Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School
Minutes
Board of Trustee Meeting November 2024
Date and Time
Tuesday November 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Location
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts or via zoom
Trustees Present
Grace Bannasch (remote), Kiara Badillo (remote), LATRINA DENSON, Neil Hede (remote), Tim Cable (remote), Vanessa Ford (remote)
Trustees Absent
Azizah Yasin, Craig Santos, David Cavallin, Sasha Viands
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Read the Mission Statement
D.
Approve Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| LATRINA DENSON |
Aye
|
| Kiara Badillo |
Aye
|
| Azizah Yasin |
Absent
|
| Tim Cable |
Aye
|
| David Cavallin |
Absent
|
| Sasha Viands |
Absent
|
| Neil Hede |
Aye
|
| Vanessa Ford |
Aye
|
| Craig Santos |
Absent
|
| Grace Bannasch |
Aye
|
II. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Report
Head of School Brent gave an update that feedback is being collected through Dec 13th regarding the amendment to shrink the size of the district region to be able to provide busing to students and access state reimbursement.
Students represented with excellence for the Holyoke District Court Community event
Half Day PD Day was focused on school culture.
Each grade level will be represented by a new
Pop R&B group performed in Vermont and was a great success
On Nov 22nd & 23rd 120 are preparing to perform!
Supplemental lottery is open.
Last Spring's MCAS report reflects current law and performance will still be used to show the state.
III. Administrator Presentation on PVPA Curriculum and Attendance
A.
Allyson Miller: Director of Curriculum Instruction Updates
Allyson shared results of how PVPA compared with the state and reviewed shifts and trends.
Math scores are being monitored and scores have been more inconsistent with past years. Students will be receiving more support from math intervention teachers.
Overall we will still need to perform well on MCAS and encourage continued good participation and scores for the benefit of the students and our DESE requirement & reporting.
B.
Brent Nieslen, Head of School
Continuing the message to students and families that MCAS is still required and important but not required for graduation.
IV. Board Committee Reports
A.
Finance Committee
Marcy reported that the tuition levels of all 400 students was reviewed and how PVPA is impacted post covid funding
Finance team will be reviewing the Q2 as soon as DESE releases.
Overall trends are on budget as expected
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| David Cavallin |
Absent
|
| Azizah Yasin |
Absent
|
| Craig Santos |
Absent
|
| Neil Hede |
Aye
|
| Kiara Badillo |
Aye
|
| Vanessa Ford |
Aye
|
| LATRINA DENSON |
Aye
|
| Sasha Viands |
Absent
|
| Tim Cable |
Aye
|
| Grace Bannasch |
Aye
|
B.
Governance Committee
Latrina reported that Azizah and she met re: Our agreed upon group norms and how we can maintain this as a living breathing document for us to follow.
See attached Norms
C.
Head of School Support & Evaluation Committee
D.
Trustees HoS Feedback
V. Internal Stakeholders
A.
Staff Reports
Tim reported that the music dept will be going on tour, Constellations show will be Friday Nov. 22nd & Saturday Nov. 23rd at 7pm
Tim reported the students understanding of the MCAS changes and that they comprehend the need to keep taking it.
Culture PD resulted in outreach to 107 parents to share success and good stuff about their students.
B.
Student Reports
VI. President's Business
A.
Board On Track Training
Latrina stated that she is in the process of scheduling Trustee member board on track training.
We want to engage with our external stakeholders. There is an upcoming virtual training on November 19th from 2-3pm
Latrina will be aiming to build capacity of our board through various ways of engagement.
Tim Cable read the mission