Foxborough Regional Charter School
Minutes
Foundation Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Location
Edwards?
Meeting Format
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Committee Members Present
Amanda Mathias, Heidi Berkowitz, Kevin Heayden, Rachel Goldman
Committee Members Absent
Karen Calvert, Kathleen Crawford
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. FRCS Foundation Inc
A.
Bookkeeper Update
B.
International Travel
- Discussed International Travel Funding:
- Rachel and Heidi consulted with T & L Team Monday - presenting a few options.
- Must qualify for financial aid - Heidi working on this process.
- Decided on 2 scholarships UP TO 75% of trip’s cost.
- One for MS - Scholarship Amount: $3,800
- One for HS - Scholarship Amount: $3,200
- Decided the remaining amount [$8,000] will be evenly distributed to all students who qualified for Financial Aid going on the trips.
- Limited: Up to $1,000 per student.
- If anything left over from this piece, it will roll over to next year.
- Rachel will communicate this with Malik.
- Rachel is finalizing the application. Heidi looking at Financial Aid App.
- Essay Questions/Application
- Rachel is finalizing the application. Heidi looking at Financial Aid App.
- Amanda will communicate this in an upcoming newsletter after discussed with Malik.
- Decided on 2 scholarships UP TO 75% of trip’s cost.
C.
Scholarships
Foundation discussed 10 scholarships at $1,000, 1 scholarship at $2,000, and 1 scholarship at $3,000.
- We went through the current list and made decisions on which to keep and which new ones to involve.
- Rachel to communicate with Adam the list and the timeline.
III. Other Business
A.
Vote on Budget
Presented an idea for the budget's breakdown.
- As a group we edited and we will review to vote on the next meeting.
Heidi needs to follow up with the Bookkeeper with more documentation requested.