The PATH School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday May 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Committee Members Present
M. Mayorga (remote), N. Woodson (remote), T. Pettigrew (remote)
Committee Members Absent
A. Burtner, D. Herron
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
N. Woodson called a meeting of the Governance Committee of The PATH School to order on Thursday May 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM.
II. Governance
A.
Board Goal Follow-Up
- Evaluations
- Board Self-Evaluations coming up
- Executive Director Self-Eval and Board Evaluation coming up
- Board Retreat
- Need to plan and schedule Board retreat in August
- Land & Van
- The school desires a van to transport student and lessen transportation costs
- CDL needed for 16+ passenger vans
- Land purchase in conversation
- The school desires a van to transport student and lessen transportation costs
B.
Policies
- Conflict of Interest form - Governance Committee to develop; Finance Committee to monitor.
- Since IPS is a turnaround school does the IRS Form 990 Conflict of Interest apply?
- A form was uploaded to provide IRS Form 990 questions.
III. Closing Items
A.
Assignments
Assign tasks for each committee member to follow-up on open items
- Nicole - Send Outlook invites for Board meetings, Social Outings, and Board Retreat. Contact Pier 48 to inquire about space for a recruitment event, potentially on 5/13.
- Melissa - Reach out to BODs to inquire about school event attendance.
- David - Work with Finance Committee on fundraising goal to inform Governance Committee
- What is a meaningful contribution?
- Commitment forms?
B.
Board Meetings
Tuesday, May 21st @ 5 PM at The PATH School
C.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:21 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
N. Woodson
One-on-One Check-ins
Raise $10K (5/15/25)
Recruit & Maintain 13 BODs (7/31/25)