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.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Andrew Tashiro gave an update on the TMS Financial Audit process for this year. We also heard an update from our Auditing company who is responsible for executing our annual audit and the draft of the audit was reviewed with the Board members present. Mr. Tashiro also let us know that we will go over the September and October monthly financials at our next Board meeting.

Principal's Report

Principal Hope Black presented updated attendance numbers, as well as updated demographics and upcoming school events. Principal Black also presented some Instructional Updates on Curriculum. She also shared updates from recent school events.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh shared some general updates around the DCSD Gifted Discussion, Task Force Kickoff for Uniforms and After Care, and Student Recruitment. She also presented an update on recent events. Dr. Kelbaugh also shared updates on the Cognia Accreditation Timeline and the board's responsibility to rate the standard related to the governing board. She shared some TMS Foundation updates specifically related to what the Foundation has been able to fund for the school and upcoming events and sponsorship needs.

Facilities Task Force Update

Dr. Kelbaugh shared updates about our engagement with the vendor, Level Field, for starting their process of helping TMS with long term facility planning. Level Field has started their process with one on one interviews and research steps. Facilities Task force will be meeting again soon as well.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Jade Yang provided updates on current Facilities projects like the Outdoor Classroom and engagement with Shades of Green for landscaping help.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Richard Piercy provided an update on the Governance Committee Scorecard. He provided updates on specific Committee tasks and next steps on them. There was also discussion on how to implement progress updates on the Strategic Plan scorecard across all committees.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Chair Monique Dukes provided a report on ongoing Diversity committee projects. Current projects for Diversity Committee are related to the Strategic plan tasks and also have a lot of overlap with the Governance Committee tasks. She also provided an update on upcoming opportunities for DEI training for board members.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Januan Ivy will make remarks.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:49 pm