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Coastal Montessori Charter School

Minutes

Board of Directors Meeting

Date and Time

Monday October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Location

Coastal Montessori Charter School

This is the monthly CMCS Board of Directors meeting.

Directors Present

A. Bailey, J. Dent, J. Dew, M. Easterling, R. Dawson, R. Ferdon, R. Richardson

Directors Absent

None

Ex Officio Members Present

F. Cohens

Non Voting Members Present

F. Cohens

Guests Present

C. Bergeron, John Teachy

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

R. Richardson called a meeting of the board of directors of Coastal Montessori Charter School to order on Monday Oct 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM.

C.

Approval of Agenda

R. Ferdon made a motion to approve the minutes from Board of Directors Meeting on 09-15-25.
M. Easterling seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

Approve Minutes

II. Finance

A.

September Financial Report

Brice with Veris went over the financial report. 

III. Governance

A.

Creation of Board Committees

Finance is in operation now. (Treasurer, Julie Dew) 

        Sub Committee: Development (Jessica Dent)

Governance (bylaws, board recruitment, compliance/policy, Executive Committee is the officers (Chair, VChair, Sec., Treas), Ceo support/Eval., 

Facilities (Marshall)

We do not need an Academic Excellence committee because that falls under Chris' duties. 

 

First duty for the committees: before next board meeting write out the charter for the committee. 1. Write Charter

2. Write 12 mo. calendar

Motion to Julie Dew.
M. Easterling seconded the motion.

3 committees outlined above.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Motion to Julie Dew.
M. Easterling seconded the motion.

Chairs for the commitees as listed above.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

IV. Housekeeping Items

A.

Reports

Motion to To dismiss Brooke Berkholder from her seat on the Board.
M. Easterling seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
R. Richardson made a motion to To appoint John Teachy for the parent seat on the board.
A. Bailey seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

V. Closing Items

A.

Next Meeting

Nov. 17, 2025

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:15 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
R. Ferdon

Please note that the Board may elect to take action on issues discussed during Executive Session prior to adjournment.