MCCPS Board of Trustees
Minutes
Monthly Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday June 29, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Location
MCCPS
17 Lime St
Marblehead, Ma 01945
17 Lime St
Marblehead, Ma 01945
Trustees Present
Artie Sullivan, James Rogers, Jessica Gelb, NDack Toure (remote), Paul Baker, Peter Cheney (remote), Peter Cohen, Richard Doron, Rodolphe Herve
Trustees Absent
Ian Hunt, Jessica Xiarhos, Karl Smith, William Rockwell
Guests Present
Andrea Barlow, Carol McEnaney, John DiPianno, Katie Sullivan, Nick Santoro
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Artie Sullivan called a meeting of the board of trustees of MCCPS Board of Trustees to order on Tuesday Jun 29, 2021 at 7:08 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes
Richard Doron made a motion to approve the minutes from Monthly Board Meeting on 05-25-21.
Paul Baker seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Paul Baker |
Aye
|
| Jessica Xiarhos |
Absent
|
| Ian Hunt |
Absent
|
| NDack Toure |
Absent
|
| Rodolphe Herve |
Aye
|
| Artie Sullivan |
Aye
|
| Richard Doron |
Aye
|
| Peter Cheney |
Aye
|
| Karl Smith |
Absent
|
| Peter Cohen |
Aye
|
| William Rockwell |
Absent
|
| James Rogers |
Aye
|
| Jessica Gelb |
Aye
|
D.
Approve Minutes from 6-12-21 Retreat
Richard Doron made a motion to approve the minutes from 6/12/21 Board Retreat Annual Board Retreat on 06-12-21.
Paul Baker seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Ian Hunt |
Absent
|
| Jessica Xiarhos |
Absent
|
| Peter Cohen |
Aye
|
| NDack Toure |
Absent
|
| Artie Sullivan |
Aye
|
| Peter Cheney |
Aye
|
| Paul Baker |
Aye
|
| Rodolphe Herve |
Aye
|
| James Rogers |
Aye
|
| Richard Doron |
Aye
|
| Jessica Gelb |
Aye
|
| Karl Smith |
Absent
|
| William Rockwell |
Absent
|
II. Public Comment
A.
Public Comment
Artie Sullivan presented the 4th Annual Navigator Award to Katie Sullivan. A former and much valued faculty member, parent, Board member and current personnel committee member.
III. Review of Previous Meeting Action Items
A.
Review of Previous Meeting Action Items
Added 3 new board members.. Jessica, Ndack and Will. Also have 2 potential members interested in joining.
IV. Board Annual Items
A.
Upcoming Meeting Agenda Items
Update Annual Report by July 31st.
Board Annual Goals.
HoS Annual goals.
Board Annual Goals.
HoS Annual goals.
B.
Board Goals for SY 2020-2021
Attained majority of goals..
Board growth achieved...
Facilities task force/Communication/Development/ Personnel/Governance committees need members badly.
Board growth achieved...
Facilities task force/Communication/Development/ Personnel/Governance committees need members badly.
V. HOS Report
A.
Monthly Report
Peter presented his report:
Exhibition was back and in person/hybrid..previous feedback had intimated that too loud, chaotic, frenzied and rushed.
Graduation was a success and held in the gym...24 graduates.
Cookies, photographs, music for all.
Great 8th grader speech. Lienore.??
Ice cream truck/staff /8th grade kick ball during final week.
Thanked all staff and faculty for their work throughout the year.
Jessica asked if 8th grader grad speech can be shared.
Wait list still for all grades.. "should" be fully enrolled come September.
Staffing...School Phsycologist Melissa...4th grade..Jenna. 5th grade ..Mary Buckey..Eileen Barrett.
PE..Tyler K., Emily Miner...Front Office.
Interviewing for English learner..Peter Michaud leaving. Strong candidates.
New leavers.....
Tal Most....4th grade inclusion..closer to home.
Destiny Andrews.. 6th grade inclusion... relocating to South Shore.
Jess Nagler Roy....returning to be a home-maker.
Retention issues... why? salary? Health benefits are pretty decent.
Rekindle the passion of the team (from inception) towards making staff WANT to stay.
Trying to "equalize" the pay scale.
Rudi----any leaving because of "BURN OUT."
Andrea/Matt/Peter..PD planning/Executive functioning/Co -teaching/ Criteria for excellence from Academic committee.
School Calendar....historically "slightly longer" ..why? Shall we change it..
Juneteenth (19th) now a National Holiday.
June 18th to become the last day of school.
Maybe revisit yearly??
Jess revisited salary scale... Peter has addressed as best as possible within the constraints.
NOTE Ndack joined the meeting at 7:45 pm
Exhibition was back and in person/hybrid..previous feedback had intimated that too loud, chaotic, frenzied and rushed.
Graduation was a success and held in the gym...24 graduates.
Cookies, photographs, music for all.
Great 8th grader speech. Lienore.??
Ice cream truck/staff /8th grade kick ball during final week.
Thanked all staff and faculty for their work throughout the year.
Jessica asked if 8th grader grad speech can be shared.
Wait list still for all grades.. "should" be fully enrolled come September.
Staffing...School Phsycologist Melissa...4th grade..Jenna. 5th grade ..Mary Buckey..Eileen Barrett.
PE..Tyler K., Emily Miner...Front Office.
Interviewing for English learner..Peter Michaud leaving. Strong candidates.
New leavers.....
Tal Most....4th grade inclusion..closer to home.
Destiny Andrews.. 6th grade inclusion... relocating to South Shore.
Jess Nagler Roy....returning to be a home-maker.
Retention issues... why? salary? Health benefits are pretty decent.
Rekindle the passion of the team (from inception) towards making staff WANT to stay.
Trying to "equalize" the pay scale.
Rudi----any leaving because of "BURN OUT."
Andrea/Matt/Peter..PD planning/Executive functioning/Co -teaching/ Criteria for excellence from Academic committee.
School Calendar....historically "slightly longer" ..why? Shall we change it..
Juneteenth (19th) now a National Holiday.
June 18th to become the last day of school.
Maybe revisit yearly??
Jess revisited salary scale... Peter has addressed as best as possible within the constraints.
NOTE Ndack joined the meeting at 7:45 pm
VI. Other Business
A.
Discussion on Board Goals for SY21-22
Goals for next Year...
Communication.
PTO presentation.
Committee membership/Personnel/Governance/Development.
Strategic Planning committee people needed.
Rich....Academic Excellence..what is it..nuts and bolts???
How do we promote that?
Peter..Do we do what we say we do?? We have to be or what is the point?
Kids need to show that they have actually "learned" what they are presenting!
James Rogers...staff Brainstormed .. needs to be implemented.
All in agreement.
PETER....
Development: Challenges/Jan Brodie input.
Director of Development to be put on hold until we know what we are actually doing.
Alumni Stories/how MCCPS helped them/
Annual Giving
Capital Campaign
Pressing needs of paramount importance.
Peter to be the "face of the school" the asker...
Board level.. participation..who do you know who can help with $$??
Accompany Peter to Rotary etc...
Change the school name???
Make a connection with Doners.
Planned giving... donates.
Employees need to know what their employers offer .
Cheney..."we are the other Public school"
Doners will give to 501C3
Communication.
PTO presentation.
Committee membership/Personnel/Governance/Development.
Strategic Planning committee people needed.
Rich....Academic Excellence..what is it..nuts and bolts???
How do we promote that?
Peter..Do we do what we say we do?? We have to be or what is the point?
Kids need to show that they have actually "learned" what they are presenting!
James Rogers...staff Brainstormed .. needs to be implemented.
All in agreement.
PETER....
Development: Challenges/Jan Brodie input.
Director of Development to be put on hold until we know what we are actually doing.
Alumni Stories/how MCCPS helped them/
Annual Giving
Capital Campaign
Pressing needs of paramount importance.
Peter to be the "face of the school" the asker...
Board level.. participation..who do you know who can help with $$??
Accompany Peter to Rotary etc...
Change the school name???
Make a connection with Doners.
Planned giving... donates.
Employees need to know what their employers offer .
Cheney..."we are the other Public school"
Doners will give to 501C3
B.
Development
Did not meet
VII. Committee Updates
A.
Governance Committee
B.
Finance Committee
Rudi..Finance update.
See packet for a couple of reasons... we may finish in the black once discrepencies are rectified.
See packet for a couple of reasons... we may finish in the black once discrepencies are rectified.
C.
Personnel Committee
did not meet..lack of quorum.
Internal quotas
Internal quotas
D.
Academic Excellence
did not meet!
E.
Development & Communications
Did not meet
F.
Strategic Plan Committee
G.
Facilities Task Force
Did meet.
Will introduced to members as new chair.
Becca Whidden will stay on the committee.
Will introduced to members as new chair.
Becca Whidden will stay on the committee.
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Recap Action Items
B.
Meeting Evaluation
Great to be back in person in the school AND meeting finished EARLY:)
C.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:48 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Paul Baker
Documents used during the meeting
- HOS Report to Board of Trustees 6_29_21.pdf
- May 2021 Financial.pdf
- FinCom_notes_May_2021.pdf