Explorations Charter School
Minutes
Governing Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday February 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Directors Present
Bryan Raydenbow (remote), Ginni Block (remote), Greg Skinner (remote), Hilary Paden (remote), Julie Luby (remote), Kali Blakeslee (remote), Lori Noto (remote), Robert Peterson (remote), Sarah Annis Haynes (remote)
Directors Absent
Marc Pruchnicki
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
Julie Luby
Guests Present
Jill Johnson (remote), Joe White (remote), Susan O'Rourke (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes - 01/24/2026
Social media, marketing discussion
Internship program
II. Financial
A.
January Monthly Report
III. Action Items
A.
Fundraising
Sarah spoke about fundraising and marketing
- March 16 tentatively set for Lori and Sarah to come
- Time to set up brain storming with staff and board members
B.
School Safety / Security Plan Appendix
Joe spoke about school safety
- State Statute re: ICE at school
- Draft plan (version 2)
- Joe to share Doc with Board for review
- Tom Dylan, security planner; audit services quote forthcoming
- Julie to send Winchester's plan for us to use as a comparison for best practices
- Policy to vote at March meeting
Lori suggested a contact (TJ) we could use for further aid
IV. Committe Reports
A.
Policy Committee
No policies to vote on at this time.
B.
CEO Support & Evaluation Committee
Lori spoke about next steps:
- Date to send out evaluation to students, parents, and staff
- Board to review evaluation questions and take notes for future evaluations
- Reiterated privacy and anonymity of report comments
Ginni suggested we use the same evaluation as last year
Jill spoke about Support and Evaluation Training she attended with Lori at EdAdvance
C.
Personnel Committee
D.
Finance Committee
Ginni reported budget for 2026-2027 in progress
V. School News
A.
General Updates
B.
Teacher Report
Kali reported:
- Community updates
- PLC updates
- Pasta Dinner to be held Thursday, March 12
- St. Paddy's Day social to be held Friday, March 13
- Bulletin Boards to be updated this week
- GSA fundraiser
Greg reported:
- Adventure Ed coming up Friday, March 6
- Wilderness School an option
Joe reported
- All school events
- Raffles
Susan provided an update re: income and future deposits
Jill provided an update re: incoming grants, budget, and future expenses
Audit presentation to the Board on March 17 by Chris King