Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Monday October 18, 2021 at 1:15 PM
Location
The committee will meet at school 4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94611
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Members: Christina Greenberg (Chair), Greg Klein, Davis Leung
Urban Montessori Charter School welcomes your participation at Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of the organization in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our school and assists the Board in making the best decisions for our school. To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, guidelines are provided at the bottom of this agenda. All materials for all board and committee meetings, including audio recordings of Regular Board Meetings, are available via on our BoardOnTrack public portal and is also accessible via the UMCS School Calendar.
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Members: Christina Greenberg (Chair), Greg Klein, Davis Leung
Urban Montessori Charter School welcomes your participation at Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of the organization in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our school and assists the Board in making the best decisions for our school. To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, guidelines are provided at the bottom of this agenda. All materials for all board and committee meetings, including audio recordings of Regular Board Meetings, are available via on our BoardOnTrack public portal and is also accessible via the UMCS School Calendar.
Committee Members Present
C. Greenberg, D. Leung (remote), G. Klein
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
K. Feeney
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
C. Greenberg called a meeting of the Executive and Governance Committee of Urban Montessori Charter School to order on Monday Oct 18, 2021 at 1:18 PM.
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes from prior Executive & Governance Committee Meeting
D. Leung made a motion to approve the minutes from Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting on 09-13-21.
C. Greenberg seconded the motion.
No questions or public comment.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| G. Klein |
Aye
|
| C. Greenberg |
Aye
|
| D. Leung |
Aye
|
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.
Discussion of COVID Vaccine Requirement
Greg shared that since our discussion last month, the Governor announced new vaccine requirements for students and staff with rolling deadlines. Krishna will follow up with CharterSafe (insurance) on exact implementation timelines for students and staff.
No other questions or public comments.
B.
2021-2022 Head of School Evaluation Process
Greg hosted a listening session for staff at the end of September. Committee will host another at the end of March. In addition to the BoardOnTrack survey that Board, HoS, and direct reports complete, the Committee will offer feedback questions for staff to respond to via a brief form, with some time made available at the January non-student day for them to complete if they prefer.
No other questions or public comments.
C.
Board Membership and Recruitment
Greg shared about the board candidacy of Sarah Morrill, former Oakland school site leader. Sarah's resume is part of the agenda of this meeting. She joined some recent meetings as a member of the public and had a 1:1 with Krishna. The committee discussed nominating Sarah for a two-year term.
No other questions or public comments.
D.
Review of COVID-19 Safety Plan
The committee reviewed the existing plan. Since the last approval, there haven't been any major new changes in the health guidance. Staff have clarified some of the language in the plan, but not substantive changes.
No other questions or public comments.
E.
ACOE UMCS MOU [update]
ACOE Board recently approved a two-year extension of our MOU to match the state's extension of our charter for two more years. No changes were made to the content of the MOU. Recommended that our Board also approve the same MOU at the next Board meeting.
No other questions or public comment.
III. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
The board went into closed session at 1:47pm on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School.
No questions or public comments prior to the committee going into closed session.
B.
Report out of Closed Session
The board returned to open session at 1:59.
No action was 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 2:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. Klein
Documents used during the meeting
- 21-2181 Oakland Unified School District - Student Vaccination Requirement - Board of Education (9222021).pdf
- Morrill_Resume.pdf
- Urban Montessori Amendment to Operational MOU Reflecting AB-SB 130.pdf