There was none.

Student Board Member Overview

Ms. Berkowitz summarized the Student Board Member Overview as defining the responsibilities and roles of students on committees. 

Following discussion, it was agreed that the Section 5 heading would be changed to reflect the role of the committee member to express the opinion of fellow students not his/her own as follows: Collect Input from Student Population.

Board Self-Assessment

Mr. Romer stated that the Board self-assessment collects basic information; whereas the survey taken by the Charter School Association recently collects more in-depth information, which can assist the facilitator for use in retreat planning. 

Mr. Martin will distribute the self-assessment to Board members.

Scope of Governance Committee

Ms. Berkowitz stated that this policy contains some wordy information that does not apply to the Governance Committee, but belongs more in the purview of the Academic Excellence Committee.

Mr. Tetreault agreed that, while some information pertained to the Academic Excellence Committee, other information could benefit from rewording to retain the Governance Committee oversight under the auspices of an accountability plan. He will share his editing suggestions with Ms. Berkowitz for redrafting.

Open Meeting Law

This policy relates to the legal language of the state Open Meeting Law, and as in all its policies related to the law, FRCS commits to uphold the law.

Insofar policies are based on the law, language is added to address issues as they arise for liability purposes.

Student Records Retention

Ms. Berkowitz reported that every student has a temporary file while enrolled at the school containing sensitive information that may not be shared with a third-party in accordance with the language of the law.

Seven years following graduation, temporary records are required to be destroyed after notification of the parent by the last known email or address. Discussion ensued on the administrative demands of this law on the operational side of the office in this purging.

Following discussion, it was agreed to remove the language "no later than" from the policy to ready "temporary record will be retained for a minimum of seven years."

Privilege of the Floor

This policy is ready for Board approval.

Conflict of Interest

This policy is ready for Board approval.

Annual Report

This is a requirement on the accountability plan to be filed by August 1st of each year.

Following discussion it was agreed that the reference to network requirements related to individual reports for multiple charter schools can be removed and does not apply to FRCS.

Charter Amendment and Renewal Policy

This policy is tabled until the next meeting.

School Building Administration

Following discussion, it was agreed that the language will be changed to reflect that the Executive Director responds for the district and the principal responds for each indivdiual school.

Financial Policies

This item is tabled until Ms. Calvert completes her review of financial policies.

The Committee reviewed the policies that are ready for a second reading. These will be included in the Board agenda along with the policies above that are ready for Board review.