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City Garden Montessori School

Board of Directors Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday May 4, 2022 at 5:30 PM CDT

 

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Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Call the Meeting to Order
  B. Record Attendance and Guests
  C. Recess General Meeting to Convene Closed Session - Personnel (RSMo 610.021.3)
   

In accordance with RSMo Sunshine Law, 610.021., which requires a roll call vote.

 
  D. Resume the General Meeting
   
  • Welcome and Land Acknowledgement: 

We, the community of City Garden Montessori, honor the Illiniwek (Eel-Ly-neh-wehk) people, the original protectors of the lands that we now call St. Louis, MO. We also honor all of the people impacted by the current pandemic in our own community and across the world, and those who have been harmed by racialized violence. Let’s now give a respectful and brief moment of silence. 

 

  • Acknowledge Board Meeting Agreements

                - Create room for all voices and actively listen
               - Acknowledge, affirm, and respect the ideas of other board members
                - Ask questions, and do not shy away from challenging ones
                - Use language that is grounded in ABAR
                - Keep the children at the center of every decision
  E. Mission Statement
   

City Garden exists to redefine education by developing the whole child in an excellent,
inclusive, Montessori school; to reimagine community by creating spaces and systems
that help to restore our collective humanity; and to reinvigorate our world by creating a
culture in which individuals and communities thrive without disparities or barriers to
success.
  F. Introductions and Public Comment
   

Each commenter will be given three minutes to speak. 
  G. Update on Progress of 4209 Folsom Building Construction
II. Action Items
  A. Approve Minutes from April 19, 2022 Board Meeting
   
  B. March 2022 Financials
III. Information Items
  A. 2022-23 School Calendar
  B. Review New Board Policies
   

The Governance committee recommend the adoption of the following policies, which may be found at this LINK:

 

  • Board Finance - Borrowed Funds
  • Board Finance - Capital Assets Accounting
  • Board Finance - State and Federal Projects
  • Board Finance - State Tax Sources
  • Board Governance - Anti-Nepotism
  • Board Governance - Prohibited Expenditures
  • Educational Instruction - Physiology Textbook
  • Human Resources - Employee Information Sharing
  • Human Resources - Missouri Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA)
  • School Operations - School Calendar
  C. Board Updates
IV. Final Items
  A. Questions and Comments
  B. Reflection: Meeting Agreement
  C. Included in Packet as Reading Materials
   

 

           

  • Current Board and Committee Meeting Schedule for 2021-22

           

          
V. Upcoming Board/Committee Meetings
  A. Board and Committee Meetings (All virtual via Zoom until further notice)
   

 

May

  • Board of Directors Meeting - Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 PM
  • Governance Committee - Tuesday, May 10 at 8:30 AM (final committee meeting of 2021-22)
  • Academic Excellence - Tuesday, May 17 at 11:00AM (final committee meeting of 2021-22)
  • Finance Committee - Wednesday, May 18 at 5:30 PM
  • Building and Grounds Committee - Thursday, May 26 at 9:00 AM (final committee meeting of 2021-22)

OTHER IMPORTANT MAY DATES

May 7, 2022:  City Garden Block Party 

May 18 to 19, 2022:  City Garden Day of Giving Fundraiser

 

June

  • Board of Directors Meeting - Wednesday, June 1 at 6:30 PM
  • Board Retreat - Saturday, June 4 or June 11: 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM
  • Finance Committee - Wednesday, June 15 at 5:30 PM (final committee meeting of 2021-22)
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting