Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport
Board Meeting
				Published on May 10, 2016 at 2:12 PM EDT
			
		
		Date and Time
				Wednesday May 11, 2016 at 5:15 PM EDT
			
			
				Location
Great Oaks Bridgeport - 2nd floor conference  room
					Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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									Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| Call the meeting to order and preview the agenda | ||
| C. | Approve Minutes | |
| Approve minutes for Board Meeting on March 9, 2016 | ||
| D. | Approve April Minutes | |
| II. | Governance and Policy | |
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									Governance and Policy
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| A. | Approval of new board member: Amy Marshall (host district designee) | |
| B. | Announcement of Board Retreat date | |
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											Our board retreat will be on August 2nd from 12-5 pm. Monica will look for an offsite location to host the meeting 
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| C. | Response from the state to our Enrollment Request for SY 16-17 | |
| D. | Public Comment Policy | |
| The Governance Committee is proposing to adopt this Public Comment policy in alignment with CT state statutes governing open meetings | ||
| III. | Report from the Executive Director | |
| A. | Review April Dashboard | |
| B. | Presentation of CEP proposal from Operations team | |
| IV. | Academic Excellence | |
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									Academic Excellence
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| A. | Report from the Academic Committee | |
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											Members of the Academic Committee met on May 6th with a representative from KED to discuss a potential partnership with KED for the high school.  
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| V. | Facilities and Finance | |
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									Facilities and Finance
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| A. | Report from the Finance Committee | |
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											Brief update on April finances and discussion of short term financing agreement 
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| B. | Update on the building project and financing | |
| C. | Proposal to form a Fundraising Committee | |
| D. | National Americorps opportunity | |
| Discussion of National Americorps grant and MOU with the Great Oaks Foundation | ||
| VI. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |