Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday May 23, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Location
Zoom: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/94206079810?pwd=OU4xS1BLQUI0cllqUkk5dGJkQWpZUT09
Committee Members Present
Azizah Yasin (remote), EJ Lafleur (remote), LATRINA DENSON (remote), Shino Pichette (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Vanessa Ford
Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened
LATRINA DENSON
Guests Present
Brent Nielsen (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Read Mission Statement
D.
Approve Apr 26 Gov Mtg Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Shino Pichette |
Aye
|
| LATRINA DENSON |
Aye
|
| EJ Lafleur |
Aye
|
| Vanessa Ford |
Absent
|
| Azizah Yasin |
Aye
|
II. Governance
A.
Discussion: Slate of Officers for 2023-24
What is the most important when considering officers? Year long continuity or getting in "new blood" to become more engaged?
The Clerk is a very important role. We got noted by DESE to be more mindful of this area in the past.
The Vice Chair was added to the PVPA ByLaws recently. So, it's not a legally required role besides our bylaws.
Slate we plan to put forward -
Chair: David
Vice Chair: Latrina
Clerk: Shino
Treasurer: Neil
Shadow Officer: Azizah
B.
ByLaw Updates Discussion
Timeline discussed.
C.
Review of new policies presented by Head of School
No policy from Brent this year. Brent plans to bring the new accountability plan to the full board at the next meeting that has provisional approval. The board will be asked to approve it, and then it is submitted to the commissioner, who then recommends it to DESE formally. This means that the annual report due August 1 will be according to that accountability plan, rather than the outdated one.
It's not just a policy, which is why Brent isn't bringing it to the Gov Committee mtg, but just straight to the full board.
Some changes:
We will no longer include standard based grading... we won't be getting rid of that in practice, but it's not linked to our mission. This plan will include multiple learning styles goals. Most of this accountability plan links back to our original charter application and mission. This will also focus more on putting PVPA out into the community.
III. Other Business
A.
Confirm Monthly Meeting Time
We won't plan to meet over the summer (like the full board).
EJ read it.