Welcome and Call to Order

The Meeting was called to order by the Vice-Chair at 7:05pm.

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.

There were no public comments.

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 previous meeting minutes.

Principal's Report

Principal Hope Black provided a report to Board Members present, including STAR testing and reporting, detailing STAR Early Literacy Proficiency Rate. STAR shows achievement and MAP shows growth. The Literary Proficiency data shows a gradual decrease performance by grade level, with a 13.3% difference between 1st and 3rd grade performance. This test is used to initially identify students with characteristics for dyslexia

Principal Black wrapped up her report with upcoming calendar events for sports, academics and fall break.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to Board Members present, including academic updates, general updates, charter renewal, and the HELO (Huge Extended Learning Oppotunity) program.

Dr. Kelbaugh also provided a quick Board Check-in regarding fingerprinting, Governing Board email, TMS email address, name badges and key cards.

Dr. Kelbaugh reviewed the Charter Renewal Timeline's next steps including the Charter Renewal Committee formation.

Lastly, Dr. Kelbaugh shared a Foundation Update including additional teacher mini-grants, budget to be presented to the Governing Board in October, new website, database optimization, and fundraising via Annual Fund.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Ashley Rowland provided a report on behalf of the Committee, including reviewing the draft budget and call-outs to line items.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Trisha Cuda provided a brief update on behalf of the Committee.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Jamie Carroll provided a report on behalf of the Committee - reminder that TMS Fall Board Retreat is on October 5th. Reminder for Board Members to complete some pre-Retreat homework survey questions. The Committee is also working on the recruitment cycle for January '26.

Community Engagement and Opportunity Committee Update

Community Engagement and Opportunity Committee Chair Nupur Dalal provided a brief update on behalf of the Committee.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Cameron Lewis made remarks, including a reminder to complete Board Member bios for the website.

Executive Session

The Board Members present will go into Executive Session to discuss a confidential matter.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:58 pm