Breakthrough Public Schools

Minutes

BPS Board Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday March 25, 2026 at 8:30 AM

Location

Zoom

Committee Members Present

C. Lipscomb (remote), J. Johnson (remote), S. Steinhouse (remote)

Committee Members Absent

A. KOPIT

Guests Present

A. Garg (remote), J. Kaye (remote), M. Sattler (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Lipscomb called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Breakthrough Public Schools to order on Wednesday Mar 25, 2026 at 8:31 AM.

C.

Approve February Governance Committee Minutes

S. Steinhouse made a motion to approve the minutes from BPS Board Governance Committee Meeting on 02-18-26.
J. Johnson seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Committee Business

  • Reviewed Current Board Nominees 
    • Heard updates from calls & outreach
    • Aligned on next steps
    • Finalize Recs by April 8
  • Attendance Review
    • Goal is 90% 
    • We hit 100% in December
    • Smaller board, so we all need to show up to achieve a quorum. 
    • Next month, do a cross-section of attendance by person & by meeting
  • Review Proposed Schedule
    • Move forward to the full board for a vote
  • Board Development Project
    • Project to launch in June. Going with a provider familiar with BPS and Andrew

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 9:13 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. Lipscomb