Board Meetings

MRCS Board of Trustees Meeting

For the convenience of our Board members and members of the Public, Montessori Regional Charter School will hold Committee of the Whole meetings at 12:00pm via teleconference. The public may join the meeting via computer using the live stream links posted below for each meeting.  Regular Board of Trustee meetings are open to the public to attend in person, and will take place at the school at 2549 W. 8th St., Erie, PA  16505.

Those members of the public who would like to offer public comment at the meeting must contact the Board Recorder via email at mreed@mrcserie.org by Noon on Thursday for 6:00pm meetings and by the end of previous business day for 12:00pm meetings.   Please include your name, your email address and the topic of your comments. Please include only this information in your communication to the Board Recorder. During the comment period, only those who have contacted the Board Recorder and provided the necessary information will be called upon to participate in public comment. 

Visit our Board meeting information portal at https://mrcserie.communitybydiligent.com/Portal/   

On this page you can subscribe to receive email notifications when an upcoming Board of Trustees meeting agenda is available to view.

 

Regularly scheduled board meetings are generally held on Thursday at 12:00pm or 6:00pm at 2549 W. 8th St.

The MRCS Board of Trustees hereby resolves to set the following meeting calendar for 2024:

Committee of the Whole Meeting:

Monday, January 8, 2024

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, January 18, 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm

Committee of the Whole Meeting/Special Board Meeting:

Monday, February 5, 2024

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, February 15 , 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm

Committee of the Whole Meeting:

Monday, March 11, 2024  

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, March 21, 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm

Committee of the Whole Meeting:  THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Monday, April 8, 2024

  • Meeting at 12:00pm
  • Meeting Live Stream Link: 

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, April 18, 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm

Committee of the Whole Meeting: THIS MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024

Monday, May 6, 2024

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, May 16, 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm 

Committee of the Whole Meeting:

Monday, June 10, 2024

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, June 20, 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm

Committee of the Whole Meeting:

Monday, August 5, 2024

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, August 15, 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm

Committee of the Whole Meeting:

Monday, September 9, 2024

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, September 19, 2024

  • Meeting at 12:00pm

Committee of the Whole Meeting 

Monday, October 7, 2024

  • Meeting at 12:00pm
  • Meeting Live Stream Link:  

Regular Board Meeting: 

Thursday, October 17, 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm

Committee of the Whole Meeting:

Monday, November 4, 2024 

Regular Board Meeting:

Thursday, December 5, 2024

  • Meeting at 6:00pm

 

Please note that meetings/location are subject to change. Changes in time/date/location will be posted on the school doors, on the website and listed in the Erie Times News public notice section.

As a public charter school, we welcome comments from our parents and community.  All individuals wishing to participate in a public Board meeting shall register their intent with the MRCS administrative secretary five (5) days in advance of the meeting and shall include the name and address of the participant, topic to be addressed and group affiliation, if applicable. Prior to speaking at the meeting, participant shall complete and submit a speaker’s form to the Board President. Participants must be recognized by the presiding officer and must preface their comments by an announcement of their name and group affiliation, if applicable. Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to five (5) minutes duration. No participant may speak more than once on the same topic, unless all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard.

The presiding officer: 1. Shall permit citizen members of the audience to come to the podium, without prior notice, for a limit of three (3) minutes immediately following the formal (5 minutes) speakers, providing the total speaker time limited to 30 minutes, has not elapsed. Informal (3 minutes) speakers may not use specialized equipment to address the Board. 2. May interrupt or terminate a participant's statement when the statement is too lengthy, personally directed, abusive, obscene, or irrelevant. 3. May request any individual to leave the meeting when that person does not observe reasonable decorum.

If you wish to speak at one of the open board meetings, we ask that you follow the procedures listed here: Public Comment Procedures

Be aware that the Public comment portion of the Board meeting is not designed to hear or remedy grievances. Grievance Procedure Document