Ask Me Anything: Charter School Governance

Ever leave a board meeting thinking, “There has to be a better way”? Bring your questions, sticky situations, and “asking for a friend” scenarios to this relaxed, candid conversation with CSDC’s Governance and Policy Specialist, Caitlin O’Halloran Hellar. How do you find new board members when just bringing up the topic gives folks that "deer-in-the-headlights" look? What do you do when one board member does all the talking - or nobody talks at all? How can you tell when the board is getting too far into the weeds? And what’s coming next that should be on your radar? Come ready to ask, swap ideas, or just listen. Let’s tackle the tricky stuff together.

Presented by

Caitlin O'Halloran
Governance and Policy Specialist
Charter Schools Development Center

Caitlin O’Halloran Hellar is the Governance and Policy Specialist at CSDC. Caitlin leads CSDC's development and delivery of matters relating to governance, policy, and other charter school leadership topics. In 2004, Caitlin co-founded the Dixon Montessori Charter School (DMCS). From 2013-2022 she served on the Dixon Unified School District Governing Board which authorizes DMCS. She served one term on the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools and has been a workshop presenter at statewide educational conferences, a commentator on public radio, and the Woman of the Year for Senate District 03 in 2016.