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Foxborough Regional Charter School

Minutes

Foundation Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday October 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Location

Edwards?

Meeting Format
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Committee Members Present

Amanda Mathias, Heidi Berkowitz, Karen Calvert, Kathleen Crawford (remote), Kevin Heayden, Rachel Goldman

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Heidi Berkowitz called a meeting of the FRCS Foundation Inc Committee of Foxborough Regional Charter School to order on Tuesday Oct 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

II. FRCS Foundation Inc

A.

Book Keeping Topic

  1. Heidi met with a Book Keeper
    1. $55 an hour
    2. No Quick Book Needed. 
      1. Cancel - Quick Books?
      2.  Heidi to connect with Crawford who’s the account name

B.

Additional Board Members

  1. Bi Laws & Terms
    1. Heidi looking into this and give to Board Members
  2. Application Process: Board Recruitment Folder 
    1. Heidi meeting with other schools and how they do their foundation board
    2. Building committee and only few board members
      1. People who have the passion and the drive to want to contribute
    3. Need to formalize this.
    4. Make a board meeting for this only. Deeper dive.
    5. No application, just resume and informal interview process. 
    6. Guide for new people to join. 

C.

Meeting - International Trip

  1. Financial Aid Process Procedure/Criteria: 
    1. School’s Procedure: Financial Aid 
      1. https://www.masslegalservices.org/content/federal-poverty-guidelines-2025
    2. Present Rachel’s idea:
      Procedure Trips IDEA 
  2. Discuss how to support the trips
    1. 1. Money to split to all
    2. 2. Money to go to particular students who need financial assistance 
  3. First: Financial Aid, then add application/essay, lottery or selection?
    1. Ask principals – Heidi to go to Teacher and Learning Meeting 
    2. Rachel to type up options for Heidi to present. 

D.

Invitation Rodman Ride

1. We need riders and funds.

2. 7 riders - $2,000 per rider

  • 6 Volunteers - Day Before and Day Of to Set Up. 
  • Paint a Picture WHO the money goes to. 
  • List of non golfers donors to Heidi.

E.

Scholarship Timeline

  1. Scholarship Timeline
  2. Review Scholarships as a Group Scholarships 2025 
    1. Discussion for Suggestions for This Year 

Timeline for 2026: 2025 Timeline 

III. Other Business

A.

Vote on a budget

  1. Based on $30,000 - $15,000 to Scholarships, $15,000 Trips?
  2. Book Keeping Money Budget?
  3. Discussion for Continuing Staff Gift?
    1. Reserves to see how much this is
    2. Vote next meeting

B.

Turkey Brigade/S&S Assistance

  1. Turkey Brigade - Family Assistance S&S Holiday
    1. Student or Staff involvement 
  2. Use the S&S Funds for Holiday Assistance - Rachel to connect with Lissette

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Heidi Berkowitz

The listed matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.