STEM School Highlands Ranch

Minutes

Board of Directors Meeting

Working Session

Date and Time

Wednesday August 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM

Location

8920 Barrons Blvd

P-TECH Room 112

Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

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Directors Present

A. Campbell (remote), C. Gustafson, C. Wroblewski, E. Quigley, G. Kuppuswamy, G. Wing, I. Kalra, R. Alleman, R. Asberry

Directors Absent

C. West, D. Lomelino

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

R. Asberry

Guests Present

Dakotah Mann, Joel Pehrson (remote), M. Cartier

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Gustafson called a meeting of the board of directors of STEM School Highlands Ranch to order on Wednesday Aug 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM.
R. Asberry arrived at 6:53 PM.

II. 2026-27 School Year Prep

A.

Committees and Annual Calendar

Summary of annual board calendar and committee role/purpose

Standing committees: 

Academic; (Adelita + Ganesh)

CEO Support/Evaluation; (Carla + Erin)

Finance; (Darrell + Gina)

Governance; (Carla + Ronalea)

Legal (ad hoc) (Carla + Corey)

Proposed additional committees: 

Strategic Plan/Growth; (Corey + Ish)

Facility/Security; (AJ + Collin)

Community Engagement; Outreach/Networking (task force TBD)

SAC Liaison (all board members take turns to attend SAC meetings)

PTC Liaison?

 

Discussion around community engagement ---> renamed to Outreach/Networking (perhaps a task force instead of committee); SAC liaison (all board members take turns); PTC liaison?

Discussion on future growth and governance 

B.

Strategic Planning Discussion

Presentation by Matt Cartier on summarizing systems and 2026-2027 goals

Updates on current projects

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

Next board meeting 8/18 @ 5:30pm

 

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:09 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
I. Kalra
Documents used during the meeting
None