Board of Trustees Meeting

Thursday, January 26, 2017

6:00 PM

555 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1703; New York, NY 10018

Minutes

Trustees Present Trustees Not Present

Adam Miller / Ella Zalkind
Sue Fox*
Michael Tobman
Aaron Listhaus
Stella Binkevich
*by video conference

Also Present

Jon Rosenberg; President & CEO, Hebrew Public

Elyse Piker; Director of Operations for the NY Region, Hebrew Public

Kay Lodge; Manager of New School Development, Hebrew Public

Cliff Schneider; Managing Partner, Cohen, Schneider, & O’Neill LLP

1. Call to Order

Adam Miller called the meeting to order at 6:07 pm.

II. Adoption of Agenda

Stella Binkevich made a motion to adopt the agenda. Aaron Listhaus seconded and the motion carried unanimously.

III. Board Actions- Adoption of organizing resolutions

Aaron Listhaus made a motion to adopt the organizing resolutions. Stella Binkevich seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The organizing resolutions consist of:

1.  Appointing trustees and officers.

2.  Adopting HLA2’s by-laws, Conflict of Interest Policy, Whistleblower Policy, Code of Ethics, Public Comment Policy, and calendar of Board meetings for 2016-2017.

3.  Setting the fiscal year start date as July 1.

4.  Engaging Hebrew Public Charter Schools for Global Citizens as HLA2’s charter management organizations.

5.  Authorizing the officers of the School to file an application for an exemption under Section 501(c)(3).

6.  Engaging Cohen Schneider & O’Neill LLP (the “Firm”) as legal counsel for HLA2.

7.  Approving the HLA2 budget.

IV. New Business

a.  Head of School search

i.  Subcommittee on Head of School hiring

1.  Adam Miller; Chair

2.  Aaron Listhaus; Secretary

ii.  Process

1.  Adam Miller and Aaron Listhaus identify candidates.

2.  Full board receives information about candidates and may submit questions for interviews.

3.  Finalist meets the full board for approval.

b.  Facilities search

i.  Hebrew Public is working with several brokerage firms to identify interim and permanent facilities, in both public and private buildings.

c.  Student recruitment

i.  115 applications received thus far.

ii.  Lottery will be on Thursday, April 20 at Shorefront Y.

iii.  Lottery deadline is April 1.

d.  Standing committees

i.  Chairs and members of standing committees to be proposed by next board meeting. Members need not be trustees.

e.  Expanding the board

i.  The board will expand by one or more trustees.

V. Public Comments

None.

VI. Adjournment

Adam Miller moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 pm. Aaron Listhaus seconded and motion carried unanimously