RVCS Committee on Trustees Meeting
Committee agreed to send updated bylaws to the full board with a recommendation to approve and forward to DESE, and planned a board retreat with facilitator Kate Scott (including 20‑minute trustee interviews to prepare scope). The committee also advanced succession and board‑recruiting efforts, including outreach to families, alumni and community advisors.
The Committee on Trustees focused on governance and leadership planning. Members agreed to place updated bylaws on the upcoming full-board agenda with a recommendation that the board approve them and forward the bylaws to DESE for final approval. The committee also recorded action items to include key discussion points on the board agenda.
Retreat and succession planning were central topics. The committee confirmed that Kate Scott will facilitate the board retreat and will join the next full board meeting; members will be interviewed for 20 minutes each to shape the retreat scope. With multiple trustees expected to leave at year-end, the group discussed succession planning and recruitment strategies — leveraging current trustees’ skills, outreach to families and alumni to build a school contact list, and recruiting community advisors on an as-needed basis. The Committee removed the 'Montessori Minute' from meetings to save time, recommended that trustees observe classrooms to better understand Montessori practice, and discussed passing board-survey items (teacher accountability, member engagement, burnout) to the school leader for follow-up and exploring scheduled opportunities for direct board–faculty interaction. No public comments or formal substantive motions beyond minutes approval were recorded; the meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM.