Great River School, an urban Montessori learning environment, prepares students for their unique roles as responsible and engaged citizens of the world.
If you ever forget the school mission, it is located on the front page of the website as an overlay on the scrolling images of Great River students.
The Board Meeting acknowledged Tami Limberg's resignation from the board and honored her amazing service over the past years.
- How are the students doing?
- Is everything occurring appropriately?
- Board assessment and development
How are the students doing?
The chart to the right was reviewed, and data was requested around the following areas:- Board Attendance
- Information about what students are doing in the community such as CAS. Where are they getting non-traditional, out-of-school experiences?
- Sports, theater, extracurricular information (demographics, grade levels, more data about attendance of these programs).
Is Everything Occurring Appropriately?
The Finance Report was approved and the Fiscal Year 2016 budget was tabled for approval next month so that board members could more thoroughly study the budget and line items.
A motion was made and approved for the Resources Committee to review the salary schedule recommendations and compare them to schools of similar size and mission and bring this information back to the board.
The Consent Agenda, a set of documents that require approval but not discussion, was approved.
Board Assessment and Development
The Executive Committee proposed moving the annual meeting date from April to May 27th and the Annual Board Planning Dates to August 15th and 16th.
The Strategic Plan discussion reviewed all the documents in the folder; the board discussed what items need to be reflected in this plan and how detailed the plan needs to be to uphold our mission as an urban public Montessori school.
A motion to approve the Strategic Plan with the addition of a goal in section 2 to develop a long-range vision based on the eight Montessori principles outlined by the Student Achievement Committee document was made and approved after discussion.
The board adjourned; the next Great River Board Meeting will be Wednesday, April 22nd at 6PM.
