Kathleen Foley presented the history of MAP testing and the impact of COVID on the testing and the challenges it created.  Goals set for upcoming years will be in line with DESE guidelines.  See attached presentation for details.

Dana Benton-Johnson provided an update to the Board on creating a Board Committee for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion.  The students will continue to have an advisory board with students and staff to be a part of outside of Open Meeting Law but would like the opportunity to have a Board level Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee as well.  

• There are approximately twenty-three positions posted for FY23.  No new hiring is expected to happen this fiscal year except for twelve month positions.  
• The only exit this month was the Director of Operations which is a District Role.
• Welcomed our new HR Manager, Michelle Struba.
• The School is adding a new software platform to manage applications and employee files which will roll out this summer.

The Board discussed making Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion a Board committee as previously mentioned in the meeting.

The Board discussed the proposed positions for Board Members and Senior Leaders and made only one change. Lori Obenchain would not participate on the Governance Committee. 

Annie Azarloza and Heidi Berkowitz recommend we move forward with a consultant to assist the Senior Leadership for FY23.  The feeling is that having an interim Executive Director would be a lot of change that is not needed at this time. 

The School is working with a consultant on other matters and feels she, Gianna Cassetta of Red House Consulting might be a good fit.

Julia Garcia will work with Annie and Heidi to identify the statement of work for the roll and then look to see who will fill it.  Money can be shifted within existing budget for this role. 

We will no longer need to post the Interim Executive Director Roll on hiring web-sites.

Request for Proposal for the Executive Search

The Finance Committee has posted the Request for Proposal for the Executive Search Company to source a new Executive Director for FY24

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• The school will hold another lottery this July.
• The appeals committee heard two appeals this month.  One was able to be granted, pending documentation.  The other was not, but they would be able to re-apply in the July lottery.

• Todd Tetreault, Annie Azarloza and Badawi Dweik walked through the facilities the Director of Operations before his last day. 
• The school has received three architectural proposals for the Middle School Roof. They were not available at the time of the meeting so the Board decided to hold another meeting prior to the June Board meeting.
• The Elementary School Gym Roof was slow as the school attorney had to get involved to get the warranty work moving.
• The Elementary School 10gb & Firewall project is complete.
• The Elementary School lobby Rot/ Corrosion work is continuing. The lobby door will also need replacement.

• The FY22 budget is moving as expected to meet all debt covenants.  
• The school must also maintain a cash reserve in order to pay for projects like the Middle School Roof.
• FY23 budget will be ready for Board review and approval by the June Meeting.
• The school nurse would like to purchase equipment to conduct vision screening.  Currently it needs to be borrowed which includes scheduling and limited access to the equipment. 

• The Golf Tournament is scheduled for 17JUL2022

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Employee Handbook

• Addition of an anti-racist policy
• Addition to say that in order to confirm a COVID positive test, the school must receive a PCR test within 5 days
• Clarify the policy on pay increases for masters degrees. Currently increases will be made at the start of the new year. The SLT and Board unanimously move to support mid-year increases pending analysis of financial impact.  An actuary has been engaged to review this and other items.
• Limit religious observances to three.
• Revise dress code back to business casual attire (no jeans).
• Remove Julia & Heidi’s names from the harassment section and replace with titles. Create an addendum with all current district staff and titles.
• Clarify the Holiday policy to change the authorization lies with the BOT and not Executive Director.
• Remove the word "scholar" form the handbook and replace with "student".
• Revise the Technology Use policy (more employee focused).

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