City on a Hill Charter Public School

April 2025 COAH Board of Trustees Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday April 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT

Location

58 Circuit Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
 

This meeting took place remotely pursuant to a supplemental budget bill which, among other things, extends the temporary provisions pertaining to the Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2025 signed into law by Governor Healey on March 29, 2023.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Melisa Lemire 2 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Melisa Lemire 1 m
  C. Approve February 2025 Board Minutes Approve Minutes Melisa Lemire 1 m
     
II. School Updates 5:04 PM
  A. General School Updates Discuss Sonya Pratt 20 m
   

Sonya Pratt, Executive Director, provides a general update on the School's programming and operations.

 
  B. Enrollment Partnership Updates Discuss Sonya Pratt 20 m
   

Executive Director Sonya Pratt provides updates on the enrollment partnership to the board.

 
III. Finance Updates 5:44 PM
  A. General Finance Updates Sonya Pratt 10 m
   

Sonya Pratt, Executive Director, and CentralSource present the School's most up to date financial results.

 
  B. Vote to Engage with Auditor Vote Jordan Lopez 5 m
IV. Board Committee Updates 5:59 PM
  A. Governance Committee Update FYI Melisa Lemire 10 m
   

Melisa Lemire, Governance Committee Chair, gives an update from the Committee. 

 
  B. Academic Excellence Committee Update FYI Alekz Hirschmann 10 m
   

Alekz Hirshmann, Academic Excellence Committee Chair, gives an update from the Committee. 

 
  C. Executive Director Support Committee FYI Jacqueline Bennett 10 m
   

Jacqueline Bennett, ED Support Committee Chair, gives an update from the Committee. 

 
  D. Finance Committee Update FYI Ted Gildea 10 m
   

Ted Gildea, Finance Committee Chair, gives an update from the Committee. 

 
V. Organizational Goals Dashboard 6:39 PM
  A. Organizational Goals Dashboard Discuss Sonya Pratt 20 m
   

Sonya Pratt, Executive Director, reviews the progress monitoring dashboard and the Board discusses appropriate next steps.

 
VI. Closing Items 6:59 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Melisa Lemire 1 m