Shining Rock Classical Academy

Minutes

SRCA Regular Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday June 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Location

2150 Russ Ave, Waynesville NC 28786

Directors Present

A. Adeleke (remote), A. Weimar (remote), A. Wilkins, B. Buckelew, B. Mullinix (remote), J. Sims, L. Davis (remote), R. Gevjan

Directors Absent

S. Messer

Ex Officio Members Present

J. Morgan

Non Voting Members Present

J. Morgan

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

A. Weimar called a meeting of the board of directors of Shining Rock Classical Academy to order on Wednesday Jun 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM.

C.

SRCA Mission Statement

D.

Approve Minutes

L. Davis made a motion to approve the minutes from SRCA Regular Board Meeting on 05-28-25.
R. Gevjan seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

E.

Announcements

Next meeting July 23rd

II. Head of School Report

A.

Behavior Tiers Update

  • K-5 draft
  • 6-12 draft
  • Goal is to be fair to students, to give teachers the support they need, and to put appropriate responsibility on the parents
  • Josh Morgan requested feedback on this no later than next weekend; this request is more pressing than the review of the Code of Conduct draft

B.

High School Athletic Association

  • 3 distinct athletic associations
    • NC High School
    • NC Independent
      • Rabun Gap, for example
    • NC Charter
      • ICI, for example
  • We are not allowed to join NC Independent and we would likely not be competitive in NC High School
  • We would be most competitive in NC Charter and the membership fee is $1000 and has already been accounted for in the budget
A. Wilkins made a motion to SRCA High School to join NC Charter.
J. Sims seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

AIG Plan 2025

  • Codifies what we have been practicing for the last year
  • Intended to be renewed and perhaps modified in the next couple of years

 

R. Gevjan made a motion to Approve the AIG Plan 2025.
J. Sims seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

Code of Conduct 2025 - Draft

Josh Morgan requests that available board members review and provide feedback to him and Sara Jenkins within the next few weeks

III. Policy Commitee

A.

Review of Policy 4200

  • Request to allow Shining Rock branded t-shirts has come up for consideration
    • Alyson recommends that a committee of 2-3 board members discuss this
    • We currently allow this informally on field trips and Fridays
    • Many opinions on this topic shows that more consideration is due

IV. Finance Commitee

A.

Finance Report

  • How to handle deficits/surpluses year-to-year?
  • Intend to invest ~$500,000 into high yield instruments like CDs
  • We are drawing from the funds balance to pay for the awning and sidewalk projects
  • Until we can commit to a plan for lunch, we are not going to commit money in the budget
  • We committed to another year with CSP and they offer many services
    • We would like to focus on HR

B.

FY26 Budget Approve

  • It seems that Raleigh will not be passing a state budget soon so we will assume the state budget of the last year
  • If a state budget does pass, it is expected that revenues increase more than expenses
  • We are missing expected revenue
  • Expenses tallied up higher than initially tallied
  • Free lunch not accounted for in budget as we have not received it yet
    • If we do, we expect to to come out positive even considering accommodations to be made for the meals we receive
  • Salaries
    • Bus driving and after school salaries revised to 0 as they were realized to be redundant having been captured elsewhere
    • Instructional Coach, Dir of Compliance, STEAM salaries corrected
    • The salary for the candidate approved last meeting is now accounted for
  • Doubled high school supplies to $10,000
  • Corrected amounts for software and testing platforms
  • Included estimation of interest accrued from high yield financial instruments
  • A surplus of $2,617.99 is expected, notable given conservative estimation of revenues and liberal estimation of costs
  • Cash on hand remains at good level -- satisfies bond
A. Wilkins made a motion to Approve FY26 Budget.
A. Weimar seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

V. Academic Commitee

A.

updates

no meetings in summer months 

VI. School Culture / NEST Commitee

A.

Updates

SRCA Uniform Sale this Saturday on June 28 from 9 AM to 1 PM

VII. Transportation & Facilites Commitee

A.

Updates

Work scheduled for sidewalk and awning

VIII. Closed session

A.

Closed Session

A. Wilkins made a motion to Enter closed session.
L. Davis seconded the motion.

Closed Session Pursuant to NCGS 143-318.11 (6): (6) To consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee; or to hear or investigate a complaint, charge, or grievance by or against an individual public officer or employee.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
L. Davis made a motion to Exit closed session.
B. Mullinix seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

IX. Other Business

A.

Open floor: board members

B.

Board positions

  • Abbie W. board term ends on September 22, leaving open the vice-chair and secretary positions
  • We are considering merging vice-chair and secretary into a single position
  • Shane M. term ends in October. 

X. Additional Voting Items

A.

Personnel Report

L. Davis made a motion to approve closed session item 1 - personnel.
A. Weimar seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
L. Davis made a motion to Approve item #2 of the closed session - personnel.
A. Weimar seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

XI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

A. Weimar made a motion to Adjourn meeting.
J. Sims seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Sims
Documents used during the meeting
  • Behavior Tiers K-5 (REV DRAFT 2025).pdf
  • Behavior Tiers 6-12 (REV DRAFT 2025).pdf
  • SRCA AIG Plan 2025.pdf
  • Student Code of Conduct (K-12) 2025 DRAFT.pdf
  • 4200 Student Dress Code.pdf
  • 03_BOARD_REPORT_2025_05_SHINING_ROCK_CLASSICAL_ACADEMY.pdf
  • FY26 Annual Budget v2.pdf