Elgin Math & Science Academy
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Friday May 24, 2019 at 8:00 AM CDT
Location
EMSA Conference Room, 1600 Dundee Ave, Elgin
EMSA's Mission:
At EMSA, students and teachers will reach their highest potential through
At EMSA, students and teachers will reach their highest potential through
active exploratory learning and social responsibility.
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 Meeting on April 26, 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 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, which we reached in March.
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| II. | School Calendar and Future Board Meetings | |
| A. | Approve school calendar 2019-20 | |
| B. | Board meeting for 2019-20 school year | |
| III. | Executive Session (optional) | |
| A. | Enter Executive Session | |
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| B. | End Executive Session | |
| IV. | Finance | |
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Finance
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| A. | Report of Treasurer | |
| B. | Report of EMSA CFO | |
| C. | FOIA Report | |
| D. | Financial Policy Review | |
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The Finance Committee has reviewed the beginning sections of EMSA's Financial Policies and will be presenting the amended versions for Board approval next month.
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| V. | Facilities | |
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Facility
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| A. | Report from Facilities Chairperson | |
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Updates on Request for Bids on Art Barn. The Request for Bids was sent to the following local contractors: Leopardo; Lamp, Inc.; Shales McNutt; IHC. It has been posted to the EMSA website and was published in the Daily Herald. To date, nine individuals have accessed and downloaded the Request for Bids.
Possible vote on budget for Barn rehabilitation. Possible vote on energy consultant budget/hiring for Neil Building. |
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| B. | Master Plan | |
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Update on recent work with architects Wheeler Kearns.
Possible vote required for
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| VI. | Governance | |
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Governance
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| A. | Report on Governance Committee | |
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EMSA Board Orientation--acceptance of Ms. Shaw and Mr. Pinon's Conflict of Interest Statements.
Need for all Board Members to complete annually--Statement is last page of attached Policy. Update on Board Members email addresses, etc. |
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| VII. | Principal Support and Evaluation | |
| A. | Report from Committee Chair | |
| VIII. | Development | |
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Development
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| A. | Golf Outing | |
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Mr. Bisconti will review the overall success of this event, including income and expenses.
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| IX. | Academic Excellence | |
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Academic Excellence
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| A. | Update from Chairperson | |
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Update on testing. |
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| X. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |
| XI. | Outreach and Public Relations | |
| A. | Strategy Session | |
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Brian will facilitate this discussion. |
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| XII. | Other Business | |
| A. | Closing circle--if time allows | |