Final

Excel Academy Massachusetts

Board of Trustees Meeting

Published on February 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM EST

Date and Time

Thursday June 13, 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT

Location

Microsoft Teams

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Meeting Notice Posted Publicly: 6/11/24

 

Please note: All items listed on the agenda are subject to a possible vote by the Board of Trustees.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 8:30 AM
  A. Record Attendance Discuss Arthur Kaynor
  B. Call the Meeting to Order Discuss Caitlin Brumme 1 m
  C. Public Comment Discuss Arthur Kaynor
  D. Approve Minutes for 5.3.24 Board Meeting Approve Minutes Arthur Kaynor 1 m
     
II. Team Builder
 

N/A - No team builder exercise for this meeting

  
III. Academic Oversight 8:32 AM
  A. Approve XLEB Head of School Hiring Recommendation Vote David Sachs & Network Academic Team 5 m
   

Vote to approve the XLEB Head of School hiring recommendation and to authorize the Chair to notify DESE of changes in leadership at the XLC and XLEB campuses.

  
  B. Vote to Authorize Chair to Approve HOS Evaluations Vote Caitlin Brumme & Arthur Kaynor 5 m
   

Vote to authorize the Chair to approve annual Head of School performance evaluations. Please see attached protocol for reference.

  
  C. State of the School/NAT Update & Report from Academic Oversight Committee Discuss Academic Oversight Committee & Network Academic Team 20 m
IV. Finance 9:02 AM
  A. Approve FY25 Budget Vote Aaron Stelson & Andrew Solomon 20 m
   

Vote to approve the FY25 Budget, per the Finance Committee's recommendation on April 26, 2024.

  
V. Governance 9:22 AM
  A. Governance & Nominating Committee Update Discuss Pamela Klein 5 m
   

Next Steps:

  • July - Maher & Arthur review and test BoardOnTrack skills survey & self-assessment tools.
  • August - All Board members complete skills survey.
  • August - Governance & Nominating Committee reviews skills survey results and drafts updated Board goals for SY24-25, for full Board discussion in September.
  
  B. Approve FY25 Officers, Terms, Calendar, and Committee Assignments Discuss Arthur Kaynor 5 m
   

Vote to approve:

  • Enclosed FY25 Board Calendar (note: we would like at least one meeting to be in-person)
  • Enclosed FY25 Committee Assignments
  • Officers:
    • Chair: Caitlin Brumme
    • Vice Chair: Bernabe Rodriguez
    • Treasurer: David Stolow
    • Clerk: Nery Castro
  • Term Renewals: N/A
  
  C. Approve Student Opportunity Act Plan Vote Arthur Kaynor 5 m
   

Excel Academy’s three-year SOA plan targets accelerated academic improvement for two distinct student groups: Multi-Lingual Learners (MLLs), Students with Disabilities (SWDs), and additional non-academic improvement for MLLs, SWDs, and African-American/Black students.

 

This plan was developed with input from: parents/caregivers, special education and English learner parent advisory councils, school improvement councils, and educators in the school district. This plan outlines in detail how we will use the Student Opportunity Act-funded portion of our budget and what metrics we will use to monitor our progress relative to our goals.

 

Ferny Reyes, Andrew Solomon, and Arthur Kaynor held a Excel parent input meeting in English and in Spanish on May 8 at 6:30pm with 146 parent RSVPs and 36 parents completing a post-meeting input survey.

  
  D. Authorize Chair to approve Annual Report & Manual and Handbook updates Vote Caitlin Brumme & Arthur Kaynor 5 m
   

Vote to authorize the Chair to:

  • Approve and submit the SY23-24 annual report
  • Approve annual updates to school manuals and handbooks
  
  E. Reminder: Annual Ethics Disclosures Discuss Arthur Kaynor 1 m
   

Annual disclosure paperwork is distributed in May via the BMMS system. If you do not receive your paperwork via email, please let Arthur know, and he will follow up with DESE. We kindly request that you submit your paperwork by June 30. Thank you!

  
VI. CEO Update 9:43 AM
  A. CEO Update Discuss Owen Stearns 10 m
VII. Other Business
 

N/A - No discussion or voting topics for this meeting

  
VIII. Closing Items 9:53 AM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Caitlin Brumme 1 m

The public is welcome to attend any meeting of the Board of Trustees or its subcommittees. If communication assistance (readers/ interpreters/captions) or any other accommodations are needed to ensure equal participation, please contact Arthur Kaynor at 781.526.6927 at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting. Any changes in the agenda will be posted on Excel Academy Charter School’s website, Excel’s principal place of business, and will be electronically filed with the Secretary of State at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting. If you would like to attend a Board meeting and provide public comment, please sign up 48 hours in advance here: https://forms.gle/7315BJ7v1bHGGh2Q9.

 

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