Whatcom Intergenerational High School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 26, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Directors Present
C. Espina (remote), J. McGill (remote), K. Lieberman (remote), L. Robinson (remote), N. Mughal-Barrows (remote), T. Pyscher (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Ex Officio Members Present
C. Reuther (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
C. Reuther (remote)
Guests Present
C. Geis-Poage (remote)
I. Land Acknowledgement/Mission/Vision
A.
Land Acknowledgement
B.
Mission and Vision
Read by J. McGill
II. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
Guests: Patrick Drum, Rachel Rodriguez, Dawn Walker
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
N. Mughal-Barrows called a meeting of the board of directors of Whatcom Intergenerational High School to order on Wednesday Jan 26, 2022 at 6:04 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
K. Lieberman made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 12-01-21.
J. McGill seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Board Resolutions
III. New Business
A.
Schedule change
Krystal with the Commission has approved the amendment for the schedule change and we are waiting for the final amendment, which the BoD will approve at February's Board meeting which will be added to the Board's contract with the Commission.
The new schedule will be implemented on February 7th.
IV. Anti-Racism and Transformative Justice Work
A.
Update on action items toward Board Equity work
The Board will begin to develop an auto-ethnography prompt together in late Feb/early Mar, then plan to schedule an in-person outdoor gathering to dive in to our auto-ethnography work in late spring.
- Action item: T. Pyscher will send out a doodle poll to Board members to schedule a 1-hour to develop the prompt to use for our auto-ethnography work.
V. Committees
A.
Governance Committee
- Strategic Planning with multiple stakeholders. We are seeking a local facilitator to lead our strategic plan development.
- Meg Metzger is an ally and elder who has experience with organizational strategic plan development. The Board supports Meg leading WIHS strategic planning work.
- Action item: Board will review the 21-22 Board calendar and comment in the Google doc or bring comments to the next Board meeting.
- Mandatory Board trainings:
- Action item: Board members must review Bely Luu's Fundraising Training PowerPoint before the Feb's Board meeting. Bely will attend our February Board meeting for a 45-min Q&A session.
- Governance vs. Management Training--to be scheduled in March.
- Board Governance rotating responsibilities
- A few Board members expressed interest in rotating in facilitating Board meeting as needed.
- Board Member Report and Board Recruitment Sample policy--to be postponed to Feb 2022 Board meeting.
- Action item: Review and develop policies.
B.
Fundraising and Development Committee
- Action item: November 2021 and Jan 2022 financials will need to be approved at February's Board meeting.
- Fundraising for school transportation:
- Start a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for an ADA-accessible van.
- Action item: T. Pyscher will investigate more about a GoFundMe campaign. Students might be interested in making videos.
- Possible partnership opportunity: NWYS might do a festival in September. There might be a way for WIHS to partner with NWYS to raise funds.
- Start a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for an ADA-accessible van.
- Accomplished Board goal: 100% Board give for end-of-year give.
L. Robinson made a motion to approve the Dec 2021 payroll Board certification statement.
T. Pyscher seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
K. Lieberman made a motion to approve December financials and Accounts Payable reports.
J. McGill seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
Academic Dashboard
- C. Geis-Poage gave an overview of the WIHS Academic Dashboard: Attendance and Enrollment, Academic Data, SBAC Comprehensive Assessment, Phenomenon Based Learning
D.
Closed for Executive Session: CEO Evaluation and Support
VI. Closing Items
A.
Board De-Brief and Evaluation
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
C. Espina
Read by L. Robinson