Boston Preparatory Charter Public School
Minutes
SY26 Development Committee #1
Date and Time
Wednesday September 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Location
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Committee Members Present
C. Newton (remote), K. Borchert (remote), T. Huff (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
A. Peterson (remote), B. Clark (remote), J. Grandin (remote), L. Jewell (remote), M. Sanon (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| C. Newton |
Aye
|
| K. Borchert |
Aye
|
| T. Huff |
Aye
|
II. Development Welcome & Framing
A.
Purpose of Development Committee
B.
Development Team Roles
Recapped how the school dev team will be handling different fundraising responsibilities this year.
C.
Committee and Trustee Roles
Discussed what board of trustee fundraising expectations are. And what other contributions individuals could make to exposing Boston Prep to new networks.
III. SY26 Progress to Date
A.
Overview
Highlighted fundraising progress to date.
B.
Foundations
Overview of what foundations are currently supporting us, and how we are researching for new ones
C.
Individuals
Discussed which individuals are supporting us, and which gifts we expect.
IV. FY26 Goals & Pipeline Data Review
A.
FY26 Goals
Reviewed the Development Team goals for the year
B.
FY26 Strategy Summary by Stream & Pipeline
Discussed our approach this year to exposing Boston Prep to new networks, keeping our mission front and center
C.
Committee Discuss Strategy
Discussed other avenues to prospect new individuals
V. New Initiatives
A.
Young Professionals
Explained new young professional council opportunity. Asked for different ways to bring Young Professionals to Boston Prep
B.
Speaker Series
Discussed our new Ethical Speaker Series, we will be holding our first panel at the end of October. Paired with our first young professionals networking opportunity. This will be held October 27th and focused around how does AI ethically fit into the K-12 educational space. The committee pushed to ensure school staff are on the panel, to explain how Boston Prep is uniquely handling challenges with AI.
VI. Review FY26 Narrative & Branding Approach
A.
Purpose, Goals, and Key Strategy
Reviewed approach to Brand Boston Prep in a cohesive way to supporters
VII. Events
A.
Board of Visitors
Discussed Boston Prep's annual Board of Visitors to be held on November 14. Asked for supporting inviting individuals.
B.
FY26 Toast
Announced this year's Toast will be held on April 10th at the Museum of Science
Development Committee discussed the purpose of this meeting and that we would schedule follow up meetings to discuss personal fundraising plans for this school year