Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
Business Meeting of the CRCS Board
Date and Time
Monday January 16, 2023 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 (remote), K. LaCasse (remote), N. Reinholt (remote), T. Arnold (remote), T. Overall (remote)
Directors Absent
S. Noonkester
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
C. Hansen
Ex Officio Members Present
A. Savage (remote), T. Works (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
A. Savage (remote), T. Works (remote)
Guests Present
E. Firnkes (remote), J. Alves (remote), S. Muzzy (remote), T. Wyman (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
Edit the minute to change the working on the motion from Financial Performance Measure to Monthly Financial Performance and Stability Report
II. Executive Director Reports
A.
Resignations
B.
New Hires
Nancy Soule has joined us as a guidance counselor at Dimensions
Cheryl Perkins has been hired as a special ed. ed.tech at Dimensions
* fully staffed at Dimensions
C.
Community Events
Working with Titcomb Mountain to plan a district wide field trip there in March
D.
Strategic Design Meeting Follow up
Each building is working together to collaborate and put our Strategic Design into practice
E.
Enrollment
* Filling spots as learners unenroll at all buildings
* At Overman - more learners are enrolled now than on Oct 1 count
F.
Leadership Agenda Notes
* Discussion around Absenteeism and what strategies we are putting into practice to lower our absenteeism percentage
* Working with families individually to see what works best for each family
* School Choice Week is the end of January and we are asking families to share why they chose us as a school and we can use that narrative at the end of the year also
* NWEA is coming up in the next 2-3 weeks at Dimensions and Overman Academy
* Danielle is asking that in the next upcoming months have Brian share out some success stories around restorative circles and have Dan share out some success stories around community projects and across district projects
III. Other Communications
A.
Commission Required Training
* Discussion around Epicenter trainings and Danielle showed everyone a review of Epicenter and how to get to trainings
* Danielle shared what specific trainings are required for which board members
IV. Finance & Facilities
A.
Approve monthly financial performance measures
B.
Property Lease for Vehicle and Storage
Table until next month
C.
Vote on ground work to Steward Hill property
Table until next month and once we have lease
D.
Corporate Resolution
Jill has the document and it will be submitted to the bank tomorrow morning (1/17/23)
V. Governance Committee
A.
Governance Committee Minutes
B.
Adopt revisions to GCOC - Evaluation of Administrative Staff
C.
First read for elimination
D.
First reading of:
E.
First readings and adoption
VI. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Discussion of Academic Excellence Committee meeting
* Discussion around math data (concrete vs abstract, how Dan is using the printers to create math manipulative, etc.)
* Purchased a few math PD books and doing some PD with them as a district on Friday, January 20th
* Will meet again after winter NWEA is completed to discuss that data
No resignations from last month