Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 16, 2019 at 5:30 PM
Location
RTHS Board Room or Call in
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 Conference Room.
Directors Present
A. Quigley, C. Mugge, C. Rao, E. Cunningham, G. Rodgers, R. Cohn, S. Mcmullan, S. Rivers-Kobler, T. Medhin (remote), T. Vaidhyan
Directors Absent
V. Vojnovich
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
T. Medhin
Guests Present
E. Grunden, Mark Johnson, P. Blizzard, T. 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 Jan 16, 2019 at 5:33 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
R. Cohn made a motion to approve minutes from the Annual Retreat incl. minimal monthly meeting on 11-14-18 Annual Retreat incl. minimal monthly meeting on 11-14-18.
C. Rao seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Financial Update
Pamela referred to the attached Finance Committee minutes - Items C and D
E.
CSO Report
- CSO referred to his Report. More acceptance in wider range of colleges. Clearly RTHS continues to grow and happy about it - 2 Park Scholarship Semi-Finalists
F.
CSO Action items
T. Medhin arrived.
- Beginning Teachers Program Support: RTHS has this ongoing and currently has 1 teacher in this program. Formalizing it now with Board approval
S. Rivers-Kobler made a motion to approve the CSO documents.
R. Cohn seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Strategic Initiatives
A.
Brief update, purely visionary idea
- Proposal to formalize design-based research; Begin to develop research kit of tools - roll it out to other schools. Helps in better readiness of students. Prepare students appropriately
- Introduce Digital Learning to schools abroad. Doral, Fl has started distance learning. Way to bring US expertise and expand in Latin America and other regions like India and Africa. Requirements: 6 courses for students to take online which will result in a US Diploma. Don't have to go to an American College to get this Diploma. Can get into European Universities with these courses (US History; English Literature); 15,000 students enrolled through the Doral program. Make curriculum available to more needy students globally. Infuse revenue raised back to RTHS. Tentative and optimistic timeline to implement - Fall 2019. Likelihood it could be moved over to 2020.
- We have teachers who have developed courses for digital learning and teach online. Have marketable content base
- Look into Fayetteville State University for collaboration/partnership for launching online courses
- Introduce Digital Learning to schools abroad. Doral, Fl has started distance learning. Way to bring US expertise and expand in Latin America and other regions like India and Africa. Requirements: 6 courses for students to take online which will result in a US Diploma. Don't have to go to an American College to get this Diploma. Can get into European Universities with these courses (US History; English Literature); 15,000 students enrolled through the Doral program. Make curriculum available to more needy students globally. Infuse revenue raised back to RTHS. Tentative and optimistic timeline to implement - Fall 2019. Likelihood it could be moved over to 2020.
- We have teachers who have developed courses for digital learning and teach online. Have marketable content base
- Look into Fayetteville State University for collaboration/partnership for launching online courses
III. Academic Excellence
A.
Updated information from Committee
- Presentation of EVAAS Data. Looked at results of EOC and ACT
IV. Governance
A.
Vote on new member
G. Rodgers made a motion to nominate a new board member, Mark Johnson.
C. Rao seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Remind Committee chairs...
- Committee Chairs to provide an Educational Summary of their Committee's mission and description of their key deliverables for use for on-boarding new board members and/or as a reference for existing board members.
V. Executive session to discuss personnel item
A.
Vote to enter executive session
A. Quigley made a motion to enter into executive session to discuss personnel matter.
C. Mugge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Discuss Personnel Matter
C.
Exit Executive Session
C. Rao made a motion to Exit Executive Session.
S. Rivers-Kobler seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
G. Rodgers made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
E. Cunningham 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 8:40 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
C. Rao