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KIPP STAR Charter School Board of Trustees

Minutes of April 2, 2012 Meeting

The KIPP STAR Charter School Board of Trustees met on April 2, 2012 at Hunter College with thefollowing trustees in attendance: David Massey, Andrew Paul, Jacqueline Adams, and Thomas

Lehrman. Also attending were Quinton Vance, David Levin, Jane Martinez Dowling, Rafael Mayer,

Frank Corcoran, John Zeiler, Kelly Coffey, Kinga Lampert, Amy Griffin, Brian Zied, Larry Robbins,

Abigail Klem, Whitney Tilson, Rick Taft, Dawn Palo, Josh Zoia, Jack Chorowsky, Charizma Williams,

Lindsay Fry, Stephanie Adams, Carrie Mauer, and Vicki Zubovic.

Opening of Meeting

The board voted unanimously to run the meeting concurrently with the meetings of the Boards of

KIPP Academy, KIPP Infinity, KIPP New York Inc, KIPP AMP, KIPP Washington Heights Academy,

and the Joint High School Committee due to the commonality of issues.

Board Business

The board approved the minutes of its January 23, 2012 meeting by unanimous vote.

The board opened the meeting to public comments. There were no comments.

Mr. Levin provided the board with an update on the progress and performance of KIPP NYC

schools and programs, specifically focusing on the middle school interim assessment scores

and elementary school reading progress. Middle schools saw an increase of 44% in state

test-aligned assessments from January to March. Mr. Levin noted the use of multiplestrategies including Read 180, small group instruction, and re-teaching to achieve this

growth. All elementary schools are currently on pace to meet their reading goals for the

year.

The board reviewed resumes of new staff who will be assigned to KIPP NYC schools this

summer. The board approved all new staff assignments by unanimous vote.

Vicki Zubovic, Managing Director of Development, provided an overview on KIPP NYCs

long-term fundraising plans.

Mr. Levin discussed Board Member recruitment. KIPP Infinity is currently searching for anew board member.

Jack Chorowsky, Chief Operating Officer, provided an update on the lease negotiations for

the campus in Mott Haven.

Mr. Chorowsky reviewed the YTD financials, cash position, and long-term financial plan. He

compared current bank balances to projected EOY bank balances.

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Charizma Williams, Managing Director of Finance shared an update of the finances of KIPP

NYC. Ms. Williams discussed her plans to hire an additional accountant to support the

financial needs of KIPP NYC. The board voted to approve the additional expense by a

unanimous vote.

Josh Zoia, Incoming Superintendent, proposed that KIPP NYC hire a Managing Director of

Teaching and Learning before the end of the fiscal year. The board voted to approve the

proposal by unanimous vote.

Mr. Chorowsky reviewed plans for oversight of KIPP NYCs 403b plan. A 403b Investment

Oversight Committee was formed consisting of board members from different KIPP NYC

school boards including Thomas Lehrman, Dawn Palo, Andrew Paul, and Rick Taft. The

board voted to delegate oversight of the organizations 403b plan to the Committee.

Mr. Massey discussed the idea of having an annual Board Retreat in September or October.

Mr. Massey will gather feedback from board members and report findings at the JuneBoard meeting.

The board voted unanimously to move to Executive Session to discuss confidential

personnel and real estate matters.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned.