Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Executive & Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday September 10, 2024 at 3:15 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: Amy Ng (Chair), Greg Klein; Committee Alternate: Sarah Morrill
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Committee Members Present
A. Ng, G. Klein
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
D. Bissonnette
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Review of Action/Discussion Items
D.
Presentations from the Floor
No public comments on items not on the agenda.
E.
Approve Minutes from prior Executive & Governance Committee Meeting
No questions or discussion.
II. Executive and Governance
A.
Effective School Boards Framework Implementation
The committee discussed about how to get started implementing the Framework, including reviewing the Framework document, discussing draft goals, and discussing interim goals, and how they're constructed and around what measures. Next step is for Daniel to draft interim goals aligned to each draft goal.
No public comments on this item.
B.
Board Membership, Recruitment, and Training
The chair tabled this item.
C.
Head of School Evaluation Process
III. Updates on School Policies and Required Documents
A.
Review of Board Policies
The chair tabled this item.
B.
Review Charter petition
The committee discussed Daniel finalizing the charter and pinging board members as sections are ready for further review. Plan is for the board to vote at the upcoming Regular meeting.
No public comments on this action.
IV. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
The chair tabled this item.
B.
Report out of Closed Session
The committee did not go into closed session.
No changes needed.