Research Triangle High School
Minutes
RTHS Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday October 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
Directors Present
A. Saviello (remote), A. Tobien (remote), C. Coia (remote), D. Requena (remote), E. Cunningham (remote), J. Berla (remote), M. Dwomoh (remote), S. Hunter (remote), S. Khaliq (remote), T. Shahi (remote)
Directors Absent
J. Corn, P. Thermitus
Guests Present
A Peay (remote), A. Drake (remote), A. Griffin (remote), Alexander Kinev (remote), Amanda Habich (remote), Dez Thompson (remote), Ishaan Kancharla (remote), Janet M (remote), Omega (remote), Sarah (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Approve Board Meeting Minutes
A.
Board Meeting Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| D. Requena |
Aye
|
| P. Thermitus |
Absent
|
| T. Shahi |
Aye
|
| J. Berla |
Aye
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| S. Khaliq |
Aye
|
| M. Dwomoh |
Aye
|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| J. Corn |
Absent
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
| A. Saviello |
Abstain
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
B.
Board Meeting Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Corn |
Absent
|
| M. Dwomoh |
Aye
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| P. Thermitus |
Absent
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
| T. Shahi |
Aye
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| S. Khaliq |
Aye
|
| A. Saviello |
Abstain
|
| D. Requena |
Aye
|
| J. Berla |
Aye
|
III. Public Comments
A.
Open to all community members (students, family members, faculty and staff, community members, and others)
IV. Chief School Officer Report
A.
Executive Overview
A.Griffin provided an update on the school highlights for this month, details attached to agenda.
V. Annual Board Retreat
A.
2025 Annual Board Retreat
E. Cunningham provided an update on the RTHS 2025 Board of Directors Annual Retreat, the goals and action steps. The details are on the attached to the agenda.
VI. Academic Excellence Committee Report
A.
Academic Excellence Business
A. Griffin provided an update on the academic excellence committee, details attached to the agenda.
- SET _ School engagement team update on the 3 goals.
- Board retreat reflections and 2 datasets
- Committee focus: course grades and failure rates data dive
VII. Finance Committee Report
A.
RTHS Monthly Financials and Other Business
C. Coia and A. Drake provided an update on the finance committee and school budget.
- Annual Audit Report by CPA, highlights presented by Amanda Habich for the school year ending on 30 June 2025
- Unmodified opinions were issued _ highest level
- No findings this year
- Good Debt to Service Ratio, at 1.37, above required 1.2
- County funding not provided yet
- Durham and Wake are the biggest finders for the school
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| M. Dwomoh |
Aye
|
| J. Corn |
Absent
|
| T. Shahi |
Aye
|
| J. Berla |
Aye
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
| D. Requena |
Abstain
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| S. Khaliq |
Aye
|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| P. Thermitus |
Absent
|
VIII. Executive Session
A.
Executive Session
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Corn |
Absent
|
| P. Thermitus |
Absent
|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| J. Berla |
Aye
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| S. Khaliq |
Aye
|
| M. Dwomoh |
Aye
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
| A. Saviello |
Aye
|
| T. Shahi |
Aye
|
| D. Requena |
Aye
|
IX. Governance Committee Report
A.
Governance Committee Business
M. Dwomoh and A. Drake provided an update on Governance Committee.
- RTHS Operation and Board Policies is to be split this document with the school policies going into other existing ones and will remain as Board Policies in the near future.
- Board recruitment
- Reminder of Board Attendance
X. Development Committee Report
A.
Development Committee Business
D. Requena and J. Berla provided an update on the development committee, details attached to agenda:
- Giving Tuesday campaign
- video ongoing
- going into Raptor Fund
- Gift Cards and Wood Charter (works better well)
- Communications plan
- Boomerang and Employee matching
- Where are they now? - Alumni involvement
XI. Other Business Matters
A.
As needed
None
None