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.

Approve Previous Meeting Minutes

Approve previous meeting minutes.

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.

Principal's Report

Principal Hope Black provided a report to board members present including a lot of analysis on our recent testing data and next steps with goals, our future academic calendars and upcoming events at school.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to the board members present including updates with our working relationship with DCSD, community partnerships, updates to our lottery policy, and our academic reporting calendar.

Facilities Committee Update

Board Member Jordon Patterson gave an update to board members present in place of Facilities Committee Chair Trisha Cuda who was absent. This included updates on the landscaping project and Phase 2 of the outdoor classroom.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Jamie Carroll provided a report to board members present including updates on upcoming board training on April 27 which will be on Diversity and Inclusion related training.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Co-Chair Monique Dukes provided a report to board members present including welcoming Nupur as the co-chair of the committee, and updates on the DEI training goals for April Retreat.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Ashley Rowland provided a report on behalf of Committee to board members present included month over month financials for December 2024, variances due to changes in QBE funding, and overall financial health of the school.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Robin Reese gave an update to the board members present.

Adjourn

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:24 pm