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Excel Academy Rhode Island

Board of Trustees Meeting

Published on February 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM EST

Date and Time

Thursday March 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM EDT

Location

Center for Southeast Asians (CSEA)

270 Elmwood Avenue

Providence, RI 02907

Meeting Notice Posted Publicly: 3/19/24

 

Please note: All items listed on the agenda are subject to a possible vote by the Board of Trustees. 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance Discuss Arthur Kaynor
  B. Call the Meeting to Order Discuss Channavy Chhay 1 m
  C. Public Comment Discuss Arthur Kaynor
  D. Approve Minutes for 1.25.24 Board Meeting (4:30pm) Approve Minutes Arthur Kaynor 1 m
  E. Approve Minutes for 1.25.24 Board Meeting (6:00pm) Approve Minutes Arthur Kaynor 1 m
  F. Reminder: Annual Ethics Disclosures due 4.26.24 Discuss Arthur Kaynor 1 m
   

The RI Ethics Commission will send your annual disclosure forms to you via mail in March, and the forms are due back to the Ethics Commission by the last Friday in April (4.26.24). Please contact Arthur Kaynor if you have not received your disclosure paperwork yet or have questions about completing this requirement. Thank you!

  
  G. Approve Public Comment Policy Vote Arthur Kaynor 5 m
  H. Update regarding BoardOnTrack Discuss Arthur Kaynor 1 m
II. Team Builder 5:40 PM
  A. Team Builder & Welcome to New Members: Frangely Rojas & Imani Blake Discuss Owen Stearns 10 m
III. Academic Oversight 5:50 PM
  A. State of the School Update Discuss Owen Stearns 10 m
IV. Finance
 

N/A - No discussion or voting topics for this meeting

  
V. Governance 6:00 PM
  A. SY23-24 Board Goals - Mid-Year Check-In Discuss Owen Stearns 10 m
VI. Other Business
 

N/A - No discussion or voting topics for this meeting

  
VII. Real Estate 6:10 PM
  A. Update on XLRI real estate search Discuss Chris Reed 30 m
  B. Approve Lease Resolution Vote Arthur Kaynor 5 m
VIII. Closing Items 6:45 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Channavy Chhay 1 m

The public is welcome to attend any meeting of the Board of Trustees or its subcommittees. If communication assistance (readers/ interpreters/captions) or any other accommodations are needed to ensure equal participation, please contact Arthur Kaynor at 781.526.6927 at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting.  Any changes in the agenda will be posted on Excel Academy Charter School’s website, Excel’s principal place of business, and will be electronically filed with the Secretary of State at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting.

 

Excel Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race or color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, country of ancestral origin, or veteran status in administration of its admissions or educational policies, curricular programs, other school-administered programs, or in its hiring and employment practices in accordance with applicable federal, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island laws and regulations.