Whatcom Intergenerational High School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday April 27, 2022 at 6:00 PM
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Directors Present
C. Espina (remote), C. Reuther (remote), D. Walker (remote), J. McGill (remote), K. Lieberman (remote), L. Robinson (remote), N. Mughal-Barrows (remote), T. Pyscher (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Patrick D'Amelio (remote), R. Rodriguez (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Land Acknowledgement
C.
WIHS Mission & Vision
Read by D. Walker
D.
Record Attendance
E.
Approve Minutes
F.
Public Comment
No public comment.
G.
Announcements: Upcoming community events
NWYS annual luncheon is scheduled for May 11th from 12-1pm at Hotel Bellwether Ballroom. WIHS community is invited to join.
II. 1. Academic Excellence
A.
Academic Report
Academic report will be presented for next month.
III. Governance vs. Management 2.0 Training
A.
Practice Exercise and Q&A
Rachel Ksenyak, Board on Track Senior Governance Coach, facilitated a Q&A session with the Board on Governance vs. Management training.
Rachel shared about the resources available on Board on Track including coaching, webinars.
IV. Anti-Racism and Transformative Justice Work
A.
Equity Plan and part of strategic planning
B.
Anti-racism and Transformative Justice Work
The Board discussed that the auto-ethnography project be a late summer or early fall project.
Action item: Tracey will lead and facilitate this process and send out a doodle poll for a date to get on the calendar.
V. 2. CEO Support And Eval
A.
CEO Support & Evaluation
Action item: Nasreen will email out the memo for summary of the CEO support and evaluation. Board members will review the memo and we will discuss this at May's board meeting.
VI. 3. Finance/Fundraising
A.
Fundraising/Finance Committee Updates
- Action item: Christine will follow-up with Board members who have not signed the nondisclosure agreement.
- Thank you cards are in for our donors. Board members will send thank you cards to contacts and donors. Donors and other visitors are welcome to tour the school. Rachel Rodriguez can set up tours.
- Corey Baron with Joule Partners will provide a 20-minute overview of Charter Finance 101 presentation at the May or June board meeting. The Board will walk through the actual proposed budget and approval in June or July.
B.
Grant Update
Update and opportunities on grants was shared and discussed.
C.
March Financial Reports
L. Robinson made a motion to “The following vouchers as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified, as required by RCW 42.24.090, are approved for payment. In addition, payroll warrants in the amount of $52,704.40 are also approved.”J. McGill seconded the motion. Approve payments totaling $63,030.65
VII. 4. Governance
A.
Governance Committee Update
- Action item: Nasreen will review who needs to complete the Board Member report to help us identify how to build up our board.
- Policies and procedures handbook is getting worked on.
- OPMA guidance discussion: everyone is aware of the open public meeting act.
- Action item: The Financial and fiscal policies will be reviewed by the Financial Committee.
VIII. CEO Succession Planning
A.
Succession Planning Update
WA Charters has offered some funds for a consultant to assist with the succession planning process.
B.
S.W.O.T. Summary & Leadership Structures
- S.W.O.T. summary discussed to assist Board with identifying priorities.
- Leadership structure options were presented and discussed.
IX. Other Business
A.
Closed Session
Leadership update discussed.
Read by J. McGill