Veritas Preparatory Charter School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday December 7, 2017 at 8:15 AM
Location
Veritas Prep Charter School 1st Floor Conference Room or Dial-In Number: 866-848-2216, Conference Code: 7783935205
Committee Members Present
D. Fuller, R. Romano, T. Moran
Committee Members Absent
C. Alves
Guests Present
A. Mendelson, R. Kaplan
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
D. Fuller called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Veritas Preparatory Charter School to order on Thursday Dec 7, 2017 at 8:24 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes
T. Moran made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 11-02-17 Governance Committee Meeting on 11-02-17.
D. Fuller seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Governance
A.
Review FY 18 Goals
B.
Governance Practices - Goal #1
Tom led the discussion about the governance practices.
Provided a hand out of draft outline governance committee goals
Discussion of DESE guidelines for governance committee
Rachel provided feedback about DESE evaluation criteria
Tom broke down the criteria questions from DESE and discussed each item with the committee
Board on Track is a national resource for charter school governance that can be used as a model but Massachusetts sets a higer bar and we should use the governance criteria to set goals and ensure we are meeting or exceeding all indicators.
We should identify highest performing boards in Mass. to observe and connect from as we develop a vision for our governance that will move us forward on the board on track maturity model and ensure we are aiming to exceed expectations on the DESE governance criteria.
Rachel suggested also learning from schools that have grown into networks as we may start a second school. Looking at Phoenix, Excel Academy, Brooke as potential board's to learn from about growth and how governance has evolved.
Agenda Outline for next meeting:
1. DRAFT of Survey and get feedback
2. Board on Track Maturity Model
3. Strategic Planning
3. Phoenix and other school BMPs status (Bios of Boards, meeting attendance, etc)
Provided a hand out of draft outline governance committee goals
Discussion of DESE guidelines for governance committee
Rachel provided feedback about DESE evaluation criteria
Tom broke down the criteria questions from DESE and discussed each item with the committee
Board on Track is a national resource for charter school governance that can be used as a model but Massachusetts sets a higer bar and we should use the governance criteria to set goals and ensure we are meeting or exceeding all indicators.
We should identify highest performing boards in Mass. to observe and connect from as we develop a vision for our governance that will move us forward on the board on track maturity model and ensure we are aiming to exceed expectations on the DESE governance criteria.
Rachel suggested also learning from schools that have grown into networks as we may start a second school. Looking at Phoenix, Excel Academy, Brooke as potential board's to learn from about growth and how governance has evolved.
Agenda Outline for next meeting:
1. DRAFT of Survey and get feedback
2. Board on Track Maturity Model
3. Strategic Planning
3. Phoenix and other school BMPs status (Bios of Boards, meeting attendance, etc)
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
T. Moran made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
D. Fuller seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
R. Kaplan
Reviewed the goals from the handout provided by Rachel.