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Research Triangle High School

RTHS Board Meeting

Monthly Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday January 19, 2022 at 5:30 PM EST

Location

Due to possible COVID-19 restrictions, this meeting will be held with a Zoom video teleconference option.

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Meeting ID: 982 8321 6480
 
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The RTHS Board of Directors meets monthly on the third Wednesday of each month, except for December and July, or where otherwise specified. Meetings are normally held onsite at 5:30PM until 7:00PM, upstairs in the FBC Conference Room.  However, due to the CoV-19 pandemic, meetings are being held via Zoom until further notice.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Sherry Carty Vetere 3 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Sondra Rivers-Kobler 1 m
II. Consent Agenda 5:34 PM
 
The items below form our consent agenda. The last item in the section is a single vote to approve them en masse.
  
  A. Board Meeting Minutes - 12/15/21 Approve Minutes Sondra Rivers-Kobler 1 m
    Minutes for RTHS Board Meeting on December 15, 2021  
  B. Board Retreat Minutes Approve Minutes Sondra Rivers-Kobler 1 m
    Minutes for Board Retreat on November 19, 2021  
  C. Approve Consent Agenda Items Vote Sondra Rivers-Kobler 3 m
   
This is the vote to approve the consent agenda items.
  
III. CSO Report 5:39 PM
  A. CSO Updates Discuss Eric Grunden 10 m
   
Monthly update from CSO highlighting successes/challenges, plus addressing specific items listed below.
  • Learning Loss - incl Impacted 11th grade Math students (may be covered in Academic Excellence update)
  • Teacher Quality & Support (including onboarding new teachers)
  • School Buses
  • Other Updates
  
     
  B. Masking Policy Vote Eric Grunden 2 m
     
  C. Followup Action Items
IV. Finance 5:51 PM
  A. Monthly Financial Cashflow Discuss Alex Quigley 5 m
     
  B. Committee Updates FYI Alex Quigley 3 m
  C. Follow-up Action Items
V. Academic Excellence 5:59 PM
  A. Committee Updates FYI Elizabeth Cunningham 10 m
     
  B. Follow-up Action Items
VI. Development 6:09 PM
  A. Committee Updates FYI Carmen Mugge 5 m
     
  B. Follow-up Action Items
VII. Governance 6:14 PM
  A. Committee Updates FYI Carmen Mugge 5 m
   
  • No meetings held in last couple of months - will be reconvening the committee
  • Focus has been on Document review/update
    • Met with Lisa Gordon-Stella and got a number policies from Voyager Academy as a reference
      • Operations and Board Policies
      • Student / Parent Handbook
      • Employee Handbook
      • Public Comment and Social Media Policy
      • Child Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking Training Policy
    • RTHS is in process of updating the Employee Handbook, working with the HR Consultant. In its final stages of edit
    • The preliminary plan is to
      • Develop a consolodated RTHS Operations and Board Policy
      • Ensure that all of our policies are consistent across the school 
  
  B. Follow-up Action Items
VIII. Replication (WTHS) 6:19 PM
  A. Committee Updates Discuss Joey Webb 10 m
IX. Other Business
 
  • Capital Campaign Task Force (multi-purpose building) - Alex, Eric, Steve, Carolyn
  • CompensationTask Force - Joey, Eric, Dina, Jeni
  
X. Public Comments 6:29 PM
  A. Open To All Stakeholders (parents, staff, other) FYI 6 m
   
  • 2-3 minute time limit per person
  
XI. Executive Session 6:35 PM
  A. Personnel Related Discussions Discuss Sondra Rivers-Kobler 20 m
XII. Closing Items 6:55 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Sondra Rivers-Kobler 2 m