Business Meeting of the CRCS Board Minutes

September 19, 2022, 5:30-7:30 PM

Minutes Approved

Community Regional Charter School

Minutes

Business Meeting of the CRCS Board

Date and Time

Monday September 19, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Location

48 South Factory Street

Skowhegan, ME 04976

Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe these meetings but must be aware that although the meeting is held in public it is not a public meeting and therefore observers are not permitted to speak during the meeting itself, except during public comment.

Directors Present

C. Hansen (remote), D. Denis, N. Reinholt (remote), S. Noonkester (remote), T. Arnold (remote), T. Overall (remote)

Directors Absent

K. LaCasse, L. Belanger

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

S. Noonkester

Ex Officio Members Present

A. Savage, T. Works

Non Voting Members Present

A. Savage, T. Works

Guests Present

Crystal Priest (remote), E. Firnkes (remote), J. Alves (remote), S. Muzzy (remote), Tammy Wyman (remote)

I. Opening Items

A. Record Attendance

B. Call the Meeting to Order

D. Denis called a meeting of the board of directors of Community Regional Charter School to order on Monday Sep 19, 2022 at 5:33 PM.

C. Approve Minutes

T. Arnold made a motion to approve the minutes from Monthly Business Meeting on 08-15-22.

N. Reinholt seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Executive Director Reports

A. Resignations

No resignation since last meeting

B. New Hires

No new hires since the last meeting.

Still have a couple of positions to hire for and are actively advertising for.

S. Noonkester arrived.

C. MCSC Intervention

Met with Gina Post and reviewed where we are at for the start of the year and a plan for moving forward.

D. Strategic Design Meeting Follow up

* Linda sent back a draft with input from the Strategic Design meeting.

* District Leadership Team will look at the document on the September 24th meeting.

* Document will be brought to the board at the October meeting.

* Travis shared out the initial feedback document.

E. Enrollment

It is looking like we will land around the same enrollment as last year .

As of today - 341 learners with 9 coming in this week so we will be at 350.

F. Leadership Agenda Notes

III. Other Communications

A. Board Resignations - Linda Belanger

D. Denis made a motion to approve Linda Belanger's resignation from the Board.

N. Reinholt seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

IV. Executive Committee

A. ED Evaluation

* Danielle will open up on Wednesday for board members and other people (who Travis is their boss) to evaluate Executive Director

* Travis has started to work on completing the self evaluation.

* Goal is to have the evaluation done in October.

* At the October board meeting during executive session some goals will be set for the ED from evaluation results

V. Finance & Facilities

A. Lease for Vehicle and Storage of Materials

Need to reach back out to Dan about a draft lease for a property in Skowhegan.

Discussion around different storage options that we have as well as the property itself.

VI. Governance Committee

A. Governance Committee Minutes

D. Denis made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 9/7/22 with the change of wording under Roman Numeral II section d. Governance Committee Meeting on 09-07-22.

T. Arnold seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Roll Call
N. Reinholt	Aye
T. Overall	Aye
L. Belanger	Absent
K. LaCasse	Absent
S. Noonkester	Aye
C. Hansen	Aye
D. Denis	Aye
T. Arnold	Aye

B. Review of Policies

D. Denis made a motion to accept the review of the 8 policies that are list below without changes.

N. Reinholt seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C. BG - Policy Development

D. Denis made a motion to approve the first reading of policy BG which is formal known as BGA.

T. Overall seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
T. Arnold	Aye
S. Noonkester	Aye
T. Overall	Aye
K. LaCasse	Absent
N. Reinholt	Aye
D. Denis	Aye
L. Belanger	Absent
C. Hansen	Aye

D. BG-R - Policy Adoption and Amendment

D. Denis made a motion to accept the first reading of policy BG-R formally BGB with the recommended changes.

N. Reinholt seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VII. 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 6:43 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

D. Denis