A. Bothner went over the agenda for the evening. 

A. Bothner shared his vision and understanding of the MetLCS mission.

A. Bothner, M. Russell, and A. Khatiwada will continue to have weekly updates for all communication purposes. Other committee chairs can communicate with them when needed to communicate with M. Russell. M. Russell will give monthly updates on his 30/60/90 plan that he shared on Boardontrack. A. Bothner also shared that everyone should take a look at the resources folder on boardontrack.

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For board members, M. Russell will begin to have one on one meetings to get know every member. 

M. Russell shared that he is excited for the commitment and the vision that everyone brings to the table. 

M. Russell shared the start of 

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K. Davidson shared that today's theme will be about reopening. Full K-12 staff will be in the building tomorrow to prepare for the reopening. Tomorrow K. Davidson will be presenting a powerpoint to staff members to highlight guidelines and protocols for reopening. 

Data Analysis from school in person to remote testing. 

K. Davidson shared that the goal has not changed for the success of our scholars academically and safety. 

M. Alston shared a quarterly update on long projects from the transition. She shared a slideshow that shows what her team is working on. 

K. Perez shared the monthly enrollment numbers with at lcs 483 and 201 scholars for CPA. She shared that they have started calling potential scholars with an iep/ell and shared a bar graph showing the number of applications by grade. 

K. Perez also shared the facilities update for the month. There is another delay with the FDNY for the TCO license. They rejected the schools evacuation plan and was returned to the architect for edits. 

K. Perez did not have any new updates for the roof ceremony project. 

E. Chen shared that teachers have been learning how to use the data that has been presented to them. The dashboard has been updated for the month. K. Davidson and E. Chen are working on adapting teachers to the new environments that have been portrayed due to Covid. 

E. Chen did not have updates at the moment. 

• Chase and Bank of America accounts- S. Pressley and M. Alston are now authorized signers for the accounts. 
• QuickBooks and Avid will be up and running on March 1st. 
• PPE Application- We were delayed due to account access also a pause because Chase is not accepting applications until March 1st. Once its open 4th Sector Solution will submit the application and S. Pressley will keep us updated. 
• SUPA Program-It is now paid and scholars can now apply for other classes and retain their transcripts.

E. Mew gave the January financial updates. 

Cash Balance Sheet:

S Pressley flagged that the investment policy is under review and will come to the Board for the approval next month.

As in the past years, S. Pressley proposed to appoint the Finance Committee to conduct the annual review of the investment portfolio. The Committee members are: 

S. Pressley shared that the budget amendment is mostly completed waiting for M. Alston and team to finish the pay scale audit. It will be presented in April to the board. 

Progress on the strategic initiatives in the Finance Committee has been mostly devoted to making necessary transitions to new service providers over the past quarter. S. Pressley is also working with M. Alston and K. Davidson on short and long term goals for our new school. In the upcoming quarter. S. Pressley will engage with E. Chen and A. Khanyile to plan and implement fundraising priorities and efforts in keeping with the strategic goals outlined last June. 

A. Bothner has been working with M. Russell to revisit the multi-year investment plan. 

A. Bothner will work with A. Khanyile to come up with a tailored fundraising strategy that is aligned with our values, goals and plans for the school, in order to get the plan in place for next year. 

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J. Boulet covered that an Executive Director evaluation tool will be developed over the course of the next several months with A. Bothner and M. Russell. This will be a standing update over the upcoming months as this process unfoils.

J. Boulet shared that the Governance Committee shared high-level take-aways from the self-assessment that the Board completed last month. She shared that the Board feels that it has achieved success with overall mission/vision, foundational systems, protocols, and compliance. Going forward, the Board will be broadly looking to clarify expectations and continued professional development for Trustees and Committees, undertake more detailed and concrete planning processes at the individual and committee levels, and improve tracking of progress (accountability) through use of these plans. Most of this work will happen at the Committee level as Committee Chairs reflect on specific ideas for their own committees.  

On the Strategic Initiatives, J Boulet shared that the Governance Committee's progress towards these goals in the last quarter were chiefly around the self-assessment, Professional Development Day on February 6, and through getting the conversation started around Diversity Equity and Inclusion at the PD Day. She previewed that in the coming months the GC will be working with Committee Chairs to start looking forward to and working toward putting together annual plans for their Committees.  

J Boulet shared that the mid-year principal evaluation is well underway and that last steps to discuss with M. Russell and put together an action plan with K. Davidson will occur in the coming weeks, and the full evaluation will be shared with the Board at the next meeting.

A. Bothner emphasized that Committee Chairs should start looking forward to next year plan's. J. Boulet created tracking documents for the Board that committee chairs can use. J Boulet will share those tracking documents with everyone. A Bothner highlighted the following action items for Committee Chairs to consider: 

J. Boulet shared updates on the Goverance committee has been working on setting up the PD day. C. Barnes has been working on the dei which is important for the governace committee. Over the next quarter leading into June are going to start looking forward to next years plan for the Governance committee. 

A. Bothner updated the Board and school leaders have a hearing next Thursday with the charter authorizer to present our school. This is a preliminary meeting to approve the changes to the school's charter as we transition toward being an independent (non-CMO) school. 

D. Pasek will begin updating the board monthly due to the upcoming charter renewal in October 2021. 

K. Shabazz asked D. Pasek share information from other schools that have done well with Covid-era renewal applications. M. Russell also asked if D. Pasek can also describe the weak points of applications from schools that did not submit strong renewal applications. D. Pasek shared that the schools that were most successful aim to make their schools as successful as if Covid had never happened. They usually have rigorous learning programs for Summer in order to ensure that students are where they need to be for the coming school year. 

E. Chen shared that she has found an outside company to help fundraise in an athletic event. M. Alston and K. Davidson have shared a wish list with E. Chen for the company. This will begin the framework for an external relations project for the near future.