Mr. Ay reviews the Board Retreat Schedule with the committee members.  Mr. Ay goes over each Itinerary items on the schedule.  He informs the committee members after the board meeting we would like to have Joe Hoffer go over the new legislative updates with board members and give additional time for this item compared to last year.  We will then break for lunch and then go over TEA Accountability Ratings, changes and how it will affect Harmony.  After a short break Finance will go over last years audit results and FIRST ratings by each district.  Finally, we will end day one with College Career and Readiness Model along with Board Goals.  Day two will start with communications, PR stories and how we promote Harmony.  We will then go into Advocacy and Public Relations and about our three hundred non-profit partnerships, HISD's update and how it affects us, and legislative updates.  Day two will end with teacher recruitment updates and support structures and the challenges we are facing in this area and programs we are using to retain and attract teachers moving forward.

Ms. Sherwood requests additional time during the retreat to ask questions and the committee decides to have each presenter leave an additional fifteen-minutes to answer any related questions from board members.