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City Garden Montessori School

Board of Directors Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday December 7, 2022 at 6:00 PM CST

This is an in-person meeting at 4209 Folsom Ave, St . Louis, MO 63110. 

 

We will be live streaming the meeting via Zoom webinar at this link:
 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88115198576?pwd=RnI0cWNYaDZsdkdES3o2VE9hQnNMdz09
 

The meeting will also be recorded and posted on the City Garden website (citygardenschool.org/board)
 

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
   

In accordance with RSMo Sunshine Law, 610.021.2 (Real Estate) and 610.21.3 (Personnel), which require 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. Let’s 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 Anti-Bias, Antiracism
                - 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. Presentation by Pat Garrett, Interim Principal of the Elementary and Adolescent Education Center
   

 

Pat Garrett will share an overview of social-emotional learning in the Elementary and Adolescent Education Center. 
II. Action Items
  A. Approve Minutes from October 2022 Board Meeting
   
  B. Approve October 2022 Financials
  C. Approve FY22 Audit
  D. Approve Contracts over $10,000
  E. Approve Preschool Tuition Increase for 2023-24 School Year
III. Information Items
  A. Academic Report
   

Mike Flohr will present results of the fall 2022 Panorama family survey. 
  B. CEO Report
  C. Board Chair Report
IV. Final Items
  A. Questions and Comments
  B. Reflection: Meeting Agreement
  C. Reading Materials and Links
   

           

          
V. Upcoming Board/Committee Meetings
  A. Board and Committee Meetings
   

Board Meeting Schedule
 

12/7/2022: Board of Directors Meeting
No board meeting in January 
1/14/2023: Board of Directors Retreat 
2/1/2023: Board of Directors Meeting
3/1/2023: Board of Directors Meeting
4/5/2023: Board of Directors Meeting
5/3/2023: Board of Directors Meeting
6/7/2023: Annual Board of Directors Meeting
6/10/2023: Proposed Board of Directors Retreat

 

Upcoming Committee Meetings

 

12/14/2022: 12:00 PM - Finance
 
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting