Brighter Choice Charter Schools

Minutes

Board of Trustees Meeting

Remote due to Covid19 closure

Date and Time

Wednesday March 25, 2020 at 9:30 AM

Location

Pursuant to Governor Executive Order No. 202.1 issued 3/13/2020, the Open Meetings Law requirements for school board meetings have been temporarily modified, for through April 11, 2020, as such: “Article 7 of the Public Officers Law, to the extent necessary to permit any public body to meet and take such actions authorized by the law without permitting in public inperson access to meetings and authorizing such meetings to be held remotely by conference call or similar service, provided that the public has the ability to view or listen to such proceeding and that such meetings are recorded and later transcribed.”

Trustees Present

M. Snyder (remote), N. Maresca (remote), R. McLaughlin (remote), T. Hanmer (remote), Z. Nelson (remote)

Trustees Absent

N. Velilla, S. Wallace

Guests Present

K. Ford (remote), K. Mclean (remote), L. Licygiewicz (remote), S. Jahn (remote), T. Stutsrim (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

M. Snyder called a meeting of the board of trustees of Brighter Choice Charter Schools to order on Wednesday Mar 25, 2020 at 9:12 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes from the February 13, 2020 Board of Trustees Meeting

T. Hanmer made a motion to approve the minutes from Board of Trustees Meeting on 02-13-20.
Z. Nelson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Approve Minutes from the March 12, 2020 Board of Trustees Meeting

T. Hanmer made a motion to approve the minutes from Board of Trustees Meeting on 03-12-20.
N. Maresca seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Finance

A.

Approve Minutes from March 12, 2020 Finance Committee meeting

T. Hanmer made a motion to approve the minutes from Finance Committee Meeting on 03-12-20.
N. Maresca seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Approve Minutes from the February 13, 2020 Finance Committee meeting

T. Hanmer made a motion to approve the minutes from Finance Committee Meeting on 02-13-20.
Z. Nelson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. Academic

A.

Approve Minutes from the February 13, 2020 Academic Committee meeting

T. Hanmer made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Committee Meeting on 02-13-20.
N. Maresca seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IV. Governance

A.

Charter Renewal + Preparation

See Minutes of today's Governance Committee meeting. 

B.

Upcoming NYSED visit

The original visit. scheduled for this week, was cancelled due to the closure. Upcoming "check-ins" will be done remotely.

C.

Covid-19 Plans

See Minutes of today's Governance Committee meeting. 
In addition, K. Mclean and K. Ford will begin discussing summer 2020 instruction. They will report a plan at a future Board of Trustees meeting.
Moving forward, while closure continues, the Governance Committee will meet remotely every two weeks to discuss any needed business.

V. Closing Items

A.

Future Agenda Items

(in no particular order)
* Summer 2020 instruction plan(s)
* SY 2020-2021 Budget
* K. Mclean's maternity leave
* Renewal
* Grants

* T. Hanmer suggested that the schools keep documentation of which families had access to on-line resources and which did not, along with corresponding test scores, in order to determine if the Covid-19 closures have an effect on results.

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:27 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Z. Nelson