Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday June 20, 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.
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Directors Present
C. Mugge, C. Rao, C. Rockafellow, G. Rodgers, J. Kerr, R. Cohn, T. Medhin, T. Vaidhyan, V. Vojnovich
Directors Absent
A. Quigley, K. Pigues, S. Mcmullan, S. Rivers-Kobler
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
T. Medhin, T. Vaidhyan
Guests Present
E. Grunden, 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 Jun 20, 2018 at 5:31 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
R. Cohn made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 05-16-18 Board Meeting on 05-16-18.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Chief School Officer/Principal's Report
T. Medhin arrived.
T. Vaidhyan arrived.
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve to accept all items above
C. Rao made a motion to To approve the consent agenda.
R. Cohn seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
III. Audit Requirements and Documents
A.
Sign Audit Approval documents
V. Vojnovich made a motion to Approve the Audit Approval Documents.
C. Rockafellow seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Approve Annual Tuition and Fees Policy and fees themselves per Audit compliance request
T. Vaidhyan made a motion to Approve the Tuition and Fees Policy.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
Review and sign Nepotism Policy for this year
C. Rao made a motion to Approve the Nepotism Policy.
T. Vaidhyan seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IV. Finance
A.
2018/19 Budget for Approval
R. Cohn made a motion to Approve the 2018/2019 Budget.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Amend fy 17-18 Budget to match Actuals
T. Medhin made a motion to To approve the FY 17-18 Budget with Actuals.
C. Rao seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
V. CSO Action or Discussion Items for Board
A.
Approve Hiring/Resignations
T. Vaidhyan made a motion to Approve Hiring/Resignations Plan.
C. Rockafellow seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Governance
A.
Elect Officers, New Board Member and Committee Chairs for 18-19
C. Rockafellow made a motion to Approve and elect the full slate of Officers, New Board Member and Committee Chairs for 18-19.
J. Kerr seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Grievance Policy Update
The document was updated to allow for different parties to utilize the grievance policy and not just parents. A single edit within the introductory paragraph
C. Rockafellow made a motion to approve the Grievance Policy Updates as amended.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
Foundation establishment
Talk about the creation of a fund based foundation and the documents associated with the foundation.
D.
Invite Staff members to join committees
VII. Strategic Initiatives
A.
Status Update
Discussion of this report will be moved to the next board meeting.
VIII. CEO Support And Eval
A.
Verbal Update
Need additional Board Member responses to complete the full CSO evaluation.
Staff responses were high this year.
Staff responses were high this year.
IX. Development
A.
Read attached - brief recap
Chaya briefed and summarized the chart package of this year's accomplishments and direction for next year.
X. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
J. Kerr made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
C. Rao 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 6:52 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. Rodgers
Salary increases and staffing increases were taken into consideration
Employee Healthcare cost increases were also taken into consideration.
Options for the possibility for a budget surplus at the end of the year were discussed
Official student enrollment deadlines were discussed to fully understand the impacts to the budget.