Final

Liberty STEAM Charter

LSC Board of Directors Development Committee Meeting

Published on April 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM EDT

Date and Time

Thursday April 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT

Location

Liberty STEAM Charter School 

Network Office

117 N. Main Street

Sumter, SC 29150

This meeting is held in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. A copy of the agenda has been made available to the local media & general public.

Mission: Liberty STEAM Charter (LSC) works to provide all students equal access to a world-class K-12 education in an academically rigorous & student-centered learning environment, creating graduates to be thoughtful & engaged citizens prepared to take on the leadership challenges of the 21st century.

Vision: In partnership with our families & the community, Liberty STEAM Charter (LSC) will provide interdisciplinary, real-world, personalized, and project-based learning experiences through a STEAM-based academic program where graduates become the next generation of leaders, employers, and employees who contribute to the economic well-being of their communities and families. 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 10:00 AM
  A. Record Attendance   Amy Hansen 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Heather Bass 1 m
  C. Invocation   Heather Bass 1 m
  D. Pledge of Allegiance   Trevor Ivey 1 m
  E. Reading of the Mission Statement   Heather Bass 1 m
   

Mission: Liberty STEAM Charter (LSC) works to provide all students equal access to a world-class K-12 education in an academically rigorous & student-centered learning environment, creating graduates to be thoughtful & engaged citizens prepared to take on the leadership challenges of the 21st century.

  
  F. Reading of the Vision Statement   Heather Bass 1 m
   

Vision: In partnership with our families & the community, Liberty STEAM Charter (LSC) will provide interdisciplinary, real-world, personalized, and project-based learning experiences through a STEAM-based academic program where graduates become the next generation of leaders, employers, and employees who contribute to the economic well-being of their communities and families.

  
  G. Approval of Consent Agenda Approve Minutes Heather Bass 1 m
   
  1. April 24, 2025 Development Committee Meeting Agenda
  2. Minutes for Previous Meeting
  
    Approve minutes for BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING on March 11, 2025  
II. Development 10:07 AM
  A. Old Business Discuss Trevor Ivey 21 m
   
  1. Current Development Efforts
    1. Charter School Growth Fund- Next Steps 
    2. Children's Trust Fund of South Carolina Update
    3. Connected Communities
    4. Grants from SC Department of Education
  2. Mid-Year Org Goals Report Card 
  3. New Rally Cry for Spring 2025 
  4. Updates on CSGF, SC Children's Fund, Williams-Brice-Edwards 
  5. SC Ready Intervention Boot Camp
  6. STEAM Workforce Development Field Trips
    1. Kinder-CCTC Health Sciences/McLeod Health
    2. 1st Grade - eVAC 
    3. 2nd Grade - City of Sumter 
    4. 3rd Grade - Continental 
    5. 4th Grade - Nephron 
  
  B. New Business Discuss Trevor Ivey 21 m
   
  1. Update on Current Development Efforts 
    1. Walton Foundation 
    2. SC Department of Education Strategic Compensation Pilot 
  2. Teachers in Workforce Development 
  3. STEAM Workforce Development Planning
  4. FY26 Proposed Budget
  5. Enrollment Update FY25 and FY26
  6. Hiring Update FY26
  7. Quixote Foundation Update
  
III. Other Business 10:49 AM
  A. Agenda Items from Committee Members Discuss Heather Bass 5 m
IV. Executive Session 10:54 AM
 
Executive sessions are designed to handle sensitive matters in a matter that will protect the innocent and assure confidentiality about sensitive matters. Please remember that all matters discussed in the executive session are confidential and not to be reported to or discussed with anyone not in attendance at the session. The committee chair or staff designee will brief directors who are unable to attend the executive session. In today’s executive session, the items listed below will be discussed with possible action taken afterward.
  
  A. Discussion of Proposed Contractual and Personnel Matters Discuss Heather Bass 5 m
V. Committee Action 10:59 AM
  A. Any Action Related to Executive Session Item(s) Vote Heather Bass 1 m
VI. Closing Items 11:00 AM
  A. Next Steps FYI Trevor Ivey 5 m
  B. Good of the Order FYI Heather Bass 5 m
  C. Adjourn Meeting Vote Heather Bass