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.

 

Please note which board members are present and absent for the Secretary. 

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.

Mr. Touchette, Director of Elementary, will provide the Board an update about the Independent Reading Initiative.

Ms. Vargas will provide a Marketing and Enrollment update.

The Facilities sub-committee (which is a sub-committee of the Finance Committee) will provide a monthly update to the Board.  Robin Clement and Justin Matthews will present.

January Board Report: 

2nd Extension

Construction Laydown

Project Status Review

Mrs. Villegas will provide a monthly update on the status of the Hawks at Home Academy (H@HA). 

Mrs. Villegas will make a presentation to the Board about the upcoming ACCESS testing window.

Mrs. Villegas will share a new report from iReady regarding the correlation between the diagnostic assessments and the EOGs.

The Administrative Team will provide monthly updates to matters pertaining to the operation of the school.  

Mrs. Jackson will present the Executive Director's monthly report on the status of the school.  

Mrs. Jackson will present a review of the monthly budget.

 

Mrs. Buckholz will make a presentation regarding the state-funded bonuses.

Mrs. Buckholz and Mrs. Jackson will review the salary adjustments and discuss the impact on the budget.

Mrs. Buckholz will present a  proposal for increasing Substitute Teacher Pay.

The Board of Directors has developed four Sub-Committees to help meet the goals established by the Board and to ensure our school is living up to our mission.   Each sub-committee will provide a monthly update on the progress that has been made since the last meeting.  

The Academic Sub-Committee will provide the Board a monthly update.  

Review and revise the Calendar of Board Meeting Agenda Items by Month.

Prepare for Policy Review:

Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Wimberly will provide a Development Committee update.

Per Senate Bill 654, All public school units must adopt a policy regarding the use of face coverings by employees and students. School boards must vote once a month on this policy and if it should be modified.

Key point: The charter school’s Board of Directors must have a board-approved face-covering policy and must revisit and vote on this policy at least once a month.

§ 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:

1) To prevent the disclosure of information that is privileged or confidential pursuant to the law of this State or of the United States, or not considered a public record within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.

(3) To consult with an attorney employed or retained by the public body in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the attorney and the public body, which privilege is hereby acknowledged. General policy matters may not be discussed in a closed session and nothing herein shall be construed to permit a public body to close a meeting that otherwise would be open merely because an attorney employed or retained by the public body is a participant. The public body may consider and give instructions to an attorney concerning the handling or settlement of a claim, judicial action, mediation, arbitration, or administrative procedure. If the public body has approved or considered a settlement, other than a malpractice settlement by or on behalf of a hospital, in closed session, the terms of that settlement shall be reported to the public body and entered into its minutes as soon as possible within a reasonable time after the settlement is concluded.

(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. 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.

Recommendation for Grade 8 Math/Math 1 Teacher.

Mrs. Buckholz will present information regarding our COVID Contingency Planning.

Budget revisions reflecting