Foxborough Regional Charter School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday October 3, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Committee Members Present
Heidi Berkowitz (remote), Karen Calvert (remote), Matthew Yezukevich (remote), Soraya Anderson (remote), Susanna Girard (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Bethsaida Accino
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Roll Call Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Susanna Girard called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Foxborough Regional Charter School to order on Monday Oct 3, 2022 at 5:02 PM.
II. Policy Review
A.
1st Reading
III. Governance Committee Business
A.
Governance
Executive Director Search
- Working with Ray & Associates
- Interim Executive Director
- Sergio, Ramona & Matt from the Board of Trustees are working on setting up interviews with the full board on 05OCT & 06OCT. More resumes are coming in that are worth reviewing so we will like to book more meetings with the Board to interview them.
- Matt shared with the Governance Committee that Heidi has expressed interest in continuing in this role until an ED has been hired. This is being put through the same process as the other resumes.
- Executive Director
- Todd, and Anissa from the Board of Trustees are working on preliminary work to get the process started.
- A Cross-functional search committee will be created in Dec/Jan to begin selecting candidates.
- Surveys have been sent to the stakeholders to get their initial input.
- Interim Executive Director
Re-Charter
- Site visit was 28SEP2022
- 27 Classrooms were visited
- No additional documents have been requested
- We are now in a waiting period until ~January 2023. A vote for approval will go to the Board of Education in February 2023.
Board Committees
- The Group acknowledged the Governance Committee Scope Document was present
- We discussed nominating someone to act as a Clerk/Secretary.
- Susie & Heidi agreed to create a job description to hire someone across all committees.
Onboarding New Trustees
- Susie walked the group through the attached documents and how to read them as well as how we can use them.
- We will continue this discussion at upcoming meetings.
B.
Academics
Nothing planned for this meeting
IV. Closing Items
A.
Privilege of the Floor
No requests at this time
B.
Approval of Minutes
Karen Calvert made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 08-08-22.
Heidi Berkowitz seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Susanna Girard |
Aye
|
| Soraya Anderson |
Aye
|
| Karen Calvert |
Aye
|
| Matthew Yezukevich |
Aye
|
| Heidi Berkowitz |
Aye
|
| Bethsaida Accino |
Absent
|
C.
Vote to Adjourn
Karen Calvert made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Matthew Yezukevich seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Matthew Yezukevich |
Aye
|
| Susanna Girard |
Aye
|
| Heidi Berkowitz |
Aye
|
| Karen Calvert |
Aye
|
| Soraya Anderson |
Aye
|
| Bethsaida Accino |
Absent
|
D.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:06 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Susanna Girard
Documents used during the meeting
- Privilege_of_the_Floor_Form_DRAFT__1_ (1).docx
- Scope Document.pdf
- Sample Board Member Orientation Process.pdf
- E-BOOK 3-Year Board Recruitment Road Map.pdf
- BOT Skills & Demographics.pdf
- Board Annual Assessment.pdf
Privilege of the Floor Policy
Susie Girard drafted a Privilege of the Floor Policy based on the policy from Mansfield Public Schools. She will have it reviewed by the school's legal council on 05OCT2022.