Board Member Gustavo Velasquez
shares with students
CEO and Founder Sonia Gutierrez shares
experiences with an ESL class
Board Member Ted Kavaleri presents to a CSS 100 Class
Board of Trustees Members represent diverse
backgrounds and cultures. Candidate board
members are recommended for consideration of
the nominating committee and must be approved
by the entire Board. The school makes an effort to
recruit members who are bilingual and multicultural
and bring expertise in various areas such as adult
education, banking, fund-raising, management,
public relations and policy.
Our Board of Trustees is structured in compliance
with the School Reform Act. There are currently 11
members, a majority of whom reside in the District
of Columbia. In lieu of parents, our Board has two
members representing the School’s alumni: Mr. Rawi
and Ms. Zepeda.
The Carlos Rosario School’s Board of Trustees held
four meetings during the 2010-2011 school year.
As required, minutes of these meetings have been
submitted to the DC Public Charter School Board.
One significant topic discussed by the Board over the
course of School Year 2010-2011 was future school
expansion in light of growing demand for the School’s
educational program and the continued leasing of
a satellite site to accommodate the School’s current
enrollment level. The Board agreed that, in order
to best fulfill the school’s mission, the School would
need an additional permanent facility.
Consequently, Community Capital Corporation,
the nonprofit organization that developed the 1100
Harvard Street facility for the Carlos Rosario School,
acquired a property in the northeast quadrant of
the District. The School and Community Capital
are now working together to design a facility to be
located on this site to accommodate the School’s
workforce development programs as well as other
possible tenants that would provide complementary
services to the community.
In addition to the quarterly Board meetings, Board
members volunteered as guest speakers in classrooms
and attended and supported School events such as
the annual cultural festivals and graduation.
Trainings
Workshops and Conference Attendance
•Introduction to Charter Schools for Charter Board
Members, D.C. Public Charter School Board (Pilar
Laugel and Ted Kavaleri)
•TESOL Conference, March 16 – 20 (Pilar Laugel)
•NCLR Conference, July 23 – 26 (Sonia Gutierrez)
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Board Meetings/Facilitated Work Sessions
The following meetings/work sessions were held
during the 2010-2011 academic year:
•November 3, 2010
•January 13, 2011
•March 3, 2011
•May 11, 2011
Annual Board Retreat
On July 29 - August 1, 2011, the Board held its
Annual Board Retreat at the Gaylord Hotel in
Maryland. During the retreat the board viewed
several presentations that showed the year’s many
administrative and academic program successes. They
received updates on the School’s accountability plan
performance and met with Salo Levinas of Shinberg/
Levinas regarding the preliminary architectural
drawings for the new facility. They also discussed
and planned for Sonia Gutierrez’ planned short-term
medical absence beginning in August 2011.