Veritas Preparatory Charter School

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday July 15, 2021 at 11:00 AM

Committee Members Present

A. Mendelson (remote), D. Fuller (remote), R. Romano (remote), T. Moran (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

R. Romano called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Veritas Preparatory Charter School to order on Thursday Jul 15, 2021 at 11:00 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

D. Fuller made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 06-17-21.
A. Mendelson seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
T. Moran
Aye
A. Mendelson
Aye
D. Fuller
Aye
R. Romano
Aye

II. Governance

A.

FY21 Goals - progress update

Continued from last meeting, governance committee discussed the third and fourth goals. We accomplished the tasks related to creating a board onboarding process but want to keep working on it. We want to expand our impact and be able to support other public schools, charter and district, in our region when possible and needed. We do this through dissemination, partnership with HPS, expansion through high school. We wish to remain open to future possibilities. The work/oversight  around accelerated learning is happening in academic and finance committee and the development and oversight of the high school feels like the top priority for governance committee. The committee discussed potential FY22 goals:
FY22 Draft Goals:
1. Onboarding template for new trustee which is presented by E.D. and/or Chair
  • Link or direct to documents in Board on Track – order of priority with timeline
  • Chair or staff leader meets with new committee members to orient, share goals, etc.
  • Committee Chair serves as mentor
2. Governance implications of opening our high school
  • Ask Rebecca Sela to lead discussion around accountability in high school
  • Recruit with an eye toward high school and diversity, one from Design Team and one from either HS, college or career space (dependent on design and capacity needed)
  • Advisory Board with local employers in STEM and Health/Sci (dependent on HS design)
  • Tom: Systems, Data, security are where the paying jobs are now – Heidi Ellis, Prf Comp Sci and Info Tech at WNEU - Tom will introduce Rachel
3. Maturity Model - brings some of the above together 

Committee members will contemplate and finalize next month. 

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

D. Fuller made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
A. Mendelson seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
D. Fuller
Aye
A. Mendelson
Aye
T. Moran
Aye
R. Romano
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 11:45 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
R. Romano