MCCPS Board of Trustees

Minutes

HoS Search Committee

Date and Time

Tuesday September 12, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Location

Please note that the in-person meeting will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the remote connection.

Trustees Present

Carol McEnaney (remote), Ian Hunt (remote), Jessica Xiarhos, Lindsay Smith (remote), Nick Santoro (remote), William Rockwell (remote)

Trustees Absent

None

Guests Present

Kathy Santoro (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Nick Santoro called a meeting to order on Tuesday Sep 12, 2023 at 7:03 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

Nick Santoro made a motion to approve the minutes from HoS Search Committee on 09-05-23.
Carol McEnaney seconded the motion.

Ariane Purdy is a member of the committee and she was present at the last meeting, but is absent today. Kathy Santoro is a member of the committee and was present at the last meeting and today and she voted to approve the minutes, giving us a 3/4 approval for the minutes from last meeting. 

The team VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Ian Hunt
Abstain
Jessica Xiarhos
Abstain
Lindsay Smith
Abstain
Nick Santoro
Aye
Carol McEnaney
Aye
William Rockwell
Abstain

D.

Topics to discuss:

  • Review survey questions to send to families for input on the HoS candidate profile
    • thoughts were that the third page of the survey may be the most useful and altering the first two pages about the school's goals to be available as a reference sheet.
    • possible other competencies to add
      • drives long term strategic vision of the school
      • being a kid person connecting with the students
    • Kathy will make some edits and the survey will be put forward to the board to be approved before sending out to families. 
  • Discussion of other sources of input for developing the job description and candidate profile
  • What to share with BOT at September 26 meeting
    • The draft of the survey
  • Review the draft search timeline
  • Plan a series of future meetings
    • meetings will be 1.5 hours long from now on.

II. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:14 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Nick Santoro