Liberty Tech Charter School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday August 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Location
In-Person at LTCS
Committee Members Present
G. Tonnis, N. Alexander, N. Flint
Committee Members Absent
A. Wright
Guests Present
Jeff Schellhause
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Board Recruitment
A.
Joyce Christy
B.
Kristen Dutton
C.
Other Candidates
III. Board Training & Paperwork
A.
SCSC Training
B.
Required Paperwork
Need to remind full Board to complete paperwork for the year.
IV. LTCS Policies
A.
Updating LTCS Bylaws
Follow up with Reagan
B.
General Policy Updates
PTO Policy - Admin to check with Steph to verify if a change is needed
Other Policies - Gina to send list of recommended changes
21Cobalt - Nathan to review and make suggested changes
Potential new policy on email forwarding/copying
Nathan will look at the other general policies for potential changes
V. Other Items
A.
FY27 SCSC Monitoring
Certification with comment was uploaded by Nash and should be acceptable
Need to get final 2 Conflict of Interest policies signed then all 5 uploaded
B.
Board Recruitment and Onboarding Process
Application:
- Consider changing the family question to a select all that apply for Family member, Community Partner, etc.
Onboarding:
- The roles and the line between Board and Admin is critical to know
C.
LTCS Replication
Waiting on SCSC for cohort starting
D.
FY26-27 Key Dates for Board Members
Gina and team to look at calendars to make suggestions
Staff meetings - first Tuesday of every month: October 6th target date.
E.
Board Webpage Updates
F.
Key Contacts Webpage
Admin to review and update as needed.
G.
Review of June 8 and June 17 Governance Committee Proceedings
Recinding both the June 8th Executive Session and the June 17th Governance meeting (including Executive Session) for improper procedures.
H.
FY27 Board Welcome Email
Nash to work on sending it out this week.
I.
Committee Member Review
Add Steph to the Committee. Shawn to add to email group; Nathan to add her to Board on Track.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- LTCS - Board Member Onboarding Deck v1 (07-31-26).pptx
- LTCS - Draft Board Member Application v2 (08-03-26).docx
Stop process for the following given length of time. Can restart if they are interested in the future.
Potential:
On Hold: