Urban Montessori Charter School

Minutes

RESCHEDULED Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting

This meeting was originally scheduled for April 12th, 2021

Date and Time

Monday April 19, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Location

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Members: Christina Greenberg (Chair), Greg Klein, Davis Leung

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Committee Members Present

C. Greenberg (remote), D. Leung (remote), G. Klein (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened

C. Greenberg

Guests Present

K. Feeney (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

D. Leung called a meeting of the Executive and Governance Committee of Urban Montessori Charter School to order on Monday Apr 19, 2021 at 3:08 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Approve Minutes from prior Executive & Governance Committee Meeting

D. Leung made a motion to approve the minutes from RESCHEDULED Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting on 03-12-21.
G. Klein seconded the motion.
no public comment.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
D. Leung
Aye
G. Klein
Aye
C. Greenberg
Absent

D.

Review of Action/Discussion Items

No changes needed.

E.

Presentations from the Floor

No public comment on non-agenda items.

II. Executive and Governance

A.

Updates on In-Person Learning

Final phase of in-person learning began today, with 100% of students who want that option now having access to in-person learning.

 

Arrival and Dismissal are still hard and take a lot of work, but will be able to eventually work out the quirks and hopefully transition some responsibilities away from Administrators.

 

To make this option work for the rest of the year, Daniel teaches two morning work periods per week.

 

More to share, and maybe some photos, for the full Board meeting. Distance learning remains an option at every level.

 

No public comment.

B.

Discuss Board Recruitment, including Board member renewal terms

Greg's current term is up at the end of June. Greg had two potential board member candidates politely decline, stating lack of time.

 

No public comment.
C. Greenberg arrived at 3:31 PM.

C.

Discuss Anti-Racist Board Practices

No new information for today.

 

No public comment.

D.

Discuss LCAP 2021-2024

Greg shared OUSD's draft LCAP goals with Krishna, helpful for scope and language ideas. LCAP must be approved in June, will lay out a few goals for UMCS to focus on for next school year. Reflection will be done for Thursday and bring draft goals to the May Board meeting.

 

No public comment.

E.

Charter Renewal Updates and Timeline

Krishna has a contract proposal from Edtec to support with renewal, and Krishna would like the Board to approve the proposal to support the Admin team that is stretched very thinly with all the work to support the return to in-person instruction.

 

No public comment.

III. Closed Session

A.

Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School

B.

Report out of Closed Session

No action taken.

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 4:04 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Klein
Documents used during the meeting
None