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Breakthrough Public Schools

BPS and School Boards of Directors Annual Retreat

Date and Time

Monday July 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT

Location

The Cleveland Foundation - Minter Conference Center

Meeting of the Boards of Breakthrough Public Schools, Citizens Academy Southeast, Citizens Leadership Academy East, Village Preparatory School Cliffs, Village Preparatory School Willard, and Village Preparatory School Woodland Hills.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 9:00 AM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   S. Steinhouse, A. Garg 1 m
  B. Record Attendance   S. Steinhouse, A. Garg
II. Public Comment 9:01 AM
  A. School Boards Public Comment FYI Aditi Garg 5 m
III. Retreat Agenda 9:06 AM
  A. Welcome & Opening Discuss Aditi Garg 45 m
   

Board members will anchor in the outcomes for our time together which are to: 

1. Establish a strong, connected culture among board members and key leadership at BPS

2. Strengthen familiarity and internalization of BPS’s network goals and CEO goals — where we are currently and where we want to be for students, families, and staff; and 

3. Identify how the BPS and Schools Boards can best support the network in reaching its goals & set goals to define board success

  
  B. FY25-26 Network Goals and CEO Goals Discuss Andrew McRae 45 m
   

Andrew will present the FY25-26 Network Goals and share his specific goals and priorities for the coming year as CEO.

  
  C. Break FYI 10 m
  D. FY25-26 Board Priorities Discuss Aditi Garg 45 m
   

Board members will set priorities for the BPS and Schools Boards, based on our shared understanding of our current reality, the BPS network and CEO goals for the year, and where we are most uniquely to contribute as board members.

  
  E. Committee Working Lunch Discuss Cecil Lipscomb 60 m
   

Board members will receive committee assignments for FY25-26 (Academic Excellence, Governance, Finance, and CEO Support & Evaluation). Over lunch, board members and members of the Network Leadership Team (NLT) will meet as committees to get to know one another, review and internalize the latest vision and goals of each committee, set dates for monthly meetings for the upcoming school year, and recommend non-board committee members to join who may add value and expertise to the work of the committees. 

  
IV. Closing Items 12:31 PM
  A. Closing Discuss Aditi Garg 20 m
   

Board members will discuss the plan for ensuring the board priorities we set are consistently addressed and met over the course of FY25-26. Each board member will solidify a personal plan to get closer to the mission of BPS over the year.

  
  B. Adjourn Meeting Discuss Sam Steinhouse, Aditi Garg 2 m