Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport
Board Meeting
Published on October 5, 2016 at 3:15 PM EDT
Amended on November 9, 2016 at 4:56 PM EST
Date and Time
Wednesday October 5, 2016 at 5:15 PM EDT
Location
Great Oaks Charter School; 510 Barnum Ave (2nd Floor Conference Room)
Great Oaks Charter School of Bridgeport's October board meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 5th at 5:15 pm on the second floor of the school at 510 Barnum Ave. This meeting will serve as the annual meeting of the board
Agenda
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| I. | Opening Items | 5:15 PM | |||
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | Shana Hurley | 2 m | ||
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | Vote | Ed Farrow | 2 m | |
| C. | Approve Minutes | Approve Minutes | Ed Farrow | 5 m | |
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The board will review and move to approve the minutes of the September board meeting
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| Approve minutes for Board Meeting on September 14, 2016 | |||||
| II. | Governance and Policy | 5:24 PM | |||
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Governance and Policy
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| A. | Annual Meeting: Confirmation of Board members and clarification of terms | Vote | Ed Farrow | 10 m | |
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Edwin Farrow: Year 3 of 3 year term
Saaima Shahin: Year 3 of 3 year term Pamela Abder: Year 2 of 3 year term Susan Briggs: Year 2 of 3 year term Tamara Smith: Year 2 of 3 year term Leticia Sepulveda: Year 1 of 3 year term Amy Marshall: Year 1 of 3 year term Update from Michael Duffy about potential new board member with fundraising experience |
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| B. | Annual Meeting: Election of Officers | Vote | Ed Farrow | 5 m | |
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Officer Slate for SY 16-17
Chair: Edwin Farrow Vice-Chair: Susan Briggs Secretary: Tamara Smith Treasurer: Saaima Shahin |
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| C. | Annual Meeting: Confirmation of Committees for SY 16-17 | Discuss | Monica Maccera Filppu | 10 m | |
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Finance and Facilities Committee: Chaired by Saaima Shahin
Academic Committee: Chaired by Pamela Abder Governance Committee: Chaired by Edwin Farrow Development Committee: needs chair |
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| III. | Facilities and Finance | 5:49 PM | |||
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Facilities and Finance
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| A. | Report from the Finance Committee | FYI | Saaima Shahin | 5 m | |
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The Finance Committee will present a brief financial update from it's October 4th meeting
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| B. | Discussion on funding of new facility | Discuss | Michael Duffy | 20 m | |
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Michael Duffy will share an update on the financing of our long-term facility; board will be asked to vote on funding plan
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| IV. | Academic Excellence | 6:14 PM | |||
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Academic Excellence
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| A. | Report of the Academic Committee | FYI | Pamela Fraser-Abder | 5 m | |
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The Academic Committee will meet on October 13th to discuss plans for building out the Great Oaks model for high school and review results of diagnostic assessments given in September
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| V. | Report from the Executive Director | 6:19 PM | |||
| A. | Dashboard Review | FYI | Monica Maccera Filppu | 10 m | |
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The Executive Director will share the September data on the SY 16-17 data dashboard
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| B. | Review of staff demographics | FYI | Monica Maccera Filppu | 5 m | |
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Monica Maccera Filppu will share demographic data on SY 16-17 staff |
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| C. | Review of student enrollment data | FYI | Shana Hurley | 5 m | |
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Shana Hurley will share enrollment data for SY 16-17
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| VI. | Closing Items | 6:39 PM | |||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||