River Valley Charter School Board of Trustees · September 15, 2026 · 12:00 PM
RVCS Executive Committee Meeting
Agenda for the full Board will include a vote on the updated Capital Budget, a vote on the Board Secretary position (Meredith Makin has expressed interest), and an Executive Director search update and recommendation.
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Key decisions
Board/School dashboard development will continue and the dashboard is expected to be presented at the September Board meeting, with remaining inputs to be provided by the Finance Committee and governance metrics by Tanya.
Continue work with Kristin Levine to establish a recurring Executive Director evaluation process and structure.
Executive Director search approach: initial review of search firms completed; goal set to hire a permanent Executive Director before the end of the calendar year to allow a transition period; consideration to retain the current Interim Executive Director (Joey) for continuity and to consider her as a candidate in the formal search process.
Meredith Makin expressed interest in filling the vacant Board Secretary position; a formal vote on the Secretary appointment will be brought forward at the upcoming Board meeting and a formal role description was requested.
Work to improve BoardOnTrack folder structure and organization will proceed, with coordination required with the Foundation and an emphasis on maintaining clear separation between Board and Foundation documents and permissions.
Agenda
Minutes
Approve Minutes — June 4, 2026
Approve minutes for Executive Committee Meeting on June 4, 2026.
Director Update
Director update
Director provides updates including Back to School, Staff Update & Org Chart, HR change, and Grounds/Easement/Capital Projects.
Executive Committee
Director Discussion
Discussion of policies update, DESE annual report update, finance audit (due 10/30/26), and capital budget.
Executive Committee
Board Business
Board business discussion covering Director goals/survey, completion of financial disclosures, board educational goals/needs (committee metrics; bylaws), Alnoba leadership update, DESE action items (OML training with school counsel; team building/leadership training at Alnoba; new trustee orientation with board facilitator), ED search, and BoardOnTrack clean up.
Executive Committee
Set Board Agenda
Set upcoming board agenda with accountability focus, Director Update, and Secretary (vote).
Closing Items
Adjourn Meeting
Vote to adjourn the meeting.