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 information on upcoming events, preparation for Milestones testing, hiring updates, and Hiring Process review.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to board members including updates on updates with DCSD, upcoming school tours for other schools to observe our academic model, Open enrollment and lottery updates, academic reporting calendar focus and updates, and TMS Foundation updates.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Ashley Rowland provided a report on behalf of Committee including monthly financials from January 2025, the work on the 2025/2026 Budget, and the Strategic Plan Monitoring updates for the Finance Committee including updating Financial policies and the financial scorecard.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Trisha Cuda provided a report to board members present including project updates such as tree removal and tree trimming across campus, outdoor classroom phase 2 and potential new walkways.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Jamie Carroll provided a report to board members present including upcoming training on April 27, revising by-laws and re-organizing the google drive.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Co-Chair Monique Dukes provided a report to board members including research on facilitators for Diversity training for Board members.

Communications Chair Update

Communications Chair, LeQuinta Wilkins, gave an update to the board members present including the update on the community newsletter that recently went out.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Robin Reese made remarks to board members present including updates about visits from new DCSD Board Members, fundraising efforts of Board.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:46 pm