Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday April 18, 2018 at 5:30 PM
Location
RTHS - Board Room
The mission of Research Triangle High School is to increase access to globally competitive Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education for students and teachers across North Carolina, by incubating, proving and scaling innovative models of teaching and learning.
Directors Present
A. Quigley, C. Mugge, C. Rao, G. Rodgers, J. Kerr, K. Pigues (remote), R. Cohn, S. Mcmullan, T. Medhin, T. Vaidhyan (remote)
Directors Absent
C. Rockafellow, S. Rivers-Kobler, V. Vojnovich
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
S. Mcmullan
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
J. Kerr
Guests Present
E. Grunden, Elizabeth Cunningham, P. Blizzard
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C. Mugge called a meeting of the board of directors of Research Triangle High School to order on Wednesday Apr 18, 2018 at 5:33 PM.
C.
Chief School Officer/Principal's Report
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve to accept all items above
R. Cohn made a motion to Accept the package.
J. Kerr seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Approve Minutes
R. Cohn made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 03-21-18 Board Meeting on 03-21-18.
C. Rao seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
III. CSO Action or Discussion Items for Board
A.
CSO Goals and Progress towards them
Eric reviewed and discussed the goals in the CSO Goal package. Details are in the attached package.
S. Mcmullan arrived.
IV. Finance
A.
Questions on this Month's Cash flow?
B.
Budget for 18-19 - First DrafT
Significant discussion on ensuring that the enrollment numbers are met for school year 2018-19
C.
Foundation Establishment
Possible development of a consolidation entity for a number of financial advantages.
Research and discussions on the development of the foundation
Research and discussions on the development of the foundation
J. Kerr made a motion to Continued path forward to draft the documents to establish the foundation.
S. Mcmullan seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
V. Academic Excellence
A.
Update on items
Rich discussed his preliminary study on the ACT vs. EOC results.
VI. Strategic Initiatives
A.
No changes at this time
A discussion on some of the upcoming initiatives to including partnership opportunities
VII. Executive Session
A.
Personnel Discussion
A. Quigley made a motion to To leave executive session.
T. Medhin seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
J. Kerr left.
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
R. Cohn made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
A. Quigley 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 7:20 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. Rodgers