Research Triangle High School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday September 19, 2018 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 FBC Conference Room.

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Directors Present

A. Quigley, C. Mugge, C. Rao, E. Cunningham, G. Rodgers, R. Cohn, S. Mcmullan (remote), S. Rivers-Kobler, V. Vojnovich

Directors Absent

K. Pigues, T. Medhin, T. Vaidhyan

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

C. Rao, S. Rivers-Kobler

Guests Present

C. Rockafellow, 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 Sep 19, 2018 at 5:33 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

A. Quigley made a motion to approve minutes from the August Board Meeting - special date due to school start-up on 08-22-18 August Board Meeting - special date due to school start-up on 08-22-18.
R. Cohn seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Consent Agenda

A.

CSO's report

Positive start to the new year.
New staff started
New "Master Teacher" roles are now in play

B.

Monthly Financial Report

P. Blizzard arrived.

C.

Vote to accept items

V. Vojnovich made a motion to Accept the consent agenda as presented.
S. Mcmullan seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. Academic Excellence

A.

School Performance Grade

Eric reviewed the school grading system and the 2017-2018 grade and briefed the slide deck.






 
C. Rao arrived.
S. Rivers-Kobler arrived.
P. Blizzard left.

IV. Development

A.

Update on status

Initial meeting was focused on turnover from last year and strategy for the new year.

The Raptor fund and the annual gala are the two strategic focus areas for the upcoming year.. 

The committee was asked to team with the parent group that was successful last year on the carnival.

A gala decision needs to be made in the near future

 

V. Finance

A.

Financial Update on enrollment and funding

Several options to handle the budget surplus are being considered

VI. Governance

A.

Retreat Update

Carmen discussed the options for the annual retreat.
A Doodle was sent out for surveying availability but the favored date is too soon to get a solid meeting put together.

Focus the meeting on:
  • Education of the board on policies and roles
  • Committees to give a short update on the focus on the new year focus on the vision and any pertinent decision points
  • Thoughts that the structure last year worked well with the board discussion
  • Inviting the Board Alumni worked well last year.
  • Look at beginning the meeting at 3:00 and holding it at the Cisco campus.

VII. Other Business

A.

CSO Action Item

Eric discussed his proposal for Digital Learning Days.
A. Quigley made a motion to Moved to approve the Digital Learning Day proposal.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VIII. CEO Support And Eval

A.

Vote to go into exec session

C. Rao made a motion to To go into Executive session to discuss a personnel matter.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Discuss 2017/18 CEO Eval

The board voted to approve the evaluation with notes as discussed

C.

Vote to exit executive session

V. Vojnovich made a motion to To move out of the executive section.
R. Cohn seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IX. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

V. Vojnovich made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
R. Cohn 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 7:21 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Rodgers