Rochester Academy Charter School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday October 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Committee Members Present
C. Sampson (remote), M. Demirtas (remote), W. Middleton (remote)
Committee Members Absent
T. Wright
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 noted that the CEO evaluation process had been initiated with board members and building leaders receiving invitations.
C.
Review the CSO Action Plan
Bill presented action items from the CSO plan, including tasks for the president, secretary, and committee members. The group confirmed that the secretary position on the Board of Trustees remains unfilled following Ms. Calder's passing, and Mehmet agreed to add this as an agenda item for the next meeting. Bill will combine the Meeting Wise template with the committee report template to create a standardized report document. He will also post an example of the new committee report format for tomorrow's board meeting to get feedback. The committee decided to assign the monthly professional development topic as an action item on the dashboard for all board members using the resources in BoardonTrack.
Cheryl will finalize it before the next committee meeting.