Stargate School
Minutes
Governance Board Business Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday April 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Location
Meeting will be held in person in the Secondary Commons and virtually.
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Directors Present
H. Sonnenahalli, L. Challa, L. Paquette, L. Steele, M. Faulkner, S. Howorko
Directors Absent
K. Lindgren
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Roll Call
C.
Reading of Stargate Mission
D.
Recognitions and Appreciations
II. Approve Consent Agenda Items
A.
Approve Consent Agenda
Add discussion on Independent Member and vote for new secretary due to resignation of K. Lindgren.
B.
Approve Minutes from March 17, 2026 Business Meeting
Samantha abstained due to leaving prior meeting early.
III. School Operations
A.
Finance Quarterly Reporting
See attached report.
B.
Executive Director Report
See attached report.
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Written Committee Reports
B.
Recruiting Committee - Board Election Progress
Two applicants with background checks complete, more communications are scheduled to go out.
C.
Election Committee - Board Election Plan, Simply Voting Funding (if needed)
Election committee is prepared for upcoming election.
Election committee is prepared for upcoming election.
V. Action Items (Discuss and/or Vote)
A.
Review Board Self-Evaluation
Board went over the results of our Self-Evaluation and discussed bringing forward at the strategic plan.
B.
Approve funds for Simply Voting
This was previously approved.
C.
Renew Board On Track Contract
D.
Volunteerism
Board discussed high level what we want to see for a future discussion, largely focused on data that we have and go-forward plans for increasing volunteerism.
E.
Ongoing Monitoring of Key Board Responsibilities
Independent - On hold until after parent director, but all Board members will reach out to network in interim.
Secretary - Vote
Lindsey makes a motion to appoint Lauren as secretary for the remainder of the school year. Lumakar second. Unanimously pass.
Lindsey made a motion to approve up to $500,000 for staff bonuses for the FY25-26 school year contingent on finance committee approval, Lumakar second. Passed unanimously.
VI. Future Planning
A.
Next Board Meeting Agenda and Board Packet
Discussed items to be included on the May agenda, future trainings and working sessions. Board will have a working session around the admissions policy prior to our May meeting and Board will have a finance training/overview prior to our June meeting. Volunteerism working session will be scheduled over the summer.
B.
Next Admin Sync Meeting
Admin sync scheduled for April 27th at 8:30am with Lindsey and Harri.
SH - Finance team for all of their work on how to use excess funds and HMFA program planning
LC - SAC doing a lot of work the last two months on finding a new survey tool
LP - Staff who are running testing