in touch with Martin for facilities. He will come to next Board meeting.
Katrina came back with one name that might be interesting for potential lawyer.
Nicole shared she has not followed up with since last meeting with a potential former parent.
Brian would like to wait to avoid potential conflicts relative to contract work related to NTC for the individual he was following up on.
The committee discussed the potential for having a Governance policy of maintaining a development committee liaison.
C.
Items for future agendas
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- Proposed Parker School Bylaws Amendment .docx
Matt shared a draft of potential changes to the bylaws based on the committee's prior discussions. In the draft, each instance of the title of "Principal" was changed to "Executive Director."
He also updated the Board composition line about parents to be consistent with discussions about current or former parent and eliminated the clause for Domain leaders serving on the Board, as that clause expired in 2010.
The Committee reviewed the process for bringing the changes to the full Board.