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

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  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
 
Governance and Policy
  A. Approval of new board member: Amy Marshall (host district designee)
  B. Announcement of Board Retreat date
   
Our board retreat will be on August 2nd from 12-5 pm. Monica will look for an offsite location to host the meeting 
  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
 
Academic Excellence
  A. Report from the Academic Committee
   
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.  
V. Facilities and Finance
 
Facilities and Finance
  A. Report from the Finance Committee
   
Brief update on April finances and discussion of short term financing agreement 
  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