Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
Business Meeting of the Board
Date and Time
Monday October 16, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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), M. Buja (remote), N. Reinholt, S. Saltzman (remote), T. Arnold (remote), T. Overall (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Ex Officio Members Present
T. Works
Non Voting Members Present
T. Works
Guests Present
A. Savage, Dan Ryder (remote), J. Alves (remote), K. Canning, S. Martin (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Agenda
D.
Approve September 11 Business Meeting Minutes
II. Executive Director Reports
A.
Letters of Resignation (since last Board Meeting)
B.
New Hires (since last Board Meeting)
No new hires since the last board meeting.
C.
Enrollment
October 1 count is approximately 385 learners
D.
Annual Monitoring Report
There were some errors in the draft that were brought to the charter commission. A final draft is coming from the Charter Commission around the time of their November meeting. That final draft will be brought to the board when provided from the Charter Commission.
E.
FYI - Negotiation Status of Extracurricular and Sports with MSAD54
Travis met with Jon Moody to talk about how they are calculating the cost for sports. Travis is going to bring that to the finance and facilities meeting and get some recommendations before bringing it to the board for approval .
III. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Approve minutes from September 18 Committee meeting
B.
Academic Excellence Presentation by Dan Ryder
Dan shared where we are at and where we are going with CRCS Innovation and Design.
He talked about the thoughts around what Design is for our district and what Innovations we are working towards. The basis around what is being done has a proven history as the same method used at the Stanford D School.
Discussion around how this is used in the real world and how we are engaging learners in these ways and working collaboratively within the building and with businesses outside of the building
IV. Finance & Facilities
A.
Approve August performance and stability report
B.
Enter August Finance and Facility Minutes into Public Record
V. Governance Committee
A.
Vote to accept second read and elimination of Section I policies
B.
Vote to accept second read and adoption of revisions
VI. Other Business
A.
Vote to exclude certain employee positions from MainePers
B.
Follow up from Nicki's meeting with BOT coach
Nicki met with our Board On Track coach and shared the following:
- BoT coach is able to send out short webinars on certain items that board members might need more training on
- Create a full year board calendar and working backwards starting with the big items that must be done.
- Talked about the Executive Director evaluation and right now Travis has a self evaluation that he is working on and next steps will be sending out a survey to all board members regarding the ED evaluation
No letters of resignation since the last board meeting