Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Monday May 15, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Location
4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Ring the front bell or call/text 510-290-4005 for entry. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Head of School's Office.
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Members: Sarah Morrill (Chair), Greg Klein
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Committee Members Present
G. Klein, S. Morrill
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
K. Feeney
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes from prior Executive & Governance Committee Meeting
No questions or public comments on this item.
D.
Review of Action/Discussion Items
E.
Presentations from the Floor
No public comments on items not on the agenda.
II. Executive and Governance
A.
Long Term Goals & Follow Up
Greg posted the shortened job description on LinkedIn and got one interested candidate so far. No other updates at this time.
No public comments on this item.
B.
Board Membership, Recruitment, and Training
No additional training updates at this time. Forms 700 were due by April 1st.
No public comments on this item.
C.
Head of School Evaluation Process
Staff who directly report to the Head of School, and board members are currently completing the Head of School evaluation survey in BoardOnTrack. Sarah will remind board members at the next meeting to complete.
No public comments on this item.
III. Updates on School Policies and Required Documents
A.
Board Governance Documents and School Calendar updates
The committee discussed Winter Break for SY 23-24 and the hope to align to OUSD when it finalizes its calendar. Currently showing minimum day on December 22, then off the next two weeks, and students returning on Tuesday January 9, 2024.
Krishna recommended annual approval of Uniform Complaint Policy and the Public Records Act Policy.
No public comments on this item.
IV. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
At 1:49pm, Sarah announced that the committee would go into closed session on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School. There no public comments on this item.
B.
Report out of Closed Session
The committee returned to open session at 2:13pm. No actions were taken.
No changes.