Welcome and Call to Order

The Meeting will be called to order by the Chair.

Mission: The mission of The Museum School of Avondale Estates is to inspire students, teachers and the community to collaborate to develop strong critical thinking, interpersonal and academic skills in our students, which will prepare them for real-world success.

Core Values: Responsibility, Respect, Cooperation, Sustainability, Creativity, Kindness

Public Comment

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. Please do not use specific student, teacher or administrator names in your comments as our meetings are open to the public and public record. As such, if your comment is about a private matter, please contact the board via email, or speak to the board chair privately. Email Executive Director, Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh at Katherine.kelbaugh@themuseumschool.org for Zoom access to the meeting.

Public comment (no longer than one page) should be submitted via email to Katherine.kelbaugh@themuseumschool.org. Your comments must be received by 10:00 am on the day of the meeting. Only those emails received during the allotted time will be read aloud and broadcast. Emails received outside of the allotted time will be included in the Public Comments record for the next meeting.

Approval of Agenda

So that there is agreement between board members on the agenda, and the amount of time spent on the meeting, the board shall vote to approve an agenda for the meeting. To the best of its ability, it will follow that agenda, and allow for the chair to move the board through the agenda as specified.

Approve Previous Meeting Minutes

Approve the previous meeting minutes.

Fall Board Retreat Independent Study Reflection

Review the responses from the Fall Board Retreat Independent Study Reflection led by Russell Cook and April Howard.

Principal's Report

Principal Hope Black provided a report to the board members. Principal Black provided attendance and demographic numbers as well as info on upcoming events at the school. She also reviewed the upcoming proposed calendar shifts. Principal Black also shared some hiring updates and academic updates and recent data collection from testing. She also shared what action items the staff is working on with academics.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Member Dan Waltzer provided a report on behalf of committee chair Ashley Rowland. Dan provided a summary of the monthly financials from November and December 2023 and key updates from those.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Jade Yang provided a report on current and future facilities projects including the Outdoor Classroom, security camera updates, and looking into maintenance/service plans for the facilities. Facilities committee members also plan to do a comprehensive walk through with the school stakeholders to inform the needs for the service plans.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Richard Piercy provided a report on upcoming tasks for the active board members. He also provided an update on the committee working on the school leaders evaluation process.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Chair Monique Dukes provided a report.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Januan Ivy gave a quick update and Board Secretary Sara Dewitt also gave a reminder to the Committee Chairs on some action items regarding open records.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:46 pm