Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School

Minutes

Special Session Board Meeting

Strategic Planning

Date and Time

Wednesday March 2, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Location

Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82758793367?pwd=V0lUWGdkcDVYL3NRbUJMdW5FRVRkUT09

Meeting ID: 827 5879 3367
Passcode: GbNMi5

Directors Present

C. Billings (remote), C. Staudenraus (remote), E. Hatch (remote), S. Stevens (remote), S. Zephirin (remote), T. McCoy (remote)

Directors Absent

S. Trivedi

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

C. Staudenraus, S. Stevens

Ex Officio Members Present

C. Brodniak (remote), M. Ston (remote)

Non Voting Members Present

C. Brodniak (remote), M. Ston (remote)

Guests Present

Kristen Miles- OSBA (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Billings called a meeting of the board of directors of Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School to order on Wednesday Mar 2, 2022 at 6:01 PM.

II. Governance

A.

Approve Contract for Interim Executive Director

Chris Brodniak signed the contract for the Interim Director position for the 2022-2023 school year.

S. Zephirin made a motion to approve the contract for the Interim Director for the 2022-2023 school year.
T. McCoy seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
C. Staudenraus
Absent
S. Trivedi
Absent
E. Hatch
Aye
T. McCoy
Aye
C. Billings
Aye
S. Zephirin
Aye
S. Stevens
Absent

B.

Strategic Planning

Kristen Miles from OSBA facilitated a board discussion on next steps for finalizing our school's strategic planning.

  • Board reviewed feedback from staff and parent surveys.  Majority of responses align with the pillars we identified.
  • Board agreed on our four pillars of the strategic plan
  • Board:  What is our role and how to we support?  Discussion of what this looks like in each pillar.
  • Next steps
    • Kristen gets us notes on today's meeting with next steps, along with examples of completed strategic plans
    • Board adopts the 4 pillars
    • Admin provides feedback to board on what is currently in place within the pillars, and get feedback on priorities within each pillar (April meeting)
    • Admin writes plan, board makes sure it aligns with the pillars
    • Plan is shared with school stakeholders
    • Board adopts a plan to monitor the strategic plan
S. Stevens arrived at 6:04 PM.
C. Staudenraus arrived at 6:04 PM.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:07 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
S. Zephirin