RVCS Executive Committee Committee Meeting
Committee directed the director to obtain HR vendor rates and proceed with a staff climate survey, reviewed SPED audit findings (including EL screening and compliance gaps) with a plan to adopt policies and implement supports, and scheduled final audited financials and an MCAS presentation for upcoming board meetings.
The Executive Committee met to review director updates, operational projects, compliance work from a recent SPED audit, and preparatory items for upcoming board decisions. On HR, the committee reviewed two vendor options (Blue Lion HR and HR Solutions at Work), asked the director to request rates immediately, and emphasized that implementation must be transparent and that an HR firm should report to the board if issues involve the director. The committee agreed to finalize the school organizational chart with the HR firm and to push at minimum a staff climate survey as soon as possible.
The director reported on operational matters including a scheduled grounds/playground redesign (playground trucks leaving 10/13 and arriving 10/15 with a planning meeting on 10/15) and a successful parent development event. The SPED audit identified the school's first English Learner case and some compliance gaps (SEPAC, ELA, and fire drills); the committee recorded plans to train Jane Patterson as an EL screener, adopt policy templates from MA Charter, implement supports (including contracting physical therapy help through Amesbury Early Intervention), and present written policies for board review at the next meeting. Financial and accountability items included an auditor presentation by Daniel Dennis Company and a plan to finalize audited financials (to be placed at the top of the next agenda for a board vote) and to present MCAS results to the committee before the next full board meeting. Committees have submitted goals and the EC added locating an executive-director board review tool and Holiday Potluck planning to the upcoming board agenda.