The Exploris School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday March 4, 2019 at 3:00 PM
Location
Exploris Middle School
Committee Members Present
A. Brown (remote), C. Jones (remote), E. Schollmeyer, J. Hemingway, K. Furr, M. Gargan
Committee Members Absent
None
Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened
A. Brown, C. Jones
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
K. Furr called a meeting of the Governance Committee of The Exploris School to order on Monday Mar 4, 2019 at 3:03 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
Ellie added some clarification to the minutes from last month regarding the program - she would like to continue steps to roll this out as quickly as possible. The concern is around financing the change and the families' reaction to it.
K. Furr made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 02-04-19 with Ellie's clarification added Governance Committee Meeting on 02-04-19.
J. Hemingway seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Policies
A.
Ideas for Criminal Background Policy
We discussed options around timing of the background checks. We would like to continue with some action in this regard so Ellie is considering sending out a parent survey to see how the parents feel about this. Jill volunteered to put together a google form draft survey by our April meeting at the latest - it would be ideal to have the survey results by April.
A. Brown arrived.
Ellie also provided us with some information about Safe Schools training.
B.
Other Policies to review/ create for 2019
Ellie gathered some sample bring your own device policies. Kelly volunteered to go through them and compare it to the Acceptable Use Policy in the handbook. Biggest issue - do you lose privacy of your own device if it is not being used correctly for educational purposes.
Ellie is checking to see whether there are any new compliance requirements that might implicate our policies.
C. Jones arrived.
We will continue to monitor the safety threat assessment regulations and requirements to see whether we need to add policies.
III. Recruitment of New Board Members
A.
Discuss plan for recruitment of new members
- We discussed the Board member expectation document.
- We also discussed the bylaws with relation to the teacher representative and the PTO rep.
IV. Other Business
A.
Next meeting date
April 1 from 3 to 4 pm will be our next meeting.
May meeting will be Monday, April 29.
May meeting will be Monday, April 29.
V. 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 3:57 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Furr