Final

Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School

Board of Trustee Meeting June 2025

Published on June 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM EDT

Date and Time

Tuesday June 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   LATRINA DENSON 1 m
  B. Record Attendance   Vanessa Ford 1 m
  C. Read the Mission Statement   A member of the Board 1 m
   

PVPA offers its students intensive exposure to the performing arts

 within the context of an excellent college preparatory curriculum.

  
  D. D. Approve Minutes May 13, 2025 Approve Minutes Vanessa Ford 2 m
II. Public Comments 6:05 PM
 

Public comments are 15 minutes only. If the allotted time is not enough for your comment, we encourage all (students, families, employees, community members)  to send the board additional comments in writing. 

Please remember that the board values everyones opinions, thoughts, and concerns. Yet, will not be able to respond during public comments. 

Thank you for your commitment to the PVPA community.

 

  
  A. Public Comment 15 m
III. Internal Stakeholders 6:20 PM
  A. Staff Report Discuss 5 m
  B. Student Reports Discuss 10 m
IV. Head of School Report 6:35 PM
  A. General Report and Updates Discuss Brent Nielsen 20 m
   
  • Student Schedule
  • Supplemental Lottery
  • Update on School Culture
  • Fundraising 
  
V. President's Report 6:55 PM
  A. President's Report Discuss LATRINA DENSON 10 m
   
  • Autonomy Resilience
  • Head of School Contract next steps
  • OML clarification: There is no violation of OML executive session because the Board was meeting related to Brent Nielson's contract in executive session, which is not about performance
  • Friends of PVPA letter.
  
VI. Governance Committee 7:05 PM
  A. Retreat Day 2025 Discuss Azizah Yasin 5 m
  B. Renewal of current board members Vote Azizah Yasin 15 m
VII. Additional Board Committees 7:25 PM
  A. Head of School Evaluation and Support Committee Vote LATRINA DENSON 30 m
   

Review of the Evaluation summary.

Discussion and revision of the Head Of School memo.

  
  B. Finance Committee Vote Sasha Viands 30 m
   

Budget FY 26

  
  C. Friends of PVPA Liaison Report Discuss Kiara Badillo 5 m
VIII. Closing Items 8:30 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Vanessa Ford 1 m