Butler Academy
Minutes
Governance Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday May 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Location
Governance committee meeting
Tuesday, May 7 · 6:00 – 7:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
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Committee Members Present
C. Forrest (remote), H. Hoilett-Frierson (remote), K. Flaherty (remote), M. Bunnell (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Governance
A.
Approve Minutes
B.
Succession planning
C.
Board Expansion
Will bring up to the board the single nominee for the appointed seat. Propose to amend the bylaws to limit seats to no more than 25% should be affiliated with the same institution. Also propose that each board member provide 2 names who may be a potential future board member.
Will ask board members to think about their intentions to serve another term or not after 2025 to aid the committee in planning and being purposeful on whom to approach for future board seats.
D.
Board handbook/manual
The first draft will be shared with the board at the May meeting.
E.
New policies
Legal gave their suggestions and corrections. M. Bunnell will get it into a document for board members to e-sign. Will also add to the board manual suggestions on monitoring and sanctioning.
F.
Improving board engagement
The committee suggested ways to extend opportunities to board members to participate in school activities. Plan to expand the board member responsibilities to include hours of volunteering or assign things for board members to research topics such as open law meetings or SC charter school law, or ways to support the after school program. C. Forrest suggested to collect birthdays and give holiday cards as examples from the board to school leadership.
Will discuss with the school president to work on emergency succession planning.