River Valley Charter School Board of Trustees · February 4, 2026 · 6:00 PM
RVCS Committee on Trustees Meeting
Committee reviewed updated bylaws aligned to DESE guidance and agreed to time final approval with new whistle‑blower and complaint policies; the committee also planned a board retreat with anonymous 30‑minute interviews for an external audit and voted to create a board education subcommittee. The meeting included a formal review of trustee removal procedure and Open Meeting Law requirements.
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Key decisions
Time final approval of updated bylaws to coincide with approval of updated Whistle‑blower and Complaint policies; coordinate with Executive Committee and Executive Director to complete policies for final approval at the next meeting.
Proceed with a board retreat process including an external audit: conduct 30‑minute, anonymous interviews with each board member, aggregate findings for themes, and target completion by end of February with CoT review before larger board discussion.
Adjust schedule to align with a board member's availability and reschedule the CoT review meeting to March 3 at 7:00 PM (to enable review prior to the March 28 retreat).
Create a board education subcommittee to handle board training and simplify retreat planning/processes.
Assign action items: review bylaws and new policies at the Executive Committee meeting; update CoT/subcommittee meeting dates for board training; and address that the April 1 CoT and Executive Committee meetings conflict with Passover.
Discuss and clarify trustee removal procedure and Open Meeting Law requirements: Committee on Trustees must recommend removal, the trustee must receive reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard in open session, and removal requires a two‑thirds vote of the entire voting Board.
Agenda
Committee on Trustees
II.A. Update Bylaws
Review final changes to the bylaws; proposed bylaws are attached.
Committee on Trustees
II.B. Board Retreat and External Audit
Discuss board retreat and external audit; proposal signed and submitted and review proposed interview questions for board assessment and facilitator feedback.
Committee on Trustees
II.C. Action Items
Discuss action items including policy updates, review of Board Survey Questionnaire responses from the 1/21/25 BOT meeting, and recruiting for committees and the Board of Trustees (posting avenues and needed areas of expertise).
III. Trustee conduct
Discuss impacts of trustee behavior and next steps; consider updating roles and responsibilities per suggestion of the audit/retreat facilitator (Kate Scott).