The committee debriefed the discussion at the board of trustees meeting when Rachel gave an overview of the survey conducted by EBP; responses (9) submitted and Gov. Committee consideration. Rachel shared that Gov. Comm. decided to focus on 8 items where there was disagreement or respondents lacked information:

1. We then went through the 8 questions seriatim (I think you have these but here’s what I have):
   1. P. 15-dashboard review
   2. Bd. Knows who an interim leader would be
   3. Bd. Annual self assessment
   4. Last 12 months Bd. And school leader discussed management/governance
   5. Bd steps back from decisions
   6. Bd engages with community/families re bid decisions
   7. Discussions over impact of school policy negatively affecting some students
   8. Familiarity with legislators and have met with them.
2. After a brief discussion:
   1. Matt said we should focus on ## 1, 6 and 7 (Denise and Aaron agreed)
   2. Xiomara and Matt-also focus on #8
3. Gov. Comm. Will consider this discussion and input

Rachel suggested that school leaders do conduct regular surveys of stakeholders and she. needs to do a better job os sharing these results with the board. Tom shared that the way he is thinking about needs of the student and parent bodies and trends about those needs now and in the future, how we as leaders and the board need to know that we are keeping up to date and thinking about the future, keeping finger on the pulse, being informed by stakeholders and the wider world. Tom described this as less of a report card and more abut how school leadership is shaping future plans. The school is doing this, the high school design process is our best recent example and we should codify and make transparent all the other ways we include stakeholders in decision making.

Board discussions over the impact of school policy disproportionately having a negative impact on some students and/or positively impacting others. The school's anti racism change team developed a set of standards through which the school can interrogate policies and practices to ensure they are antiracist. The board knows there is good work in progress and Rachel will provide updates to the board to better position them to ask these kinds of questions.

Trustees also lifted up the question around advocacy and building relationships with legislators. Tom suggested we should develop a strategy for this and Rachel talked about the MCPSA strategy and the possibility of meeting with the team there to better understand how we may support their advocacy work.

The committee discussed trustees whose terms are ending and David agreed to call them to discuss their plans and intentions. Tom suggested we ask those trustees if they are interested in serving on a committee as an ex-officio member of the board.