STEM School Highlands Ranch
Minutes
Annual Board Training
Date and Time
Friday June 9, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Location
8920 Barrons Blvd.
P-Tech Mechatronics Room
Highland Ranch, CO 80129
Directors Present
C. Gustafson, E. Quigley, I. Kalra, K. Reyna, L. Davison, M. Horne, R. Lukez, R. Theret
Directors Absent
None
Ex Officio Members Present
K. Johnson
Non Voting Members Present
K. Johnson
Guests Present
Greg Shick, Matt Cartier
I. Opening Items
A.
Welcome and Director's Oath
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Board Training
A.
Bylaws, Conflict of Interest, Oath - 8:30
B.
Governance, Roles and Responsibilities - 9:00
Gina Fafard (Board on Track) 9:07am-10:59am
What is a charter school board?
Relationships with authorizer (DCSD)
Primary roles of BOD
Annual Development Cycle (assess, align, accelerate, recalibrate)
Applying concepts? BOD assessment
Leadership transition?
Clear expectation
Sessions for CIO regarding BOD
Action plans
Succession
Support
Governance vs Management?
BOD governs/CIO manages
What vs How
Roles of CIO
Shared roles
CIO support and evaluation (committee)
Goal setting, feedback, adjustments, celebrate successes
What does success look like?
Ish: book series
All: celebrating successes
C.
Break and Lunch - 11:00
Rudy needed to leave at 11:08am
D.
Legal Overview - 11:30
Barry Arrington, Legal, 11:33am-12:45pm
History and introductions
Open Meetings Law overview
Quorum is 5/9 (notice mandatory), but open meetings applies for 3/9 (open but not noted)
Executive sessions rules
CORA
Texts, emails, etc (even personal accounts)
Linda needed to leave at 12:01pm.
Ish had to leave at 12:45pm.
E.
Nondiscrimination Training for Charter School Boards - 12:00
Watch at home (ran out of time in meeting) and verify with BOD president.
III. Closing Items
A.
Closeout and Next Steps - 12:30
To do:
Complete Board Assessment
Finalize policy updates
Contract renewal
Carla discussed: (8:30am-8:54am)
-Agenda
-Policy (BOD training)
Governance (KOSON and STEM)
Communication
Conduct (Conflict of Interest)
Relationships
-Overview/Bylaws
Charter renewal
Board Oversight
Compliance with all applicable entities
School policy (when diff from DCSD)
Mission/Vision
School leader (ONE employee)
Members:
3 Class A, Parents, 3yr term voted by parents
6 Class B, Community Members, 3yr term appointed by BOD
New this year:
Director Oath
Completed with Notary before start of training