Rochester Academy Charter School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Committee Members Present
C. Sampson (remote), M. Demirtas (remote), T. Wright (remote), W. Middleton (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Governance
A.
Develop and Revise Board Member Handbook
B.
CEO Evaluation
Bill will complete the CEO evaluation before the next committee meeting.
C.
Future Meeting Dates and Times
The group agreed to schedule their meetings on Thursday afternoons at 3 p.m. during board meeting weeks.
D.
Review the Monthly Meeting Topics Calendar
The committee reviewed the monthly meeting topics calendar and decided to remove items that were already discussed at the board retreat, with the scoreboard being moved to June for review by the Academic Excellence Committee.
The group agreed to add the Charter School Office Action Plan as a new agenda item for October for all committee meetings.
III. Other Business
A.
Adding a Board Member
The committee agreed to vote on Destiny Bowman's nomination at the upcoming Friday board meeting and, if approved, will ask her to submit required paperwork afterward.
Cheryl will complete the remaining update before the next committee meeting.