Veritas Preparatory Charter School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Friday July 27, 2018 at 8:15 AM

Location

Veritas Prep Charter School 1st Floor Conference Room or Dial-In Number: 866-848-2216, Conference Code: 7783935205, Leader Code: 2356

Trustees Present

A. Mendelson, D. Ford, D. Fuller, D. Janes, G. Moody, J. Crowell, L. Doherty, M. Landon, M. Sweet, R. Sela, T. Gabinetti, T. Moran

Trustees Absent

C. Alves

Guests Present

A. Martin

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

M. Sweet called a meeting of the board of trustees of Veritas Preparatory Charter School to order on Friday Jul 27, 2018 at 8:19 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

L. Doherty made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 06-29-18 Board Meeting on 06-29-18.
G. Moody seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Annual Meeting Items

With the term expiration of the following Trustees, the Governance Committee recommends that the members of the Board of Trustees reappoint Lisa Doherty, David Fuller and Greg Moody to a new three-year term to expire on June 30, 2021.  Mike Sweet made a motion to approve the three re-appointments, Denise Ford  seconded, followed by a unanimous vote by the remaining trustees. 

The Governance Committee recommends that the members of the Board of Trustees appoint the following slate of officers for a one-year term to expire at the conclusion of the School’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 and until their successors are chosen and qualified:

Chair – Michael Sweet
Vice Chair – Dale Janes
Treasurer – Lisa Doherty
Secretary – Rebecca Sela

Tom Moran made a motion to approve, Judy Crowell seconded, followed by a unanimous vote by the board.

The Governance Committee recommends that the members of the Board of Trustees reauthorize the following committees for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019:
            Academic Achievement
            Finance
            Governance

The Governance Committee recommends that the members of the Board of Trustees appoint the following members as committee chairs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019:

Lisa Doherty – Chair, Finance
David Fuller – Chair, Governance
Rebecca Sela – Chair, Academic Achievement

The Governance Committee recommends that the members of the Board of Trustees appoint the following members to the committees for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019:

Academic Achievement – Rebecca Sela (Chair), Gregory Moody, Dale Janes, Michael Sweet, Judi Crowell
Finance – Lisa Doherty (Chair), Anthony Gabinetti, Matthew Landon, Denise Ford,
Governance Committee – David Fuller (Chair), Charles Alves, Thomas Moran, Aaron Mendelson

Mike Sweet made a motion to approve the authorization of the committees, chairs of the committees and trustee appointments to committees, as recommended by the Governance Committee and Dale Janes seconded, followed by a unanimous vote by the remaining trustees.

The board discussed the possibility of shuffling committee members to broaden the expertise of the members of each, as has been done in the past.

At 8:32, David Fuller made a motion to close the annual meeting, seconded by Mike Sweet and followed by a unanimous vote by the boards. 

III. Finance

A.

June 2018 Financial Statements

Ms. Doherty provided a summary from the finance committee that Veritas will be ending the year with a small surplus, our financial position is strong. We will have some large development goals in the coming year to meet the matching funds from SGP. The HVAC project has commenced, the board discussed the cost and finance committee will report out at the next board meeting what the updated cost will be.

IV. Academic Achievement

A.

Update from committee meeting

Mr. Sweet reported out for Academic Achievement committee (as Ms. Sela was not able to attend the last committee meeting). The report included an update of when MCAS data will be available as well as when that data will be shared with the board. Additionally, Amy has assumed the position of Principal a of July 1 and has attended the last two AA committee meetings. As of July 12, the last offer was out for the Academic team, with the hope of finding one more Math/Sci teacher, but a contingency plan is in place if that is not possible.

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
R. Sela
M. Sweet made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
D. Fuller seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.