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.

Principal's Report

Principal Hope Black provided a report to the board members present. She gave updates on our demographics as well as our attendance numbers and key upcoming event and testing dates for TMS. Principal Black also covered her 2023-2024 Goals. She also provided Instructional updates and shared what they are working on with our staff. Principal Black also shared about some new programs that they are implementing like My Brother's Keeper.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to the board members present. Dr. Kelbaugh gave updates on ongoing litigation with DCSD as well as ongoing work on our specific Gifted Eligibility processes with DCSD. She also shared a check in on her role and responsibilities. Dr. Kelbaugh gave an update on the NAMS Road Trip and other work with other museum schools across the nation that will ultimately result in a NAMS Field Guide for museum schools. She also updated the board members on the Cognia Accreditation Process. Dr. Kelbaugh shared Foundation updates as well with upcoming event dates and fundraisers.

Facilities Task Force Update

Dr. Kelbaugh presented updates from our partner in our long term facility planning project. This partner, Level Field, is meeting with Dr. Kelbaugh regularly and moving this process along.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Andrew Tashiro provided a report to board members on September and October Financials for the school. Mr. Tashiro provided some key updates from the financials that the board members need to be aware of.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Jade Yang provided a report to the board members present on current facilities projects. She also provided updates on the strategic plan monitoring for Facilities and shared the status on each of the documented goals for the Facilities committee.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Richard Piercy provided a report to the board members present. He shared some updates on required board member training and surveys as well as updates on new board member interviews and next board member nomination cycle.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Chair Monique Dukes provided a report to the board members present. She updated us on the planning for the 2024 Diversity Workshop for board members that will be a part of the Spring Board retreat.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Januan Ivy made remarks on the upcoming board meeting for December.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:34 pm