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Pullman Community Montessori

Board Meeting--Working Session

Board Work Session

Date and Time

Thursday March 14, 2024 at 5:15 PM PDT

Location

PCM Board of Trustees regular and working board meetings are held in the Gladish Community and Cultural Center room 115.  To increase accessibility we offer a virtual option for attendance. If you have difficulty accessing the remote meeting link please call 509-336-5909.  

 

Regularly scheduled board meetings are recorded.  The recording can be found at this link within 5 business days following the regular board meeting: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvDWzfFwzxEutv7ZnwexPXpZZO71ALWEZ

 

All board meetings are open to the public. Regular board meetings begin at 5:15 PM PST and are normally the third (3rd) Thursday of each month. Working meetings, if they are conducted, are the second (2nd) Thursday of each month also at 5:15 PM. 

 

​Public comment is reserved for regular board meetings. Public comment is a standing agenda item at each regular monthly meeting. Items will be addressed by the board according to the Meeting Agenda posted 48 hours prior to each meeting. If you would like to make public comment please attend one of the regularly scheduled board meetings.

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:15 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Beverley Wolff 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Beverley Wolff
II. Prospective Trustee Interviews 5:16 PM
  A. Interview: Christopher Albano Vote Beverley Wolff 35 m
   

The Board of Trustees will interview prospective Trustee candidate Christopher Albano. The Board will use the standard Board Candidate Evaluation Tools & Questions document to evaluate the applicant.

  
     
     
     
  B. Interview: Alan MacPhee 35 m
   

The Board of Trustees will interview prospective Trustee candidate Alan McPhee  The Board will use the standard Board Candidate Evaluation Tools & Questions document to evaluate the applicant.

  
     
     
     
III. Other Business 6:26 PM
  A. Change in OE 'Teacher of Record' Vote Laylah Sullivan 5 m
   

The Board will review the changes to the OE cohort that have resulted in the securing of Jordan Bovee (Emergency Certificated Instructional Assistant) as the long-term substitute teacher of record for the OE community.

  • Loss off student population resulting in class size too small to justify the hiring of a teacher outside of PCM
  • Population too small for size of 102 classroom (also not cost effective)
  • Movement of OE cohort to 205a to create positive learning environment, opportunity for expanded community when appropriate, and support more of a co-teaching model.
  • Proximity to AC allows for combined community opportunities when appropriate but offers the separate spaces needed to maintain separate cohorts.
  • Survey was conducted with AC/OE families and Classroom Team hosted Q&A meeting

Proposed Motion:  I motion to approve Jordan Bovee as the long-term sub teacher of record for the Older Elementary community for the remainder of the 2023-24 school year.

  
  B. Third Party Investigation Vote Robin McDonald 10 m
   

The Board will review the Third Party Investigation proposal and plan.

 

  
     
     
  C. Budget Scenarios (5-year budget projections) FYI Laylah Bewick 15 m
   

(Tentative) School leadership will present 5-year budget scenarios for consideration.  No decisions will be made at this meeting.

  
IV. Closing Items 6:56 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Beverley Wolff