Vida Charter School

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday October 16, 2017 at 4:30 PM

Location

Meeting room, Vida charter school

Committee Members Present

D. Marritz, J. Arnold, J. Brandauer

Committee Members Absent

R. Rahman

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

No members of the public were present.

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Arnold called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Vida Charter School to order on Monday Oct 16, 2017 at 4:33 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

D. Marritz made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 09-25-17 Governance Committee Meeting on 09-25-17.
J. Arnold seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Public Comment

II. Governance

A.

Draft board member manual

Committee discussed strategies for maximizing access to policies by Vida staff/board and the public.
Commmittee discussed which policies need to be included in new board member manual.
 

B.

Replacement for upcoming board member departures

The committee discussed skill sets of potential future committee and/or board members.

III. Other Business

A.

Potential Truancy policy

The committee discussed the draft for the truancy policy and voted unanimously to present this draft the the full board.

B.

Review other new/revised policies

The committee discussed draft policies for:
1) Clearance Policy for Volunteers;
2) Public Participation in Board meetings; and
3) Volunteer policy

and voted unanimously to forward the drafts for clearance policy for volunteers and public participation in board meetings to the full board.
 

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

D. Marritz made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
J. Arnold seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:28 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Brandauer