Research Triangle High School
Minutes
August Board Meeting - special date due to school start-up
Date and Time
Wednesday August 22, 2018 at 5:30 PM
Location
RTHS upstairs conference room
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 FBC Conference Room.
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Directors Present
A. Quigley, C. Mugge, E. Cunningham, G. Rodgers, R. Cohn, S. Mcmullan (remote), S. Rivers-Kobler, T. Medhin, V. Vojnovich
Directors Absent
C. Rao, K. Pigues, T. Vaidhyan
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
S. Mcmullan, T. Medhin
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
S. Mcmullan
Guests Present
E. Grunden, P. Blizzard, Tom Massey
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 Aug 22, 2018 at 5:32 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
V. Vojnovich made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 06-20-18 Board Meeting on 06-20-18.
R. Cohn seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Consent Agenda
A.
CSO's report
B.
Monthly Financial Report
C.
Vote to accept items
R. Cohn made a motion to To approve the Consent agenda.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
T. Medhin arrived.
III. Development
A.
Update on status
Nothing to add this month
IV. Finance
A.
Financial Update on enrollment and funding
Discussion on where we are after the end of last years fiscal year is in excellent shape
Required reserves are in good shape in accordance to bond requirements
Looking for a part time Spanish teacher which will add a little to the budget, but very much needed teaching resource
Required reserves are in good shape in accordance to bond requirements
Looking for a part time Spanish teacher which will add a little to the budget, but very much needed teaching resource
B.
Charge to the Finance Committee for the year
V. Governance
A.
Leadership and Committee Lineup
Reviewed the overall Board leadership positions for this calendar year.
Reviewed the make up of the Committee memberships
Adding committee chairmen to the membership of the CEO Evaluation Board.
A few other positions are looking to be filled and will be addressed over the next month.
Reviewed the make up of the Committee memberships
Adding committee chairmen to the membership of the CEO Evaluation Board.
A few other positions are looking to be filled and will be addressed over the next month.
B.
Approve Policies for OCS
Our policies were not within compliance with the State Charter school requirements. Four policies were developed by our attorney and are being proposed in order to be compliant within state guidelines.
R. Cohn made a motion to to approve four new policies as proposed.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
S. Mcmullan left.
C.
Revew Assessment
Reviewed our current situation with assessments in alignment with the Board on Track board goals.
Reminders went out to the Board of Members that have not yet completed the assessment to complete the assessment over the next month.
Reminders went out to the Board of Members that have not yet completed the assessment to complete the assessment over the next month.
D.
Strategy Retreat Discussion
Attempting to hold the annual strategy session in September. This will require the committees to have their new goals in place by the strategy session.
We were targeted for the 28 September at the Cisco campus - but will look at other dates in October. Carmen will be soliciting feedback on available dates over the next week via E-mail
Last year's presentations are available for reference.
In order to attempt to reduce the time for each of the committees, we are requesting that each committee to have their materials ready a week prior to allow the members to review and ready for comments.
We were targeted for the 28 September at the Cisco campus - but will look at other dates in October. Carmen will be soliciting feedback on available dates over the next week via E-mail
Last year's presentations are available for reference.
In order to attempt to reduce the time for each of the committees, we are requesting that each committee to have their materials ready a week prior to allow the members to review and ready for comments.
S. Mcmullan arrived.
VI. Strategic Initiatives
A.
Discuss Doral opportunity
Grant to the state was not accepted.
Several options have been brought forth for charter school expansion opportunities.
We discussed the overall opportunity for Doral. Plenty of feedback was generated we will be continue the discussion at a later time.
Several options have been brought forth for charter school expansion opportunities.
We discussed the overall opportunity for Doral. Plenty of feedback was generated we will be continue the discussion at a later time.
VII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
A. Quigley made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
S. Rivers-Kobler 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 7:12 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. Rodgers