Dr. Cohen shared his insights from the previous board meeting and provided information regarding how the school is being marketed.  Based on the mass mailing performed by an outside vendor, the school has seen a significant increase in applications over the previous year.
And he explained that if and when MCCPS is approved by DESE for the 'redistricting' proposed, enrollment could increase to the full 230 students for SY' 2021-2022.

Peter also provided a quick recap of the Teaching Force presentation from TJ to the board

Lastly, Peter updated the group on the status of the facilities task force.

Jessica Gelb was introduced to the committee as a prospective board member candidate.  Her resume was previously distributed, and the group posed several questions about her various roles and experiences.  Some committee members explained what the expected responsibilities are with being a board member, and how the overall duties are for what's best for the school.  The separation between being a parent and being a board member were highlighted.
Jessica fielded all of the questions and provided detail and support to her opinions and responses.

After the vote, the group continued the discussion regarding the composition memo.  Additional discussion on the prospective processes and procedures will continue on to future meetings.

The review of the Charter document was considered and discussed.  Cindy suggested that we should break down the document into sections to be reviewed more closely in detail.
Additionally it was noted that board training should broken down into more manageable chunks.

The group will look to see if anyone has soft copies of any of the training materials.

At the next meeting one of the sections should be dedicated to the filing requirements from a state level for all board members.

Next meeting is tentatively planned for March 9th - 7 PM
 

Once obtained, the board training materials should be sent out to the committee.

There were no further matters to discuss.