MOT Charter School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday August 19, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Location

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Directors Present

D. Watlington (remote), J. Taylor (remote), L. Jennings (remote), L. Latan (remote), L. Savino (remote), M. Ali Khan (remote), R. Carroll, Jr. (remote), S. Stallone (remote), S. Sullivan (remote), T. Piser (remote)

Directors Absent

None

Ex Officio Members Present

N. Southworth (remote)

Non Voting Members Present

N. Southworth (remote)

Guests Present

Bonita Penn (remote), E. Greene (remote), F. Schilling (remote), J. Camponelli (remote), J. Scali (remote), M. Hewett (remote), M. Weiss (remote), S. Noll (remote), T. Howarth (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Taylor called a meeting of the board of directors of MOT Charter School to order on Wednesday Aug 19, 2020 at 7:01 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

M. Ali Khan made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 07-29-20.
S. Stallone seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Board Governance

A.

Committee Report

Jennifer discussed opening the board for 2 members from parents of MOT students.  Jennifer talked about starting the interviewing process. 

III. Academic Excellence

A.

Committee Reports on Reopening

B.

At Risk Students

Jenna Camponelli talked about how the teachers are going to address with at risk students.  She talked about how they are working on developing a process to have students come in to the school daily to assist with their remote learning. 

C.

Transition between instructional models

Ned Southworth discussed if there is a transition to hybrid mode, there will be at least a 2 week notice give to families.  The current expectation is 10/5/2020 to move to a hybrid model with current CDC and State Guidelines.  Volunteers are not being allowed to assist at this time to limit the cross contamination.  

D.

Teaching and Learning

Work has been done to address how the transition will be to a hybrid learning model.  Sarah Noll and John Scali talked about how meetings are being held to ensure that questions are answered.  The students and parents are going to be communicated about the expectations for remote learning.  

E.

Health and Wellness

Mitch Weiss talked about the procedures of entering and leaving the building from one area.  Temperature checks will be performed each day.  All staff will be tested for COVID prior to the beginning of the school year then on a monthly basis.  Mitch talked about the busing as students will be coming on different days when the hybrid is implemented.  Mitch discussed social distancing and also wearing masks during class time.  Mitch talked about communicating with parents on how to get the students ready for the in person class. 

F.

Logistics and stakeholders

Terry Howarth discussed how the phase in process will be developed to ensure that the staff and students are safe.  Terry talked about communicating to students and parents.  Meryl Hewett discussed about how the parents can order online and when the students are back in school the meals will be delivered to their room.  Meryl talked about the communication to the parents and students to pick up their chrome books for this school year.  Faye Schilling talked about a phase in approach to transitioning back to in class learning regarding the high school students.  Terry Howarth talked about a 15 minute social emotional learning time at the beginning of each day. 

IV. Finance & Operations

A.

Committee Report

B.

Teaching and Learning

C.

Vote to approve COVID personnel policy addendum

L. Savino made a motion to approve the COVID personnel policy addendum.
D. Watlington seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Vote to approve changes to sick leave policy

L. Savino made a motion to make the changes to the sick leave policy.
D. Watlington seconded the motion.
The overview of these changes were discussed
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

V. Other Business

A.

Public Comment

Bonita Penn stated she was happy to attend.

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

M. Ali Khan made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
L. Savino seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
S. Sullivan
Documents used during the meeting
  • Potential Update to Sick Leave Policy - August 2020.docx
  • COVID Addendum to Personnel Policies - August 2020.docx
  • HOS Report August 2020.pptx