Shining Rock Classical Academy
Minutes
Monthly Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday June 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Location
SRCA
2150 Russ Avenue, Waynesville, NC 28786.
*If school is closed due to weather, the board meeting will be remote at the provided link.
Directors Present
A. Adeleke (remote), A. Weimar, B. Bowser, B. Buckelew (remote), J. Sims, R. Gevjan, S. Messer
Directors Absent
B. Mullinix
Ex Officio Members Present
H. Wilson
Non Voting Members Present
H. Wilson
Guests Present
A. Aldossary, A. Anderson (remote), C. White, Stephanie Klupinski, T. Gresham, T. Inman
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Board minutes May 27
D.
Mission
E.
Public Comment
None
II. Director Report
A.
Director
- J. Martin enters new role as Data Manager
- Partnering with Sk8way for after-school
- Can include middle school which was not offered via our in-house program
- Sk8way completely handles busing
- Partnering with Media Integrations
- Experience working with charter schools
- Online advertising and social media engagement
- Updating our website
- Summer camps
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Cheer
- Soccer
- Paid entirely by the respective camp enrollment
- School enrollment: 371 so far
- Local preschool partnerships
- First 30 days priorities
- Strengthen our internal culture
- Rebrand the school within the community
- Increase student enrollment
A. Weimar acknowledged A. Aldossary (recently appointed assistant director), H. Wilson (recently appointed executive director), and S. Jenkins (exiting interim executive director) and the effort put into today's orientation evening
III. Academic Excellence
A.
Updates
Did not meet since last meeting of the Board
IV. Culture
A.
Updates
Did not meet since last meeting of the Board
V. Facility and Transportation
A.
Summer updates
B. Weimar stated that improvements recently made are completely covered by bespoke state funds
- Repainting
- Windows
- Roadwork
VI. Governance
A.
Bylaws
A. Weimar spoke about the updates to the bylaws and conversations with OCS.
Remove Dellwood address- ensure "CFA" language is removed.
Update Mission Statement - ARTICLE 2.2 Mission: Shining Rock Classical Academy cultivates critical thinking skills and fosters a lifelong love of learning through rigorous academics, experiential education, service to others, and our core values of Integrity, Respect, Compassion, Responsibility, Wisdom, and Leadership.
VII. Policy
A.
Policy updates
A. Weimar introduced A. Adeleke as chair of the policy committee and invited her to speak about the following policies
- 3100 Fundraising and Crowdfunding (1st read)
- Culture committee to review this
- 4605 Academic Grading (vote to approve)
- Academic committee has reviewed this
- 2301 Nepotism (1st read)
- 2201 Conflict of Interest (1st read)
- 3025 Lines of Financial Management (1st read)
- Finance committee has reviewed this
VIII. Finance
A.
Budget approval FY 27
R. Gevjan spoke
- Federal government revenue is based on last year's enrollment
- Local government revenue is based on this year's enrollment
T. Gresham pointed out that the increase in marketing spend goes toward proving to the bondholders that the school is working on improving marketing and enrollment and that goes toward restructuring the bond for more equitable payments
A. Weimar seconded that point
H. Wilson spoke a bit about the possible Staples partnership for school supplies fundraising
IX. Other Business
A.
School Lunch Program
B. Weimar
- School lunch program has been submitted
- New hire taking over the lunch program
B.
Board positions
A. Weimar said
- Need to recruit 2-3 more board members
- Advertising at back to school nights with a table of board members there
- Need a vice chair by the end of July, to be compliant with the bylaws and to be practically ready for succession of the chair
C.
Blue Ridge Health
H. Wilson spoke
- Meeting early next week to hammer out details for services
- BRH will be here at the Meet the Teacher night
A. Weimar stated that she would like to advertise the partnership locally
X. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Pursuant to NCGS 143-318.11
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.
Closed Session Pursuant to NCGS 143-318.11 (5): To establish, or to instruct the public body's staff or negotiating agents concerning the position to be taken by or on behalf of the public body in negotiating (i) the price and other material terms of a contract or proposed contract for the acquisition of real property by purchase, option, exchange, or lease; or (ii) the amount of compensation and other material terms of an employment contract or proposed employment contract.
B.
Closed session voting items
XI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- Bylaws_SRCA.pdf
- 2026 Bylaws and Mission Statement.pdf
- Fundraising and Crowdfunding 3100.docx.pdf
- 4605 Academic Grading _2026u.pdf
- 2301 Nepostism.docx.pdf
- 2201 Conflict of Interest .docx.pdf
- Lines of Financial Management _SRCA format.docx.pdf
- FOR BOARD. REVIEW - SRCA FY27 Annual Budget Proposal - Budget.pdf
A. Weimar read aloud the mission statement