Whatcom Intergenerational High School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday May 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Location

Hybrid meeting

 

The in-person location is WIHS Campus, 1 Bellis Fair Pkwy Suite 104, Bellingham, WA 98229

 

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Directors Present

J. Johnson (remote), M. Hudson (remote), P. Freeland (remote)

Directors Absent

A. Juarez Cordova, D. Smiles, N. Mughal-Barrows

Ex Officio Members Present

D. Walker

Non Voting Members Present

D. Walker

Guests Present

B. Luu (remote), Halma Abubakar (remote), J. Fochtman (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Johnson called a meeting of the board of directors of Whatcom Intergenerational High School to order on Thursday May 30, 2024 at 6:02 PM.

B.

Record Attendance & Welcome

C.

Land Acknowledgement

Read by Miles Hudson

D.

Mission & Vision

Read by Patrick Freeland

E.

Approve Minutes

Postponed due to lack of quorum.

F.

Consent Agenda

Postponed due to lack of quorum.

II. Public Comment

A.

Public Comment

No public comments online or at the school

III. School Updates

A.

Teacher share out

Dawn share that no teachers are attending due to the school wide camping trip.

B.

Enrollment Update

Julia shared enrollment update presentation, including demographics of students, most beneficial advertising techniques, and next steps.

 

WIHS Enrollment Update 5.30.24

C.

Attendance Overview

Dawn presented updates on enrollment as shown in the school updates document.  

 

Attendance averaged 83% for the past month

IV. Cultural Engagement Committee Update

A.

CEC May Update

  • Link to Apr CEC Meeting Notes
  • Have CEC reach out to local tribes to see if we can get approval for our school to be located on traditional indigenous lands.
  • music, art, self expression, and reconnecting with ourselves.
  • Monday, June 17th 6-9 at the HS, open space to continue the conversation
  •  
    • Reach out to Ashley and Shirley
    • Lummi Peacemaking style circle
  • Consider community calendar for local events that can be shared and sent out.  Open to all students, staff, families, and community
  • Downtown Sounds event- connect to music and arts- maybe Lindsay Paine would be a good contact?

V. Governance

A.

Corrective Action Plan (CAP) and Notice of Perceived Problems (NPP)

Dawn shared updates on the CAP and NPP, including update on the Commission potentially putting the school on probation.  WIHS and the Board will find out more once the Commission memo is received on June 7th, and Jonathan meets with the Commission on June 10th. WIHS and the board will consider having students/staff/board/families share out in public comment at the commission meeting.

B.

Board Chair Vote

Postponed due to lack of quorum

C.

Board Professional Development: Strategic Planning Discussion

Postponed due to lack of quorum

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

Meeting officially adjourned at 6:13pm due to lack of quorum.  Board will meet again in the next couple weeks to approve items requiring votes.

 

Meeting continued to share basic information.

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:55 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
D. Walker