Board of Ed: January further charter matters

Review of the new charter school application process

Helen Y. Davis Charter report on probation
Executive Director: provides opportunity to improve overall governance and performance
"significant growth" on MCAS
building up diversity of leadership and teachers; in excess of state numbers
racially and ethnically supportive culture
Riley: continuing in a very close way to monitor it
"we must continue our oversight"
Chuang: concern on a number of fronts is "still very high"
thus continuation of probation
Sagan: "I for one if this came back would vote to not renew"
Vote on Helen Y. Davis probation carries

Paulo Friere Charter recommended for probation
Riley: still awaiting this report, "this is not how folks should be doing business"
Chuang: still awaiting FY18 audited financial statements
still awaiting move from Holyoke to Chicopee information
Moriarty: "is there any explanation for why no one is here?"
"they have to recognize this as an extensional threat"
death in family of chair of board; executive director has pneumonia
Sagan: will this be back in February?
Chuang: February meeting is early this year...awaiting information anxiously
will have to look at the options available to us at that time