Kestrel Heights Public Charter School
Special Session Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday June 22, 2021 at 6:30 PM EDT
Password is KHCS
Agenda
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| I. | Opening Items | 6:30 PM | |||
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Opening Items
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| A. | Call the Meeting to Order | Josephe Featherstone | 1 m | ||
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The meeting will be called to order by the Chair.
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| B. | Public Comment Submission | 1 m | |||
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Please sign up for public comment, given the virtual setting, please enter your name in the comment section. Please note the Public Comment expectations. The Board will first record those in attendance and approve the minutes, after that process, the Board will listen to public comments.
Public/employee comments and questions shall be:
1) Limited to two minutes (2 minutes). 2) Directed to the Board and not to individual members. 3) Presented in a professional demeanor and not in a threatening, profane, vulgar or abusive manner. 4) Topics that are relevant to the business matters of the Kestrel Board of Directors. 5) Recognized after speaker provides their name to the Board President prior to addressing the Board. |
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| C. | Record Attendance and Guests | Stephanie McGarrah | 1 m | ||
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Please note which board members are present and absent for the Secretary.
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| D. | Approve June 2021 Regular Board Meeting Minutes | Approve Minutes | Stephanie McGarrah | 5 m | |
| E. | Public Comment | Josephe Featherstone | 10 m | ||
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At each regular and special meeting which are open to the public, members of the public and employees of Kestrel Heights shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to comment to the board.
It shall be the decision of the Board if it is appropriate to respond to a question and which Board member will respond. The Board encourages all comments/questions to be submitted in writing to the board after the two minutes to ensure the entire message is heard by the board.
Out of respect of time, individuals who engage in repetitive comments/questions will be asked to refrain and/or yield the floor. |
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| II. | Key Agenda Items & Presentations | 6:48 PM | |||
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The Board has prioritized the agenda to start the meeting with the most impactful agenda items to the school's mission and goals. The Board has also strategically placed all presentations at the onset to allow staff and visitors the opportunity to present at the onset of the meeting.
Presentations may be taken out of the larger Sections and thus may not be directly aligned or not provided when other Sections are discussed. |
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| A. | Facilities Sub-Committee | Discuss | Brandon Paris & Robin Clement | 10 m | |
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The Facilities sub-committee (which is a sub-committee of the Finance Committee) will provide a building update to the Board.
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| B. | Discuss Health Insurance Benefits | Vote | Bre Buckholz | 10 m | |
| C. | Janitorial Services Contract | Vote | Bre Buckholz | 10 m | |
| III. | Closed Session | 7:18 PM | |||
| A. | Enter Closed Session | Vote | Mark Tracy | 15 m | |
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§ 143-318.11. Closed sessions.
(a) Permitted Purposes. - It is the policy of this State that closed sessions shall be held only when required to permit a public body to act in the public interest as permitted in this section. A public body may hold a closed session and exclude the public only when a closed session is required:
(4) To discuss matters relating to the location or expansion of industries or other businesses in the area served by the public body, including agreement on a tentative list of economic development incentives that may be offered by the public body in negotiations, or to discuss matters relating to military installation closure or realignment. Any action approving the signing of an economic development contract or commitment, or the action authorizing the payment of economic development expenditures, shall be taken in an open session.
(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. (6) To consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or an 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. General personnel policy issues may not be considered in a closed session. A public body may not consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, appointment, or removal of a member of the public body or another body and may not consider or fill a vacancy among its own membership except in an open meeting. Final action making an appointment or discharge or removal by a public body having final authority for the appointment or discharge or removal shall be taken in an open meeting. |
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| B. | Discussion of Individual Student Retention | Vote | Mark Tracy | 10 m | |
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The Board is required to review an individual student retention decision that was appealed by the student's parents to the Board.
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| C. | Discussion of Compensation Retention Plan | Vote | Josephe Featherstone | 10 m | |
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Discuss compensation plan for counselors and Executive Director
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| IV. | Closing Items | 7:53 PM | |||
| A. | Board Agenda for Next Month | Discuss | Josephe Featherstone | 5 m | |
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The Board will start the following Month's agenda based on this month's agenda and the Action-Based Calendar (link below).
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| B. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | 3 m | ||