April 4, 2019
MEETING NOTICE
Board of Trustees
Agenda April 4, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Location: PVCICS, 317 Russell Street, Hadley, MA
Agenda (time estimates in minutes)
1. Call to Order
2. Public Comment (5)
3. Administrative items (15)
a. Approval of March 7, 2019, meeting minutes – vote
b. Approval of March 23, 2019, meeting minutes – vote
c. DESE Core Criteria visit
i. April 30, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
ii. Scheduling prep for visit
4. SEPAC Report (5)
5. Committee & Task Force Reports (20)
a. Finance Committee (5)
i. Purchase of Certificates of Deposit – vote
b. Personnel & Grievance Committee (10)
c. Committee on Review and Appeal of Charter Amendment (5)
d. Trusteeship Committee (5)
6. Trusteeship Committee presentation of slate of candidates for Board seats – vote (25)
7. Principal’s Update (10)
a. College Acceptances
8. Executive Director’s Update (10)
a. Status of submission of bylaws revisions to DESE
b. Recruitment update
9. Board Governance Discussion (15)
a. Debrief: April 1, 2019 MPCSA webinar: "To Govern, Not To Manage: What Good Charter School Boards Do To Support Quality in Their Schools"
b. Strategic Planning
i. Topic: governance
ii. August – yearly planning meeting
10. Board Members’ Updates (10)
11. New Business (5)
12. EXECUTIVE SESSION for discussion on possible litigation (15)
The PVCICS Board of Trustees will enter into Executive Session per Chapter 30A Section 21(a)9 – "To meet or confer with a mediator, as defined in section 23C of chapter 233, with respect to any litigation or decision on any public business within its jurisdiction involving another party, group or entity..."-open session will not reconvene at the conclusion of the Executive Session.
As per Open Meeting Law, this announcement meeting has been posted in the PVCICS office, sent to the Secretary of State’s office, fax: 617-742-4822 and posted online at http://www.pvcics.org/about-pvcics/board-of-trustees