Urban Montessori Charter School

Minutes

Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting

Date and Time

Monday February 14, 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

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

Committee Members Absent

None

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 Monday Feb 14, 2022 at 1:17 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 01-18-22.
G. Klein seconded the motion.

No questions, discussion, or public comment on this item.

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 items not on the agenda.

II. Executive and Governance

A.

2021-2022 Head of School Evaluation Process

Committee held a staff listening session in the fall, has a spring session calendared, and is reviewing anonymous google form survey data. The form can stay available for staff to use whenever they need to. Also, Krishna has started working on her self evaluation survey.

 

No other discussion or public comment.

B.

Board Membership and Recruitment

Greg shared about Donald Williams candidacy, lawyer and parent at the school.

 

No public comment on this item.

III. Updates on School Policies and Required Documents

A.

Discuss updates to school policies

Greg shared the annual update template that has been completed with draft responses from Krishna and her team. Available for public comment. Final update will be brought by Krishna to the February board meeting.

 

No other discussion or public comment.

B.

Discuss Supplement to the Annual Update to the 2021–22 Local Control and Accountability Plan

Greg shared the annual update template that has been completed with draft responses from Krishna and her team. Available for public comment. Final update will be brought by Krishna to the February board meeting.

 

No other discussion or public comment.

IV. Closed Session

A.

Closed Session Items

The committee went into Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School at 1:30pm, there was no public comment on this item.

B.

Report out of Closed Session

The committee returned to open session at 1:54pm. No actions 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 1:55 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Klein
Documents used during the meeting
  • Donald R Williams Jr CV.pdf