Final

BASSE

Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence Board of Directors Meeting

Published on July 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday August 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT

Location

On site at the school:

Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence

20346 Ennis Street

Georgetown, DE 19947

The August 6, 2025 meeting will be in person at the school.

 

 

Meetings of the Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence will take place on line at the following link:

 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eSqy33jNSm22TL8ZjpXMzg 

 

 

 

As needed participants can also meet in person at 20346 Ennis Street Georgetown, DE 19947 to join the online meeting.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 9:00 AM
  A. Record Attendance   Dr. Berry 2 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Dr. Berry 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes from June 27, 2025 Vote Dr. Berry 3 m
II. Public Comment
 

A person wishing to make a public comment must complete an online request at least five business days prior to a meeting in which the comment will be made.  On the form, the subject matter and a 100 word summary of the public comment should be included.  During any one Board meeting no more than five public comments will be heard, and each individual public comment will last no longer than three minutes.

  
III. Executive Session
 

Pursuant to 29 Del. C. Section 10004(b) (1) and (2) the Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence will call for an executive session closed to the public pursuant to all subsections relating to the discussion of personnel matters in which names, competency and abilities of individual employees are discussed.

  
IV. Board Chair Report 9:06 AM
  A. General Announcements and Updates FYI Dr. Berry 10 m
V. Committee Reports 9:16 AM
  A. Community Outreach FYI Amy Shepherd 5 m
  B. Development Committee Report Discuss Katherine Cauley 5 m
   

Report out re:  current grants being pursued.

  
  C. Education Committee Report Denise Snyder 5 m
  D. Land and Construction Committee Report 5 m
  E. Finance Committee Report Vote Kate Cauley 10 m
   

Review the June 2025 financial report and vote to accept or reject.

 

  
  F. Governance Committee Report Discuss Teresa Berry 5 m
   

There is a new policy relevant to public charter schools which actually went into effect January 1, 2025, but which few schools to date have reflected in their policies.  The state has now set a deadline by which these policies must be officially adopted and posted on school (district) websites.

The draft policy for BASSE was distributed for review June 18, 2025, and we will need to discuss and vote on the policy during the June 24, 2025 Board meeting.

  
VI. New Business 9:51 AM
  A. Approve new Board members Vote Teresa Berry 10 m
  B. Onboarding Board Members for the 2025-2026 academic year 45 m
  C. Review School Policies 30 m
  D. Review School Compliance Schedule 30 m
  E. Review 2025-2026 Budget 30 m
  F. Review School Calendar and Staff 20 m
  G. Q&A 20 m
VII. Old Business
VIII. Closing Items 12:56 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Teresa Berry 2 m

Pursuant to 29 Del. C. § 10004 e (2), the agenda is subject to change to include additional items including executive sessions that arise at the time of the Board’s meeting. The Board of the Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence reserves the right to hear any matter out of its order during the meeting. The Board may take breaks during the meeting.