MOT Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 18, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Location
High School Campus
1275 Cedar Lane Road
Middletown, DE 19079
Meetings will be held in the STEM Commons
Directors Present
D. Watlington, D. Whitaker, H. Johnson, J. Taylor, K. Swab, L. Latan, S. Sullivan
Directors Absent
L. Savino, M. Ali Khan
Ex Officio Members Present
N. Southworth
Non Voting Members Present
N. Southworth
Guests Present
M. Weiss, R. Dallas
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Public Comment
A.
Public Comment
There were no public comments made.
III. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Committee Report
The information will be conveyed in the Head of School report.
IV. Marketing & 20th Anniversary Committee
A.
Committee Report
If the fundraising for the trees exceeds the goal of $28,000 then the school would fund the cost of installing the trees.
Jennifer Taylor discussed the fundraising to promote families to donate money to purchase trees for both campuses.
Kelly Swab discussed the Gala initiative and the need to push this event to May secondary to no viable venues available prior to this time.
V. Governance
A.
Committee Report
Jennifer Taylor discussed that there were 5 applicants that were received for the parent board member. There is a need to vet the candidates.
B.
Board Term Renewals
VI. Finance & Operations
A.
Committee Report
Kelly Swab reviewed that the financials were reviewed and no issues were discovered.
VII. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Monthly Report
Ned Southworth reviewed the Head of School report.
Record number of applicants were received during the open enrollment period.
VIII. Other Business
A.
Board approval of 2020-2021 Annual Report
Ned Southworth reviewed the report.
Jennifer Taylor made a motion to add a voting item in the Marketing committee.