Vida Charter School

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday April 24, 2017 at 4:30 PM

Location

Eisenhower Building 120 East Broadway

Committee Members Present

D. Marritz, J. Arnold, M. Davis

Committee Members Absent

E. Diaz

Guests Present

Kathy Hewitt

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Arnold called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Vida Charter School to order on Monday Apr 24, 2017 at 4:35 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

J. Arnold made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 03-27-17 Governance Committee Meeting on 03-27-17.
D. Marritz seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Public Comment

No public comment.

II. Governance

A.

Review Board election materials

The current voting hours will be updated to 3:45-7:30pm on all materials and the update will be sent to Martha and Nivea.

B.

Update on recruiting new Board members

The appropriate number of Board candidates have been identified for the upcoming May 22, 2017 election. All committee members were encouraged to continue to identify potential candidates who can be interviewed on a rolling basis for future openings.

C.

Final review of Quarterly Report

No changes needed. Report will be submitted.

III. Other Business

A.

Draft Grievance Policy

The Grievance Policy is not ready for the first reading. More steps to resolve issues on lowest possible levels will be added before the discussion moves forward. 

B.

School Visitation

The committee will review additional edits for this policy before submitting it to the full Board for a first reading.

IV. 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 5:15 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Arnold