Shining Rock Classical Academy
Minutes
SRCA Regular Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday July 26, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Location
2150 Russ Ave, Waynesville NC 28786
Directors Present
A. Wilkins (remote), F. Lay (remote), N. Malis (remote), S. Messer
Directors Absent
B. Newsome, S. Brantly
Ex Officio Members Present
J. Morgan
Non Voting Members Present
J. Morgan
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Pledge of Allegiance
C.
Record Attendance
D.
Mission Statement
E.
Approve Agenda
F.
Approve Minutes From June 29, 2023
II. School Report - July 24, 2023
A.
School Report
III. Information Reports
A.
NC Public Charter School Association Conference Report
-Conference held this summer in Cherokee, NC - represented by board members, teachers, and staff.
-Sara Jenkins: Learned ways to streamline staff and teachers' work life, pysco-social/emotional issues addressed.
-Terry Inman: WCU has curriculum for health initiative
-Joshua Morgan received several accolades from keynote speaker at the conference
-Conference was very positive and a lot of positive acknowledgements were received from people unaffiliated with SRCA.
B.
Board Meeting Calendar 23/24
IV. New Business
A.
Step Installation on Russ
-Quote for steps at side of building: $10,000. We anticipate the actual amount to be closer to $7,000
B.
Food Service Contract for 23-24 School Year
Contract with NCBS Trade Incorporated
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| S. Brantly |
Absent
|
| N. Malis |
Aye
|
| S. Messer |
Aye
|
| F. Lay |
Aye
|
| B. Newsome |
Absent
|
| A. Wilkins |
Aye
|
C.
HVAC Repairs for Russ Campus
-HVAC issues in Russ Ave building
-Has anyone looked into warranties for this? New construction warranty, Equipment warranty, etc.
D.
ParentSquare Contract
-Continuous issues beyond our control with previous communication system (Blackboard)
-Charlotte/Mecklenburg uses this vendor throughout their entire school system. They spoke very highly of this program
-Helps with streamlining communication
-What are the contract terms? - Do we have rights to the data?
-Student data is all in power school and we own that data
-It is a shared portal but we own the rights to our own data. We would have an opportunity to download all of our data.
-This will replace Class Dojo, Blackboard, and Remind
-Sports communications: Parents and athletes will have their own square groups
-Institutional wide consistency in communication venues
-Parents will be able to pay for field trips through this
-$500 discount to be applied for SRCA
-3-year agreement proposed
-$5,520 annual fees for a 3 year contract
E.
Related Services for OT/PT
-New service providers for OT/PT and for psychological services
-Existing issues for medicaid billing
-OT: paying approx. $2,000 per month for services currently
-New contract will be much more cost effective
-N. Malis suggests we make a motion "pending read over by SRCA's counsel".
F.
Related Services for Psychological
Ask council to focus on item #13
Include indebtedness clause
-F. Lay suggest rewording of language in the contract under 13 to include "provide psychological services".
V. Closed Session
A.
Personnel
Motion to pause public board meeting and go into closed session (143-318.11 subsection 6) @ 8:00pm
-3rd grade will be moving upstairs to the second floor to accommodate growth
-Parent Square to be incorporated - 3 year contract
-Gym to be multifunctional use to accommodate increase in enrollment
-Still have students on a waitlist
-Cart, to be used for several specialties, will travel to various classrooms
-WINGS program: No transportation needed for this year. That bus to be used for athletics. Late carline parents will pick up their children from WINGS and will be charged accordingly.