Sarah shared the existing expulsion policy and the section we need to add regarding the hearing members and steps.  The committee discussed which roles should be included as the hearing members.  

Then the committee discussed what the process would be for a student that is expelled and which school they would be placed with. Dr. Bressler shared an option from a few years ago that he thought was still viable.  He agreed to double check that it was still a possibility and report back at the next committee meeting.

The committee also discussed clarified steps for the appeal.

Can we make the student activity fund fiscal responsibilities more robust?  Note how the PTO organization works and how that liability and oversight on the school.  Who's in charge of seeing these numbers, the totals, how it's being spent, etc.  Should this be reported to the Finance Committee?  

How is the school being trained to manage the funds?

What oversight is there over the money?

How are we assured of the oversight of responsible collection and spending of money collected?

Bank accounts

Deposits

Receiving money

Purchasing

Want a policy of how the money is being monitored for the Board.

Next steps:

CFO to pull together all existing docs. 

CFO to review with the Finance Committee and draft proposed policy for Governance Committee to review.

Move committee dates to Jan. 20th & Feb. 9th.

Student cell phone policy.