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Urban Montessori Charter School

Minutes

Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday January 18, 2022 at 1:15 PM

Location

4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Sun Room.


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

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Committee Members Present

D. Leung (remote), G. Klein

Committee Members Absent

C. Greenberg

Guests Present

K. Feeney

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

G. Klein called a meeting of the Executive and Governance Committee of Urban Montessori Charter School to order on Tuesday Jan 18, 2022 at 1:15 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 11-15-21.
G. Klein seconded the motion.
No discussion, questions, or public comment.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
G. Klein
Aye
D. Leung
Aye
C. Greenberg
Absent

D.

Review of Action/Discussion Items

No changes needed.

E.

Presentations from the Floor

Greg commented that the work is on track to submit a material revision to our charter to update our enrollment modeling for this year and the next two years. Likely will call a special meeting in mid February for the Board's approval.

II. Executive and Governance

A.

Discussion of COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement

Krishna shared OUSD is considering pushing back their enforcement until this coming summer. UMCS is supporting the final (fewer than ten) students to comply with the mandate one way or another.

 

Greg asked about any changes for adults / employees. Krishna shared no updates at this time.

 

No other discussion or public comments.

B.

2021-2022 Head of School Evaluation Process

Krishna shared that an upcoming Wednesday afterschool PD meeting, the google form survey for HoS feedback can be shared with staff.

 

Krishna will begin her BoardOnTrack self-evaluation survey in February.

 

Next listening session with Exec Committee is in March.

 

No other discussion or public comments.

C.

Board Membership and Recruitment

Greg shared that he has reached out to a new parent and prospective board member.

 

Greg shared that the 2021-2022 Board Assessment will open up next in February for Board members to assess our work as a board.

 

No other discussion or public comments.

III. Updates on School Policies

A.

Discuss updates to school policies

Greg shared updates to the policy regarding access rapid tests.

 

Krishna shared about including information about the rapid tests via the USPS.

 

No other discussion or public comments.

IV. Closed Session

A.

Closed Session Items

At 1:39pm, Greg announced that the committee would go into closed session on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School.

B.

Report out of Closed Session

At 1:51pm, the committee returned to open session. Greg shared that no actions were taken.

V. 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 1:51 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Klein
Documents used during the meeting
None
THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.

REASONABLE LIMITATIONS MAY BE PLACED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY The Governing Board’s presiding officer reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony to ensure that the agenda is completed.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS MAY BE MADE Notice is hereby given that, consistent with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, special presentations not mentioned in the agenda may be made at this meeting. However, any such presentation will be for information only.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information concerning this agenda or for materials relating to this meeting, please contact UMCS at 4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619 or board@urbanmontessori.org. All materials are available via the Governance Section of our website: http://www.urbanmontessori.org/governance or directly via our BoardOnTrack public portal.