Rachel talked about status of HPS conversations and timeline for contract renewal. Meetings are scheduled in November for an annual evaluation of VPH. There is no MCAS data available for last year so not all metrics are able to be reported on, insufficient data makes it a challenge to evaluate the school in its second year of operation. January is the timeline and we will need to keep updating the board along the way. Tom suggested showing the board some models of VPCS without VPH so trustees know what to expect if negotiations do not go well. 

The committee discussed goal number 2 and the maturity plan for the board. Tom described a process through which we would have a framework that can lead us to developing a maturity plan for the board. The governance committee would take the lead on this process and provide the trustees with a history of VPCS governance. Then articulate an aspirational vision then lay in steps to get there. Governance could draft this and then present it to the board as a draft. It is like writing our story backwards and memorialize it in a plan. 

Tom will lead us at the next meeting in this process.