Harmony Public Schools
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Friday August 9, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Location
Harmony Public Schools
9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S.
Houston, TX 77099
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Committee Members Present
F. Ay, H. Koc (remote), H. Sherwood (remote), O. Celepcikay (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
C. Lambert
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
O. Celepcikay called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Harmony Public Schools to order on Friday Aug 9, 2024 at 10:37 AM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
II. Board Retreat Planning
A.
Board Retreat Planning
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
H. Koc made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
H. Sherwood seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 11:21 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
C. Lambert
Dr. Celepcikay informs the committee members that we received the draft Board of Directors Annual Retreat agenda and will review and discuss today.
Mr. Ay reviews the draft agenda for the board retreat plan with committee members. He informs the team that we will be starting a new business plan soon and wanted to spend time to go over our previous plan and also the plans for the possible proposed changes. We will cover how well we did with our 2025 business plan and key initiatives and progress updates. The following day we wanted to bring our operations team and initiatives we will be looking at. We would like to showcase the great programs we will be implementing. Afterwards we will continue with HR and we wanted to focus on cluster level and district level employees and the complications and trends we are seeing and some of the work we will see throughout the year.
Helen asks if an agenda item is scheduled for an hour will we have time for Q and A. Mr. Ay states the presentations will be interactive and thus we do not have to wait until the end. We will also look to view the campus ratings and see the 3 year previous trends as well.
Helen states she would like to have an opportunity for board members to share about the trainings she attended as well as other board members trainings and things they've learned. Dr. Celepcikay recommends adding additional time to the last session on day 1 to have these discussions.
The team discusses the possible options for dinner on Saturday night. Dr. Celepcikay suggests having lunch at the hotel on Sunday instead of having boxes to go. The committee agrees and looks forward to a great Annual Board Retreat