Future Public School
Minutes
Monthly Future Public School Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday September 22, 2022 at 1:00 PM
Location
511 E. 43rd St. Garden City, ID 83714
Directors Present
Basile Beaty, Colleen Mackay (remote), Darnisha Orcutt, Keith Donahue, Stephanie Jarvis, Tracy Sedano, Whitley Caka
Directors Absent
None
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
Colleen Mackay
Guests Present
Amanda Cox, Erick Gutierrez, Lauren Tassos
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance & Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Celebrations
D.
Approve Meeting Minutes 7/28/22
E.
Approve Meeting Minutes 9/7/22
II. Governance
A.
Appoint Stephanie Jarvis to the Board Position
III. Management
A.
School Update
Amanda shared an update from the school, including the launch of QUEST, upcoming events, COVID testing, enrollment, staffing, and budgeting.
B.
DHW COVID Grant Update
Amanda provided an update around stipends provided to the operations team as part of the DHW grant, since it impacted COVID.
C.
Approve 2022-23 Safe To Return Plan
D.
Approve 2022-2023 Continuous Improvement Plan
E.
Update Idaho Public Charter School Commission letter to the board
Amanda provided an update on the letter from the Commission regarding the board membership for Keith Donahue based on her conversations with attorney Chris Yorgason. The recommendation was to wait 1-2 more weeks until the Commission takes up this issue internally, which they are expected to do to determine if BLUUM is an "educational services provider." We should monitor legal expenses to ensure we are paying for work on behalf of Future and not for other schools that are engaged in this discussion and potentially impacted.
IV. Engineer Impact Committee
A.
2022-2023 Board Goals
Amanda shared that we would like to develop a set of metrics the board is establishing and monitoring on an on-going basis. She asked if anyone was interested in joining the Engineer Impact Committee to support the goals, and Darnisha, Erick and Stephanie agreed to join.
V. Finance Committee
A.
Review August 2022 Financials & July-Aug Website Reports
Basile shared an update around the finance committee's recent meeting and budgetary conversations. The finance committee will be working with the administrative team to develop a recommendation to the board. Keith suggested we consider a consent agenda to put the monthly financials and meeting minutes.
Participants did welcomes and celebrations. Amanda was recognized for her commitment to Future by Modern Woodmen.