Review Pulse Dashboard Items in the following areas:

Focus Area 2: ED Management + ED/Board Partnership - 7 items

Focus Area 3 - Policy and Compliance - 10 items

• Review late / missing / upcoming reports to Reportwell through Nov. 30

• Tier 3 Board Support Shifts effective Oct. 1
   
• HR:  Employee Relations, Employment Law
  • Overview Sessions with Shinita and Susie:  Confirm dates/times: 
    • 5 - 6 PM on 10.21 virtually or 5 - 6 on 10.27 in person?
  • Updates on hiring the HR Consultant to conduct board/TLS leadership training++
     
• SPARK Playbook  - Ready for board approval?

• FYI: Policies to be reviewed @ 10.27.26 Board Meeting
  • Board Member Orientation Policy
  • Personnel Evaluations Policy
• Annual Review
  1. Board Norms 
  2. Communication protocol 

• Discussion: KS 9.28.26 Letter of Concern 
• AY 27 ED Evaluation Overview - ready for board approval?
• Strategic Monitoring Framework
• Charter Renewal Status 

1. Personal Time Off  - Do we need to add language to the Personal Leave policy regarding PTO?

2  Staff Complaints and Grievances Policy -  Ready to recommend for Adoption?

3. Caregiver/Family and Students’ Complaints and Grievances Policy - Ready to recommend for adoption? 

4. ED Succession-Related Bylaw Revisions - Ready to recommend for adoption?

5. 2026 - 2027 26 - 27 Staff Handbook  and 2026 - 2027 Student Handbook -  Current policy  stipulates that they be provided; there is no language around approval. (p. 97)

6. 2026 - 2027  Student Culture Handbook 

• Status completion and rollout plans

7. Digital Citizen Policy based on initial work of the Digital Citizen Work Team - develop? 

8. Add the language in red to the Board Conduct policy?
 

9. Add a policy about Anti-Muslim Discrimination similar to the Antisemitism Policy?

• Current language around religious discrimination appears to protect all religions in the Missouri Student Religious Liberties Act Policy, p. 309