[familyschool] Re: Board Meeting today
- From: Susan Oppenheim <soppenheim3454@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:02:50 -0500
Thank-you so much for your detailed report, Christine. I love the idea of Board
Breakfast!
Looking Forward,
Susie
On Jul 13, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Starshyne 777 wrote:
> Hi all,
> I attended, but didn’t take written notes… so sorry if this is a bit
> incomplete…. there were a few other parents who attended or others in the
> know (teachers) who may also be on this list and feel to correct me or add in…
> • The before-school program will continue this year - the financial
> structure of the program (school administered or teacher administered) is
> still in discussion.
> • The board/policy committee has been working hard on developing a new
> way evaluate teachers. They hope to have the forms and process in place to
> bring to the Aug. Board meeting to then have training with the teachers at
> the beginning of the school year.
> • The Board has hired an Interim ED, Stan Hacker, whom they are very
> excited about due to him being passionate about his work and his high value
> of communication. He would like to meet with ALL the stakeholders at
> Southside to hear their concerns and to offer him direction. He has a
> reported history of seeking out and meeting literally everyone in one of the
> last schools he was the interim. He also was one of the only candidates who
> had an expressed interest in being an interim and not long term ED…. so he
> seemed stronger on what is truly needed out of an INTERIM. He starts on
> Monday. The board said they will be sending out an email introducing him and
> Stan will be sending one out as well…
> • There was discussion about his contract as interim… to either hire
> him as an employee versus as an independent contractor. In a very small
> nutshell… hiring him as an independent contractor would save money, but
> legally would have less control over his work. The board decided to move
> forward with a 3mnth employee contract and revisit the independent contractor
> idea at the time (after they had a chance to visit with the board’s attorney).
> • There was discussion about holding the interim ED accountable and on
> time. There will be the formation of an executive committee. Currently with
> the bylaws… only Ben could serve on this committee. Since there was no vice
> chair…. in the meeting they nominated and subsequently voted for Rachel to be
> the vice chair and she will now subsequently serve on the executive
> committee. The executive committee will be meeting with Stan every 2wks to
> check in on his work and progress. Also Ben said on a couple of occasions in
> the meeting that he has already planned to meet with Stan weekly to help him
> in getting to know the school, community and culture.
> • There was discussion around an immediate “To-do list” for Stan. The
> list was presented at the meeting and I am guessing should be available on
> the website soon?
> • The school will be hiring a part-time middle school math teacher and
> full time 1st-3rd grade teacher… also need for a part-time (8hrs/wk) ELL
> teacher.
> • There is still uncertainty if they will hire for office staff. They
> are considering redesigning the school director and office secretary role… to
> either combine or rearrange duties. As well, they are considering whether
> fundraising would be the role of the ED and how rearranging all of these
> admin duties would look in determining the hiring needs.
> • Finally, the board is considering the formation of a community action
> committee. They were not sure if it would be called that or what it would be
> called… but wanted some more formal mechanism in place for community
> involvement and input. They reported that they did receive notice from the
> community about wanting to send out an announcement about the formation of a
> “PTO”… but have not yet received the email from Clemma to be sent out to the
> community. The “PTO” and board committee would be two separate entities. A
> suggestion was made to hold regular (every 2 or 3mnths) community
> forum/potlucks. It was then suggested that this be the charge of the
> developing “PTO”. Also note I put “PTO” in quotation marks because I know as
> a community we were trying to find a more accurate descriptive name, but
> wanted to make sure everyone knew what I was referring to here. Also the
> board said that they cannot send out emails for the “PTO” aside the intial
> outreach one(s). The “PTO” would have to develop their own email list through
> parents who expressed an interest in being involved.
>
> Also I came away from the meeting feeling very much in awe of the amount of
> work the remaining board members are doing. There is ALOT of volunteer hours
> they are doing with the overall board and committees (i.e. Rachel willing
> jumped in to be on the newly formed executive committee, Ben taking the
> initiative to fully on-board Stan one-to-one).
> I would like to suggest that at the next board meeting we bring them an
> appreciation breakfast.
> There was discussion about the next board meeting in Aug. But I missed the
> date and time?
> Christine
>
>
> Sent from Windows Mail
>
> From: Gwyneth Olson
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 9:49 AM
> To: familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> So, I can't go sorry. Frances Copenhaver, girl reporter, has an overlapping
> meeting at Corcoran Neighborhood Assn.
>
> Sorry, but there are other parents going so I hope one of them can give us a
> summary.
>
> Gwyneth
>
> --
> Gwyneth Olson
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