Elgin Math & Science Academy
EMSA Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Friday April 26, 2019 at 8:00 AM CDT
Location
EMSA CAMPUS Main Building A, 1600 Dundee Ave, Elgin
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| C. | Welcome guests | |
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Public comment: The time for public comment is immediately after the meeting is called to order. We welcome this and consider it seriously, but we cannot respond immediately unless the President or meeting chair decides that an immediate response is needed and can be made during public comment, s/he will refer it to the appropriate person for a brief response. If you would like to address the Board during public comment, please sign-in. Each individual will be allotted up to 2 minutes for comment. In order to allow more public input, the Board welcomes written comments or inquiries submitted before the meeting. |
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| D. | Approve Minutes | |
| Approve minutes for EMSA Board of Directors Planning Meeting on March 15, 2019 | ||
| E. | Community Circle | |
| F. | Principal's Report | |
| G. | How Can Board Support the Principal | |
| H. | Board on Track "OnTrack" Score | |
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Our Board management program has a new-ish tracking and rating system called "Board Tracker." Our Board's progress is being monitored and rated on 5 P's of leadership, each of which is measured by a star: Priorities, People, Process, Performance, and Progress. BoT wants all boards to reach the 2-star level.
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| I. | Approval of New Board Member: Kimberly Shaw | |
| II. | Executive Session (optional) | |
| A. | Enter Executive Session | |
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| B. | End Executive Session | |
| III. | Finance | |
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Finance
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| A. | Report of EMSA CFO | |
| B. | FOIA Report | |
| C. | Financial Policy Review | |
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None this month. |
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| IV. | Academic Excellence | |
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Academic Excellence
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| A. | Report of Chair & Motion to Support New Consolidated Plan | |
| B. | EL Education Implementation and Credentialing | |
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How EMSA is implementing EL Practices towards credentialing. This includes culture, curriculum, leadership, core practices, etc. |
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| V. | Facility | |
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Facility
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| A. | Barn Renovation | |
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Approve contractors, RFP, water/waste, if necessary.
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| B. | Master Plan | |
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Approve additional contractors, budget for plan, if necessary.
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| VI. | EMSA Growth Model | |
| A. | No change to our proposed growth model | |
| B. | Site Preferences | |
| VII. | Governance | |
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Governance
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| A. | Association of School Boards | |
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Status and next steps.
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| VIII. | Principal Support and Evaluation | |
| A. | Report from Committee Chair | |
| IX. | Development | |
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Development
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| A. | Golf Outing Update | |
| X. | EMSA's Image and Communications | |
| A. | Communication--Outline Future Discussion | |
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| XI. | Other Business | |
| A. | Closing circle--if time allows | |
| XII. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |