Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Executive & Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday September 18, 2023 at 1:30 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.
Board Structure Evolution & Long Term Goal Alignment
The committee discuss the processed for developing and monitoring school goals and the supporting structure to support those.
This process is discussed and example goals at a very general level are shared here https://effectiveschoolboards.com/resources/priority-examples/
Sarah shared about the importance of staying a compliant board and also moving towards ensuring the board is effective in supporting the school to fulfill its mission for students and high academic outcomes.
The committee discussed how we already have existing goals and language, such as Long Term Goals that have been workshopped with staff and shared with families; we have a written-down mission and values; staff have values for how they collaborate together; we also have LCAP goals. Sarah shared about the need to listen and reflect back what has been shared prior, and how we aren't seeking to necessarily create an entirely new direction for the school to aim toward. Sarah will decide how the Board might take its next step to do its own work talking about and aligning further on all the things the Board would want future graduating students to know and be able to do, and the Board will then need to augment that list as more people are engaged over time.
No public comments on this item.
B.
Board Membership, Recruitment, and Training
Sarah will follow up with Amy to schedule a meeting with Krishna.
No public comments on this item.
C.
Head of School Evaluation Process
In terms of the process, the committee shared publicly that they discuss in closed session with the Head of School about annual goals for the Head.
No public comments on this item.
III. Updates on School Policies and Required Documents
A.
LCAP and Board Policy Review
Greg shared that a midyear LCAP reflection will be required in early 2024.
No public comments on this item.
IV. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
At 2:11pm the committee went into closed session Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School. There were no public comments on this item.
B.
Report out of Closed Session
The committee returned 2:40pm. No actions were taken.
No changes to the agenda.