Coastal Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Monday June 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is the monthly CMCS Board of Directors meeting.
Directors Present
A. Bailey, A. Setari (remote), J. Dent, J. Dew (remote), M. Easterling, R. Dawson, R. Ferdon, R. Richardson
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
C. Bergeron
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approval of Agenda
Minutes were accepted.
D.
Approve Minutes
II. Governance
A.
CMCS PTO Report
B.
CMCS Director's Report
Currently in a hiring session. Trying to fill a few more positions.
C.
CMCS Board Chair Report
Board Retreat this Saturday. Using Board OnTrack.
III. Finance
A.
May Financial Report
B.
FY 26 Budget
Melissa Yutzy from Veris went over the second reading of the 2026 budget. Julie Dew made the motion and Ricky Ferdon second the motion. Unanimous approval.
IV. Facility
A.
Public Meeting Information Requirements
Pre-application package. Reached out to Mary Allison for a nonprofit. Evidence of significant support, Chris reached out to Dr. Giles for a letter. Marshall will get a letter from Goldfinch. Jessica will reach out to Stella Mercado. Items 6 & 8 are completed. Item 9 is completed. USDA loan for a construction project. Item 10 is not completed. Item 11 is completed. Items 12-15 are completed. Discussion about the financial implications of the building process.
B.
USDA Rural Development Project
V. Employee Handbook Update
A.
Update to Employee Handbook
The addition of language that GCSD adopted regarding Paid Parental Leave in 2023 needs to be added to our current handbook to make it retroactive to September 2023.
VI. Approval of 2025-2026 Handbooks
A.
Employee Handbook
Changes in the handbook:
Time without pay is added if a day is taken directly before a holiday
Flex time added
B.
Student Code of Conduct
There were no changes to the code, only format changes.
C.
Parent Handbook
Deleting the 1st paragraph, increasing the activity fee,
VII. Housekeeping Items
A.
Board Retreat
Board retreat this Saturday, June 21st, 8:30-2:30. Dress comfortably. Email Chris if you have a specific topic for the consultant.
Topics for the Day:
Goals for the School
Get to know you activities
Plan the Year for Board Meetings
Work on the budget earlier in March
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- BOD Meeting Minutes April 14, 2025.docx
- Coastal Montessori Preliminary FY26 Budget.xlsx
- GCSD Paid Parental Leave.pdf
- CMCS Safety Procedures Handbook 2025-2026.docx
- CMCS Procedural Handbook 2025-2026.docx
- Employee Handbook 2025-2026 (1).docx
- Student Code of Conduct 2025-2026.docx
- Parent Handbook 2025-2026.docx
New PTO president will be elected July, 2025.