Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Executive & Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday August 15, 2023 at 2:00 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 & Annual Board Assessment
Krishna shared that staff spent time during summer PD on both Land Acknowledgement and Anti-Bias/Anti-Racist statements. Staff spent more time on the goal on related to academics, "We have clear, compelling, rigorous whole child growth data that demonstrates all students are thriving." The School Leadership Team -- recently reestablished!! -- can soon dig into updating and operationalizing the goals. Staff also revisited and made-meaning around the school's Core Values.
The committee discussed how to best use board meetings and potentially downsizing agendas to focus on fewer priorities.
No public comments on this item.
B.
Board Membership, Recruitment, and Training
Sarah shared that she is connecting Amy N. this week and then they can schedule with Krishna.
No public comments on this item.
C.
Head of School Evaluation Process
Krishna will bring updated reflections on the most recent evaluation to the next Executive Committee meeting, including a student outcome related goal.
No public comments on this item.
III. Updates on School Policies and Required Documents
A.
LCAP and Board Policy Review
The committee reviewed the UMCS Family Handbook, UMCS Employee Handbook
UMCS Plan for Safe Return to In-Person and Continuity of Services and will put on General Consent Report.
IV. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
At 2:51pm, the committee announced going into Closed Session on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School. There were no public comments on this item.
B.
Report out of Closed Session
At 2:59pm, the committee returned to open session. No actions taken.
No changes needed.