Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday March 15, 2017 at 5:30 PM
Location
RTHS
The RTHS Board of Directors meets monthly on the Third Wednesday of each month, except for December and July. Meetings are held onsite at 5:30pm until 7pm, upstairs in the FPC.
Directors Present
C. Mugge, C. Rao, C. Rockafellow, G. Rodgers, J. Kerr, K. Ondrick, T. Medhin
Directors Absent
R. Cohn, S. Mcmullan, T. Vaidhyan
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
T. Medhin
Guests Present
E. Grunden, P. Blizzard (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C. Rockafellow called a meeting of the board of directors of Research Triangle High School to order on Wednesday Mar 15, 2017 at 5:30 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
G. Rodgers made a motion to approve minutes from February Board Meeting as presented Board Meeting on 02-15-17.
C. Rockafellow seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
CSO Report
E.
Prior Month Financials
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve Consent Agenda
J. Kerr made a motion to Approve Consent Agenda as presented.
K. Ondrick seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
The approval of the Consent Agenda which included the CSO report was inclusive of the hiring a new personnel at RTHS as well as the Board's approval of the proposed 2017-18 school year calendar.
III. Public Comment
A.
Members of the Public are welcome to speak for 3 minutes each
There were no public comments or participants at this Board Meeting.
IV. Finance
A.
Strategic discussion on priorities for budgeting for 17-18
P. Blizzard arrived.
V. Governance
A.
Updated Admissions Policy based upon Articulation Agreements & Board members
Discussion took place on updating the element of the Admission Policy Change for Children of Board Members.
K. Ondrick made a motion to approve the recommendation as presented and included in the Board Agenda documents, relating to Admission Policy and children of Board Members.
J. Kerr seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Under the category of Governance, the Governance Committee will be asked to review the Board of Directors listing on the RTHS Website and ensure that it is updated and current.
B.
Proposed new board member
T. Medhin arrived.
J. Kerr made a motion to Approve the addition of Keith Pigues to the RTHS Board of Director effective immediately.
C. Mugge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Development
A.
Update on Raptor Fund giving
B.
Schedule of Partnership Exec actions needed
The Board agreed with Carmen's recommendation to utilize the Board on Track tool OKR's to manage the tracking and recording of each individual Board member's work efforts on outreach to Corporate partner contacts to help increase engagement with and support to RTHS.
C.
Spring Social May 24th - Update
Carmen will be asking each Board Member to review the invitee list to ensure we're extending invites to a broad spectrum of business, community, and civic leaders.
VII. New Committee Proposal - Replication & Scaling
A.
It is time to consolidate efforts on this
A motion was made to approve the creation of the Replication and Scaling Committee for RTHS.....unanimous approval of present Board Members.
Motion brought forward by Karen Ondrick and second by Carmen Mugge.
VIII. CEO Support And Eval
A.
Update
Reminder to all Board Members to scheduled their 1/1's with Mr. Grunden; Karen will present to the Board in the April meeting the schedule of the CSO Evaluation Survey for the 2016-17 academic year.
IX. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
K. Ondrick made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
G. Rodgers seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:48 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
C. Rockafellow