Butler Academy
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
Governance Committee
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 · 2:00 – 3:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
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Committee Members Present
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
C.
Approve minutes
II. Governance
A.
Discuss election cycle
B.
Board Expansion
Continue to invite nominations for potential future board members or even committee members. Currently needing an individual with finance background which is a potential gap in nominees that is vital to the board composition.
C.
Succession planning
Ideally should elect officers before the next election cycle, but if there are vacant officer seats, the new board will be filled by the Board of Trustees according to the By-Laws.
Will start to organize the board drive better for incoming board members.
III. Charter Amendements
A.
Charter amendments
Will send the charter out to current board members to familiarize themselves with the charter and see if there are any amendments that might be necessary.
IV. Federal Compliance
A.
Executive orders and federal compliance
Updated that changes to the school website have been made per directives from the district in order to comply with federal orders.
V. Other Business
A.
Other business
It was suggested that the scholar experience committee be asked to help review the school's Title IV policy.
Will encourage development committee to meet and ask A. Morris to head the committee with her development expertise, would be a valuable resource.
Executive committee will meet soon to continue conversations on a multi-year contract with the school leader.
Committee went over current list of potential board members and would make recommendations at the next board meeting as to whom to offer an appointed seat vs elected seat. Will continue to reach out to individuals with skills set the board seeks.
Call for nominations opens at the end of April 2025.