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 shared updated student demographics and upcoming events. Principal Black also shared some kudos for staff and updates related to Milestones testing. She also shared updates on our Track team accomplishments, hiring updates and a report on recent learning events at the school.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to the board members present. She presented some updates on the gifted eligibility process and process with DCSD as well as updates on some ongoing projects related to our task forces. Dr. Kelbaugh also shared some updates from the TMS Foundation and Foundation board updates.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Ashley Rowland provided a report to the board members present. Mr. Rowland presented the monthly financials from March 2024 and updates from the outstanding grant money.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Jade Yang provided a report to board members present and also updated the Strategic Plan for the Facilities committee and updated the projects and monitoring process. She also gave updates on the Outdoor Classroom project and camera system comparisons.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Richard Piercy provided a report on board candidate updates and our next board training event. He also provided updates on recruiting new board members and timing of a few board members rolling off soon.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Chair Monique Dukes provided a report to the board members present and presented updates on recent Diversity committee meetings and updates on projects like lottery weight research. She also presented updates on creating a database of prospective board members who are regularly attending.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Januan Ivy was absent so Board Vice Chair Robin Reese presented brief remarks.

Executive Session

The board members present went into Executive Session to discuss a legal and real estate confidential matter.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:35 pm