Shining Rock Classical Academy
Minutes
Monthly Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Location
SRCA
2150 Russ Avenue, Waynesville, NC 28786.
SRCA regular board meetings occur the 4th Wednesday of the month.
In person and remote.
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Directors Present
A. Weimar, B. Bowser, B. Buckelew (remote), B. Mullinix (remote), J. Sims, R. Gevjan, S. Messer
Directors Absent
A. Adeleke, L. Davis
Guests Present
A. Anderson, B. Weimar, Bryan Reeves, C. White (remote), H. Wilson (remote), Karina Huber, S. Jenkins, T. Gresham, T. Inman
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
SRCA Mission Statement
D.
Announcements
E.
Approve Minutes - Regular session
II. Public Comment and Records
A.
Public Comment
B.
Public Records Monthly Update
III. Head of School Report
A.
December School Report
School Report December 2025.pdf
Nov_Dec Teacher Spotlight - Google Slides.pdf
Staff Spotlight - Nicholson.pdf
Teacher Spotlight - Ms Sam.pdf
J. Morgan touched on
- Falcon tree
- Positive referral count vs negative referral count
- Arts
- Basketball schedules
- Public records requests
- Awning installation and gym additions (retractable curtain, basketball goal)
- State budget stagnation
- Staff highlights
- Mrs. Akers
- Miss Sam
- Mrs. Nicholson
IV. Finance Committee
A.
Finance Report
November Finance Report SRCA.pdf
R. Gevjan spoke about satisfying bond obligation
J. Morgan spoke about that as well
V. Academic Committee
A.
Calendar Draft Presentation
A. Weimar spoke about
- FY25-26 academic calendar formation
- Planning to vote on it during next meeting if HCC has approved their 2026 Spring Break by then
- Had staff flow into attendance from the committee survey that was sent to staff recently
VI. School Culture / NEST Committee
A.
Updates
J. Sims updated
- Lower on NEST funds than previous years.
- Considering Bingo night for February
- Weekly volunteer days are going well
- Need NEST President
- Next Meeting Jan 15
VII. Transportation & Facilites Committee
A.
Updates
B. Weimar spoke about
- FEMA approval for repairs of Dellwood campus buildings is tangled up with insurance claim denial and our state representative is earnestly helping us through the bureaucracy
- White transporation bus seems to be at end-of-life
- Parent joining transportation committee
VIII. Policy Committee
A.
Remote Attendance Policy
4415 Remote Attendance Policy 2025 v2.pdf
4415 Remote Attendance Policy 2025 (Redline) v2.pdf
9500 Non Student Sport Participation 2025 (Redline).pdf
J. Morgan spoke about the policy changes
Discussion between various attendees followed, with regard to the new verbiage which would restrict homeschooled population and HCC population from participating in SRCA sports
The board decided to wait until further revision of policy 9500 before voting
B.
4850 Suspension, Expulsion, Exclusion Policies
4850 Long-Term Suspension 365 Suspsension Expulsion (Current).pdf
4850 Long-Term Expulsion Exclusion 2025.pdf
J. Morgan spoke about the policies which are being introduced as 1st reads
C.
4851 Discipline for Students with Disabilities
4851 Discipline Students with Disabilities.pdf
J. Morgan highlighted and recapped this existing policy
A. Anderson explained further
D.
6200 / 6210 Employee Selection and Background Checks
6210 Criminal History Check DRAFT.pdf
6200 Employee Selection and Recruitment.pdf
J. Morgan spoke about the policies which are being introduced as 1st reads
E.
Amendment to MS/HS Behavior Tiers
IX. Closed session
A.
Enter Closed Session
B.
Exit Closed Session
C.
Closed Session Summary and Voting items
X. Other Business
A.
Open Discussion- Other Business (Board Members)
XI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- Public Records Request – October - November 2025 Update.docx
- School Report December 2025.pdf
- Nov_Dec Teacher Spotlight - Google Slides.pdf
- Staff Spotlight - Nicholson.pdf
- Teacher Spotlight - Ms Sam.pdf
- November Finance Report SRCA.pdf
- 26-27 Calendar Draft.pdf
- 4415 Remote Attendance Policy 2025 v2.pdf
- 4415 Remote Attendance Policy 2025 (Redline) v2.pdf
- 9500 Non Student Sport Participation 2025 (Redline).pdf
- 4850 Long-Term Suspension 365 Suspsension Expulsion (Current).pdf
- 4850 Long-Term Expulsion Exclusion 2025.pdf
- 4851 Discipline Students with Disabilities.pdf
- 6210 Criminal History Check DRAFT.pdf
- 6200 Employee Selection and Recruitment.pdf
- Behavior Tiers MS +HS 2025 Edit Dec 2025.pdf
Public Records Request – October - November 2025 Update.docx
A. Weimar recapped latest public records requests update