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Excel Academy Massachusetts

Board of Trustees Meeting

Published on February 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM EST

Date and Time

Friday November 8, 2024 at 8:30 AM EST

Location

Microsoft Teams

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Meeting Notice Posted Publicly: 11/5/24

 

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 1 m
  D. Approve Minutes for 10.11.24 Board Meeting Approve Minutes Arthur Kaynor 1 m
     
II. Academic Oversight
 

N/A - No discussion or voting items for this meeting.

  
III. Talent 8:33 AM
  A. Annual Board Talent Update Discuss Alejandra Gil 20 m
IV. Finance 8:53 AM
  A. FY24 Annual Audit Update Discuss David Stolow 2 m
   
  • All entities received a clean audit, with no findings and no auditor-proposed adjustments.
  • The XLMA & Friends audits were accepted by each Finance Committee on 10/21/24.
  • The XLRI Board will meet to accept the XLRI audit on 12/5/24. Members of the Friends & XLMA FCs are invited optionally.

Link to FY24 Audit Files

  
V. Governance 8:55 AM
  A. Request/open invitation for Board members to participate in DESE virtual site visit Discuss Owen Stearns & Arthur Kaynor 2 m
   

One-hour Board focus group on April 17, 2025 between 9:30am-2pm

  
  B. Update on SY24-25 CEO Goals Discuss Owen Stearns 10 m
VI. Development 9:07 AM
  A. Development Training for Board Members Discuss Hagar Berlin 45 m
   

Facilitated by Hagar Berlin, former Chief Development Officer at Brooke Charter Schools

  
VII. Other Business 9:52 AM
  A. Reminder - Upcoming Events FYI Arthur Kaynor
   
  • 10/29/24 - Excel MA - Carbon Cutting Ceremony & Classroom Visits
  • 11/18/24 - Excel RI - Classroom Visits & New Modulars Tour
  • 12/17/24 (tentative date) - Excel MA Classroom Visits with local elected visitors
  • January 2025 - Inter-Board Dinner
  
VIII. Closing Items 9:52 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 akaynor@excelacademy.org 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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