Final

City Garden Montessori School

2023-24 Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday October 4, 2023 at 6:00 PM CDT

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 Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   3 m
  B. Record Attendance and Guests   1 m
  C. Land Acknowledgement and Meeting Agreements   Donna Smith 3 m
   
  • 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

  
  D. Mission Statement   Donna Smith 1 m
   

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.

  
  E. Introductions and Public Comment Discuss Donna Smith 7 m
   

Each commenter will be given three minutes to speak. 

  
II. Action Items 6:15 PM
  A. Approve Minutes from September 2023 Board Meeting Approve Minutes Donna Smith 3 m
     
  B. Approve July 2023 Financials Vote Joelle Fouse 15 m
  C. Approve August 2023 Financials Vote Joelle Fouse 10 m
  D. Vote on New Board Members Vote Donna Smith 10 m
   

Candidates for City Garden Montessori Board of Directors are:

  • Jesse Dixon
  • Mia Howard
  
III. Information Items 6:53 PM
  A. Communication Strategies for Admissions FYI Cassidy Flynn 10 m
   

Cassidy will share communication approaches used in the admissions process and data showing the reach and effectiveness of different strategies.

  
  B. CEO Report FYI Christie Huck 10 m
  C. Board Chair Report FYI Donna Smith 10 m
   

Donna will share an update on succession planning with the Center for Sustainable Leadership.

  
IV. Final Items 7:23 PM
  A. Questions and Comments Discuss Donna Smith 3 m
  B. Reflection: Meeting Agreement Discuss Donna Smith 5 m
  C. Reading Materials and Links FYI
   

 

           

          

  
V. Upcoming Board/Committee Meetings 7:31 PM
  A. Board and Committee Meetings FYI
   

This Year's Board Schedule
 

Board Fall Retreat - Date TBD

11/1/2023: Closed Session at 6:00 pm (if needed), followed by General Session
12/6/2023: Closed Session at 6:00 pm (if needed), followed by General Session
 

No board meeting in January 
 

Board Winter Retreat - Date TBD
2/7/2024: Closed Session at 6:00 pm (if needed), followed by General Session
3/6/2024: Closed Session at 6:00 pm (if needed), followed by General Session
4/3/2024: Closed Session at 6:00 pm (if needed), followed by General Session
5/1/2024: Closed Session at 6:00 pm (if needed), followed by General Session
6/5/2024: Closed Session at 6:00 pm (if needed), followed by General Session

 

Committee Meetings

10/25/2023: Finance Committee at 12:00 pm

 

  
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote