Bridge Preparatory Charter School
Minutes
SPECIAL VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING
Date and Time
Thursday November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Location
THIS IS A VIRTUAL MEETING ~ AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPATION ONLY ON ZOOM!
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- 600 Commodore Court, Philadelphia, PA 19146
- 735 Sheldon Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10312
- 5 Partridge Court, Cranberry, NJ 08512
- 16 Northport Lane, Staten Island, NY 10314
- 18 Seth Court, Staten Island, NY 10301
- 47 Highview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301
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This Special Board Meeting is being held IN ADDITION to
the regularly scheduled November Board Meeting (November 13th at 7 PM).
Trustees Present
Amanda Wolkowitz (remote), Jennifer Sammartino-Mallen (remote), Mark Harmon-Vaught (remote), Nicole DeStefano (remote), Rebecca Peters (remote), Traci Frey (remote)
Trustees Absent
Tara Gore
Guests Present
Kathy Baldassano (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. CEO SEARCH STRATEGY
A.
CEO Search Firm Selection
M. Harmon-Vaught stated that our Board has begun reaching out to some CEO search firms, and we need to render a decision on the next steps tonight. And then we'll move into closed Executive Session for discussion of the CEO interim plan before we adjourn. T. Frey added that she wants to thank everyone for taking the time this evening to work on this. M. Harmon-Vaught added his thanks to those who conducted the search firms' reference calls, and entered their notes into the Google shared document for the Board to review.
The Board started with a list of 6 CEO Search firms to reach out for proposals: DSG Storbeck Consulting, On-Ramps, DRG, Axis Talent Partners, Edgility and K-12 Search Group. The list was condensed to 2 possible CEO search firms for further development: DSG Storbeck and Edgility.
Trustees made reference calls to schools who worked with those two search firms in the past and each Board member gave a synopsis with their impressions and the results of those calls. After discussion regarding the references, costs and pros & cons of working with a large firm vs. a smaller firm, the final consensus was that DSG Storbeck would be the best choice for our school's CEO search. We worked with them before when searching for a principal for our school and were happy with them.
Individual votes were recorded: 5 Aye; 1 Abstention.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Amanda Wolkowitz |
Aye
|
| Jennifer Sammartino-Mallen |
Aye
|
| Traci Frey |
Aye
|
| Mark Harmon-Vaught |
Abstain
|
| Nicole DeStefano |
Aye
|
| Rebecca Peters |
Aye
|
| Tara Gore |
Absent
|
III. PROPOSED CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
A.
Vote to Enter into Closed Executive Session
The Board entered into CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION at 7:30 PM.
B.
Return to Open Public Session
The Board returned to public OPEN MEETING SESSION at 8:23 PM.
As per Public Officers Law, Article 7, § 103-a (Videoconferencing by public bodies) although board members Amanda Wolkowitz, Jennifer Sammartino-Mallen, Mark Harmon-Vaught, Nicole DeStefano, Rebecca Peters and Traci Frey are not present in-person for this meeting, they are attending via videoconference from locations posted on the public meeting notice/agenda and open to the public; they are therefore considered to be in attendance for purposes of quorum and are permitted to vote. QUORUM IS MET FOR THIS MEETING.