Academy of Collaborative Education

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

February 2025

Date and Time

Tuesday February 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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Pursuant to Louisiana Open Meetings Law - La. R.S. 42:19, notice is hereby given to the members of the Board of Directors of Academy of Collaborative Education and to the general public that the Board will hold a regular, special, or re-scheduled meeting, open to the public as specified below. To ensure compliance with the Open Meeting Law, recipients of this message should not forward it to other Board members, and Board members should not reply to this message.

Committee Members Present

Joellen Freeman, Kara Maggiore (remote)

Committee Members Absent

Holly Allen

Guests Present

Amy Marcus (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Kara Maggiore called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Academy of Collaborative Education to order on Tuesday Feb 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM.

II. Governance

A.

Update: Material Amendment to Charter

- Audit visit moved to April 2025.

- No update on when amendment will be taken to BESE.

B.

Board Survey Data

- Use data to inform board retreat planning.

- Adding a new board member to address financial expertise gaps.

- Take two "basic" categories" at a time to address and work to improve.

- Have pre-work data reflection for board retreat.

C.

Annual Board Retreat Planning

- June 7th

- Begin locating place, ordering food, etc.

- Morning will be full board training and discussion.

- Afternoon will be committee discussions and work time.

- Use BoT resources to guide committee discussions and work time.

- Tap Dr. Angela Beck for some of the training in the morning.

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 10:40 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Kara Maggiore

B.

ED Evaluation Committee

- Function of the governance committee with strategic invitations to other board members with pertinent expertise.

- ED to work with Dr. Angela Beck to create draft evaluation goals within approved framework to present to the governance committee at the April 2025 meeting.

- Governance committee will provide feedback and make edits before presenting to full board for final approval.

- Evaluation done in May 2025 with results shared at June board retreat in Executive session.

Documents used during the meeting
None