Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees

In conjunction with the MCCPS Governance Committee

June 26, 2008

Minutes

In attendance: 

Board of Trustees

Kay O’Dwyer, Cindy Canavan, John McEnaney, Ms Shorr, Cathy Vaucher, Christopher Fauci, Matt Cronin, Nina Cullen   Dr. Sullivan arrived at 8:58.  Not Present:  Mr. Ronchi, Mr. Sousa      

Governance Committee

Cathy Vaucher*, Cindy Canavan*, John McEnaney*, Pam Miller  Not Present:  Nancy Buczko

*Members of both the Board of Trustees and the Governance Committee

Location:  Community Room at the Marblehead Community Charter Public School, 17 Lime St, Marblehead MA 01945

The Board of Trustee Chair, Ms Kay O’Dwyer opened the meeting at 7:46 P.M.   She noted the sole agenda item of the meeting was to receive the proposed changes to the Charter, with the intent on voting on the prior to the end of July 2008.  She then recognized the Chair of the Governance Committee, Ms Cathy Vaucher and requested that she lead the meeting going forward and to give the presentation of proposed Charter changes. 

Decision:  Ms. Vaucher moved and Ms. Shorr seconded a motion to adopt the proposed amendments to the MCCPS Charter as detailed in the document titled Proposed Changes for Charter Application (Clarified), as of August 1, 2008 (attached), and to forward them to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for approval.  The amendments to the Charter will become effective upon the approval of the Board of Education

Motion Tabled to no sooner than July 11, 2008, and no later than July 31 per By-Laws, policy, and consensus of the Board.  The Governance Chair will work with the  incoming Board Chair to schedule on or more meetings to take final action on the motion.

Ms Vaucher proceeded to share a presentation that provided a background on the reasons and process for changing the charter, and that summarized the changes proposed to the Charter by the Governance Committee.  A copy of the presentation is attached, as well as a number of documents (1, 2, 3)provided to the Trustees to assist them in review the proposed changes in advance of final action. 

Action Item:  Ms Vaucher to work with Mr Ronchi to determine a date to hold a final vote on the proposed changes.  The meeting will take place no sooner than July 11, 2008 and no later than July 31 2008.

Action Item:  Trustees to email Mr. Ronchi and Ms Vaucher there unavailable times between now and July 31, 2008 to enable them to schedule a meeting when the most Trustees present. 

The Chair adjourned the meeting at 9:30 PM

Respectfully Submitted

John T. McEnaney

Clerk