A. Weimar read aloud the SRCA mission statement

None

S. Jenkins spoke

• End of year celebrations
• End of year testing
  • Still awaiting full results
• Epicenter task update
  • Lunch amendment was accepted
  • Meeting for the amendment is June 8 at 10:15 AM ET
  • H. Wilson to lead the meeting
  • Fire log uploaded and pending approval
• Title 1 audit findings
• Student enrollment
• 5 yr enrollment projections
• Upcoming policy updates
  • Grading policy
  • Fundraising policy
  • Overnight and extended travel policy
  • Spending authorization policy

A. Weimar said that academic committee did not meet this month and will not meet until the Fall semester

A. Weimar presented the results of the parent survey

The board discussed the results throughout

J. Sims spoke

• NEST met earlier today
• Falcon Film Fest on June 19
• Uniform Sale sometime in July
• Still waiting on World Famous Chocolate prizes to be delivered
• Bingo night on November 14 (seeking donations for prizes)
• Still seeking someone to share the responsibilities of NEST President with R. McFalls
• Celebrating teachers in August with snacks and refreshments before students return
• Kindergarten parent breakfast

B. Mullinix

• 9 AM call with SOAR (Adventure Discovery School)
  • Talk about offer for the modulars
  • Board members attending
    • R. Gevjan
    • A. Weimar
    • B. Mullinix

B. Weimar

• Inventory assessment in light of high school closure

• S. Jenkins resignation
  • Vote to accept
• Director considerations
  • H. Wilson
• New Director considerations
  • Interview of a qualified candidate by the board 
  • Consideration for internal vs external search
  • Family considerations (through parent survey)
  • Teacher/staff vision casting with board
  • Teacher/staff invited to hear candidate presentation 
  • Follow-up interview questions/references with Dr. Miller
• Larry resigned from the board
  • Need more board members on policy committee

A. Weimar said that policy committee did not meet this month

R. Gevjan

• (Shared budget snapshot of thus far) $135,000 surplus for YTD
• Draft of upcoming budget
  • To end with a surplus of ~$273,255.98
• B. Reeves
  • Increase in contract due to overall Haywood County staff raises
• $1.3 million in cuts
• Working with bondholders to sustain sufficient ratio
  • Bondholders are incentivized for us to succeed

1st read, no vote

S. Jenkins spoke

• Different ways of identifying a student as AIG
• Implementation change (pushing into classroom)
• Training
• AIG and STEM night in Spring

• A. Weimar asking for a vice chair who would eventually succeed the chair
  • Bringing up in June as A. Weimar comes to the end of her 2 year term
• L. Davis resigned recently
• Recruiting for new board members

T. Jones Thomas

• From Polk County
• Blue Ridge Health
• school-based health
• brchs.com
• PP presentation
  • school-based health
  • 7 county service areas in WNC, w over 47 sites
    • About 17 behavioral and medical, rest are behavioral
  • Provide services based on MOU
  • Difference between school nurse and BRH
    • School nurse typically would do the triage
    • Higher acuity would go to BRHa
    • Families of student can go to the clinic
    • Staff can go to the clinic
  • Parent permission required for student to go to clinic
    • And parent is notified if student does go to clinic
  • Attention seeking visits are handled well by the behavioral expertise that exists alongside the medical
• Dental bus
• Psychiatric care in Henderson county, expected to come soon to other counties

Discussion included clinic operations, parent consent requirements, behavioral health services, medication administration, staffing considerations, and facility space needs. Ms. Thomas noted that Blue Ridge Health could potentially provide nursing support and that services could continue throughout the summer months.

Board members discussed the possibility of establishing a school-based clinic at SRCA and asked questions regarding implementation, staffing, and service delivery. 

Ms. Thomas indicated that an agreement would need to be in place prior to the start of the fall semester to allow for implementation.

The Board thanked Ms. Thomas for her presentation, and she departed the meeting.

Closed Session Pursuant to NCGS 143-318.11 (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.