Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School

Minutes

Regular Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday May 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM

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Trustees Present

Anneliese Gegenheimer (remote), Bisi Oyedele, Edward Pauls (remote), John Mahaffie (remote), Peling Li (remote), Roman Goldstein (remote)

Trustees Absent

None

Trustees who arrived after the meeting opened

Bisi Oyedele

Ex Officio Members Present

Kristin Scotchmer (remote)

Non Voting Members Present

Kristin Scotchmer (remote)

Guests Present

Joseph Rodriguez (remote), Katherine Park (remote), Robyn Pretlow (remote), Siobhan Saul (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Anneliese Gegenheimer called a meeting of the board of trustees of Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School to order on Thursday May 2, 2024 at 6:33 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes: February 2024

Roman Goldstein made a motion to approve the minutes from Regular Board Meeting on 02-15-24.
John Mahaffie seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Roman Goldstein
Aye
Bisi Oyedele
Absent
Anneliese Gegenheimer
Aye
Peling Li
Aye
Edward Pauls
Aye
John Mahaffie
Aye

D.

Approve Minutes: March 2024

Roman Goldstein made a motion to approve the minutes from Regular Board Meeting on 03-12-24.
John Mahaffie seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Edward Pauls
Aye
Anneliese Gegenheimer
Aye
Peling Li
Aye
John Mahaffie
Aye
Bisi Oyedele
Absent
Roman Goldstein
Aye

II. Executive Session

A.

Enter Exec Session

Peling Li made a motion to enter in executive session to discuss confidential HR matters.
Roman Goldstein seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Peling Li
Aye
John Mahaffie
Aye
Anneliese Gegenheimer
Aye
Roman Goldstein
Aye
Edward Pauls
Aye
Bisi Oyedele
Absent

B.

Executive Search / Transition Planning

C.

Exit Exec Session

III. School Report

A.

School Report

The ED provided highlights about enrollment, recruitment/retention, strategic initiatives, student results, engagement, campus events, communications, and operational planning. 

 

  • The enrollment rate is 10 points higher than last year.
  • Re-enrollment is at about 50%. Families have time complete the process through the month of May.
  • Results from the staff survey show that a strong number of staff intend to return next school year. A few staff do not intend to return. 
  • Strategic initiative and continued work was shared. The work on race and equity continues with the partnership with Emerging Equity.
  • MAP embargoed data was presented but will not be made public. Mundo Verde participated in a study of winter MAP results across a number of schools across the district.
  • Stakeholder data related to school culture was presented. The panorama student survey data was shared. 85% of the students in 3rd-5th grade feel that relationships are supportive. Mid-year data was presented that focused on sense of belonging, satisfaction, participation, expectations met, and perspective on behavior approach.
  • Key areas of growths that the staff identified and staff sense of belonging were shared.
Bisi Oyedele arrived.

IV. Committee Reports

A.

Internal Committee

The Executive Director shared an overview of the 2024-2025 budget, timeline, and process. The budget is due to PCSB on July 2.

B.

Governance Committee

The committee chair shared and provided the following updates:

  • The committee has not met recently, but the identified priority is to focus on recruitment of new board members. The outcome for the recruitment process is to have an odd number of board of directors serving.
  • The contract with governance expert Simmons Lettre has been signed. The work will include an assessment of the board and help with navigating the transition process. 

C.

Search Taskforce / Executive Transition

The search committee is made up of staff, the caregiver community, and board members. There have been 66 applicants that expressed interest in the executive director role. Of the 66 candidates the committee has conducted four candidate interviews. Edgility team completes preliminary steps and shares with the search committee to inform decisions on next steps for each candidate.

D.

ED Role Post Transition

The board continues to discuss what the post ED role will look like.

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

Bisi Oyedele made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Peling Li seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
John Mahaffie
Aye
Peling Li
Aye
Anneliese Gegenheimer
Aye
Edward Pauls
Aye
Bisi Oyedele
Aye
Roman Goldstein
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:36 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Siobhan Saul