1. Discussion and Review of Board of Trustees Roles

• Discussion and review of inclusion of Board’s responsibilities and roles as found in the MCCPS By-Laws; 
• Discussion and review of what “governance” means; revision of Board of Trustees’ Responsibilities to include details as to what the Board is and is not responsible for. 
• Discussion pended in order to get best practices and examples from Mass Charter School Association

2. Discussion and review of Attendance Policy

• Unexecused and Excused are separate categories; discussed need to keep that as is
• Agreed that Board Attendance Policy should be clearly defined in this handbook but committee attendance policy could be determined by each committee chair. 

3. Steps for Next Meeting

• Each Committee Member will come prepared with proposed edits to review section in a more efficient manner
• Next meeting will be on 3/12 at  7PM; discussion to  start with section on Board Procedures.