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 board members present including updated student demographics, updates to make sure all the student needs are being served, upcoming school events, updates from recent expeditions, updates from curriculum and instructional shifts, updates related to new Learning Community projects across specific subjects, assessment updates, and general updates.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to board members present including, TMS received award as a School of Distinction from COGNIA, community partnership updates, security and safety updates and upcoming project and grant updates, and some general updates as well.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Member Dan Waltzer provided a report on behalf of Committee Chair Ashley Rowland who is absent. He reviewed the August Financials with no variances to discuss.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Trisha Cuda provided a report to board members present including project updates related to facilities committee projects.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Jamie Carroll provided a report to the board members including the upcoming board training dates, recruiting opportunities for our parent community and upcoming recruitment needs for the January nomination cycle.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Chair Monique Dukes provided a report to board members present. She presented the DEI committee's strategic monitoring plan updates.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Robin Reese made remarks to board members present.

Executive Session

The Governing Board will move into Executive Session to discuss a confidential matter.

Motion to approve the vote that was taken in Executive Session

Motion to approve the vote that was taken in Executive Session regarding a confidential matter.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:40 pm