City on a Hill Charter Public School

Minutes

New Bedford Strategic Direction

Date and Time

Friday January 26, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Location

City Year Inc, 287 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02116

Trustees Present

Alex Valdez, Cara Stillings-Candal, Ginger Parker, Greg Vasey, Jeff Jablow, Karin Wall (remote), Kim Wechtenhiser, Lori Stevens, Matt Shaw, Mike Rosen

Trustees Absent

None

Guests Present

Marci Cornell-Feist, Mike Mizzoni

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 Friday Jan 26, 2018 at 1:00 PM.

II. New Bedford Charter Renewal

A.

New Bedford Charter Renewal

The Board discussed its intent to submit an application to renew the City on a Hill - New Bedford Charter, which included a review of the status of academics in New Bedford and the tasking of the Academic Excellence Committee to explore how the Board can support the Leadership Team in adjusting curriculum to ensure all City on a Hill - New Bedford students are achieving academically.

III. Chief Executive Officer Search Committee

A.

Chief Executive Officer Search Committee

Following the decision of Sally Bachofer, Interim Executive Director, step down from her position at the end of SY2017-2018, the Board discussed the creation of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Search Committee. After discussion of the composition, the Board agreed to include G. Parker, C. Stillings-Candall, M. Rosen, G. Vasey, and A. Valdez as members of the CEO Search Committee.

IV. 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 3:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Ginger Parker