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Foxborough Regional Charter School

Minutes

Foundation 1/13/25

Date and Time

Tuesday January 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Location

Edward's Conference Room

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Committee Members Present

Amanda Mathias, Karen Calvert, Kevin Heayden, Rachel Goldman

Committee Members Absent

Kathleen Crawford

Guests Present

Toby Romer

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Rachel Goldman called a meeting of the FRCS Foundation Inc Committee of Foxborough Regional Charter School to order on Tuesday Jan 13, 2026 at 9:02 AM.

II. FRCS Foundation Inc

A.

Housekeeping

  1. Heidi’s Position/Chair Role
    1. Mr. Romer is filling in as a guest on her behalf as Heidi is absent at this time. 
  2. New Board Members 
    1. Expressed growth for committee board members. Rachel created a Smore to Staff/Community-Who Are We? What do we do? Join Us.
  3. Bookkeeper Update 
    1. Heidi was in contract with this connection. We allowed a budget. New plan: Offer a stipend from the Foundation to organize the books and work with the Treasurer. 
    2. Need Update from the Treasure each meeting/quarterly. The Bank Account Amount will help us make decisions with the funds. 

B.

Budget

  1. Current Budget Breakdown was noted.
  2. Amanda was approached for a Foundation contribution to the Open House Raffle item. 
  • We discussed requests of any funds need to support our mission. We need a procedure and form. Rachel will create procedure. 
  • Toby mentioned how school budgets have limitations on some things to fund. We discussed including this in a community budget with the similar umbrella of staff. 
  • Rachel made a motion to allot $500 to this year. Karen seconded. All in favor. 
  • Next year, we will plan for this budget by each school and its' population.
  • 3. Budget: $15,000 Scholarships, $15,000 International Travel, $1,800 to the Bookkeeping, Community - $500 to Community, $600 to Holiday Staff and $600 to Staff Appreciation Month. This effort is to help encourage staff involvement in our fundraising and events. 

III. Other Business

A.

Golf Tournament Next Steps

1. Postcard Save the Date was mailed and vendors are excited!

  • Deposit and Contract due: Amanda to connect with Rachel for deposit check. 
  • Committee will made next week to finalize sponsorships.
  • Smore is ready for sign ups.

 

B.

Food Assistance Partnership Grant

Lissette and Rachel are working on a February Distribution. We are offering Breakfast/Lunch Box Pack, Wellness Care Pack, and Birthday Box!  Rachel is going to have NJHS (Juliette Coatsworth) volunteer to pack. 

C.

Scholarship and International Travel Update

  1. Scholarships are posted for students. 
  • Adam is working on a Date for Ceremony
  1. International Travel - Update - 3 MS Students received funding and 1 HS Student received funding. The remaining amount will be distributed all travelers for their incidental expenses i.e. “travel money”
  • Rachel to connect to Malik on how to best give this out.

D.

Rodman Ride

  • In person meeting Jan 22, 9:30 - Amanda, Rachel, Toby, Kevin
  • Goal per Rider/Donor Ride

E.

Motion to Approve Minutes from 2025

Rachel Goldman made a motion to approve the minutes from Foundation Meeting on 10-30-25.
Karen Calvert seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

F.

Approve Minutes

Rachel Goldman made a motion to approve the minutes from Foundation Meeting on 10-14-25.
Karen Calvert seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

G.

Approve Minutes

Rachel Goldman made a motion to approve the minutes from FRCS Foundation on 09-22-25.
Karen Calvert seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

H.

Approve Minutes

Rachel Goldman made a motion to approve the minutes from Foundation 8/12 on 08-12-25.
Karen Calvert seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

I.

Approve Minutes

Rachel Goldman made a motion to approve the minutes from Foundation Meeting 7/9 on 07-09-25.
Karen Calvert seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

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 9:46 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Rachel Goldman

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.