Welcome and Call to Order

The Meeting was called to order by the Chair at 7:01 pm.

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. There were no public comments recorded.

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.

Executive Session

The Board Members present went into Executive Session to discuss a confidential matter.

Principal's Report

Principal Hope Black provided a report to Board Members present, including beginning of the year activities.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to Board Members present, including the Academic Annual Meeting scheduled for 6:00 pm on August 19. Dr. Kelbaugh also provided an update on the Academic Focus Calendar and edits to the current Strategic Plan Monitoring timeline.

Dr. Kelbaugh reminded Board Members to complete fingerprinting and provided detail on how to do this through TMS. Foundation updates were also provided.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Ashley Rowland provided a report on behalf of the Committee, including the upcoming annual budget report that needs to be reviewed by a quorum of the Board Members prior to the next TMS Board Meeting. July and August spending proposals were reviewed. Financial metrics were reviewed on the financial scorecard. Ashley also presented the Financial Strategic Plan Monitoring dashboard.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Trisha Cuda provided a report on behalf of the Committee, including a planned tree removal.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Jamie Carroll provided a report on behalf of the Committee, including work on the 'Back to Basics' TMS Retreat scheduled for October 5th.

Community Engagement and Opportunity Committee Update

Community Engagement and Opportunity Committee Chair Nupur Dalal provided a report on behalf of the Committee, including continued work on the committee's strategic plan.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Cameron Lewis made remarks.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:58 pm.