City on a Hill Charter Public School
Minutes
April Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday April 2, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Location
CoaH New Bedford, 384 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford 02740
Trustees Present
Alex Valdez, Cara Stillings-Candal, Ginger Parker, Jeff Jablow, Karin Wall, Kim Wechtenhiser, Lori Stevens, Matt Shaw, Mike Rosen
Trustees Absent
Greg Vasey, Jeff Jacobs, Johanna McCarthy, Melisa Lemire
Trustees who left before the meeting adjourned
Matt Shaw
Ex Officio Members Present
Sally Bachofer
Non Voting Members Present
Sally Bachofer
Guests Present
Amanda Kolby, Anne Hofmeister, Cristin Berry, Daniella Satterfield, Gail Keith, Kathleen Boyd, Nadine Abraham, Nathan Walsh, Nicholas Anastasopoulos, Paul Hays, Sam Larkan, Sonya Pratt, Wanda Nascimento
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Ginger Parker called a meeting of the board of trustees of City on a Hill Charter Public School to order on Monday Apr 2, 2018 at 5:13 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
Cara Stillings-Candal made a motion to approve minutes from the February Board Meeting on 02-05-18 February Board Meeting on 02-05-18.
Ginger Parker seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approve minutes
Cara Stillings-Candal made a motion to approve minutes from the March 2018 Board Meeting on 03-05-18 March 2018 Board Meeting on 03-05-18.
Ginger Parker seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Cara Stillings-Candal |
Aye
|
| Kim Wechtenhiser |
Abstain
|
| Johanna McCarthy |
Absent
|
| Ginger Parker |
Aye
|
| Jeff Jacobs |
Absent
|
| Greg Vasey |
Absent
|
| Melisa Lemire |
Absent
|
| Jeff Jablow |
Aye
|
| Mike Rosen |
Aye
|
| Matt Shaw |
Aye
|
| Karin Wall |
Aye
|
| Alex Valdez |
Aye
|
II. Academic Excellence
A.
April Academic Update
III. Development
A.
Development Committee Update
Jeff Jablow, Chair of the Development committee, provided an update on the 2018 gala and recent grants received.
IV. Finance
A.
Finance Committee Update
Matt Shaw, the Finance Committee chair, provided an update on CoaH's finances since the last Board meeting, including the impact of recent initiatives on the finances.
V. Governance
A.
Executive Director's Update
Sally Bachofer, the Executive Director, provided a few leadership updates: Leadership and staff coaching is continuing in our schools. Additionally, CoaH's Finance/ Legal consultants are working to provide recommendations on ways to continue improving CoaH's legal and financial structure.
B.
Consider and Vote on New Board Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair
Kim Wechtenhiser made a motion to elect Matt Shaw as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee (effective immediately).
Mike Rosen seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Greg Vasey |
Absent
|
| Jeff Jacobs |
Absent
|
| Alex Valdez |
Aye
|
| Cara Stillings-Candal |
Aye
|
| Karin Wall |
Aye
|
| Kim Wechtenhiser |
Aye
|
| Matt Shaw |
Abstain
|
| Johanna McCarthy |
Absent
|
| Melisa Lemire |
Absent
|
| Jeff Jablow |
Aye
|
| Mike Rosen |
Aye
|
| Lori Stevens |
Aye
|
| Ginger Parker |
Aye
|
C.
Consider and Vote on New Board Chair
Kim Wechtenhiser made a motion to elect Cara Candal to be Chair of the Board of Trustees (effective October 2018).
Mike Rosen seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Kim Wechtenhiser |
Aye
|
| Mike Rosen |
Aye
|
| Melisa Lemire |
Absent
|
| Ginger Parker |
Aye
|
| Cara Stillings-Candal |
Abstain
|
| Jeff Jablow |
Aye
|
| Matt Shaw |
Absent
|
| Jeff Jacobs |
Absent
|
| Johanna McCarthy |
Absent
|
| Greg Vasey |
Absent
|
| Alex Valdez |
Aye
|
| Lori Stevens |
Abstain
|
| Karin Wall |
Aye
|
D.
Update on CEO Search
Ginger Parker, Chair of the Board of Trustees, provided updates on the Executive Director search. A search committee (AAM - Ardith Myers) has been hired and this process has begun.
Matt Shaw left.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Cara Stillings-Candal
Cristin Berry, Deputy Chief Academic Officer, shared data on CoaH's student mobility and how to continue improving this metric.