City Garden Montessori School

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday March 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM CDT

Location

ECEC Conference Room - 2nd Floor

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 3:00 PM
  A. Welcome & Check-Ins Discuss Jesse Dixon 10 m
   

In the midst of uncertainty, change, and heaviness...."hope is a discipline." (Mariame Kaba)

 

What's been giving you hope lately? 

 
  B. Record Attendance  
  C. Call the Meeting to Order   Jesse Dixon
II. Action Items 3:10 PM
  A. Approve January Minutes Vote Jesse Dixon 2 m
  B. Board recruitment Discuss Kitty Lohrum 10 m
   
  • Updates on candidate process and timeline
  • Decision on another recruitment cycle
 
  C. Board evaluation Discuss Claire Schell 15 m
   
  • Revisit revised board evaluation 
  • Discuss potential revisions & timeline
 
  D. Community engagement Discuss Christie Huck 25 m
   
  • Updates on survey and steering committee meetings
  • Takeaways for strategic planning process/timeline
 
  E. Policies Discuss Sarah Miner 15 m
   
  • Review revised policies for board approval
  • Discuss community guidance for future policy changes
 
III. Updates 4:17 PM
  A. Updates from committee members FYI Jesse Dixon 5 m
   

Open call for updates/information sharing

 
IV. Closing Items 4:22 PM
  A. April Committee Meeting FYI Jesse Dixon 3 m
   
  • Currently 4.25; potential reschedule to 4.18?
 
  B. Adjourn Meeting FYI Jesse Dixon