Research Triangle High School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday June 26, 2019 at 5:30 PM

Location

RTHS
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Directors Present

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

Directors Absent

M. Johnson, R. Cohn, S. Mcmullan

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

C. Rao

Guests Present

E. Grunden (remote), P. Blizzard (remote)

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 26, 2019 at 5:42 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes from last Board Meeting

V. Vojnovich made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 05-22-19 Board Meeting on 05-22-19.
A. Quigley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Monthly Finance Report

E.

Vote to accept Consent Agenda above

G. Rodgers made a motion to Approve the consent agenda as submitted.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. CEO ACTIONS

A.

Hiring approvals

The number of individuals leaving was higher than the norm for RTHS, but there were particular reasons for each individual.  Usually between 1-3 staff have typically needed to be replaced

Beginning to utilize new resources to continue to continue improve the diversity of our faculty.  

 
C. Rao arrived.
V. Vojnovich made a motion to Approve the hiring proposals from the CSO.
S. Rivers-Kobler seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

CSO REPORT

The faculty speakers at graduation were selected by our students and this popular practice will continue.

91% of our seniors are moving on to colleges (two and four year) 

$2.7 M of scholarships were offered to our graduating seniors 



 

III. Finance

A.

Committee Minutes - READ

We are working on the final budget which should include possible teacher bonuses at the end of the year.
With a surplus, an additional bonus to the faculty is something that was proposed and agreed upon by the finance committee as a proposal to the board.
 

B.

APPROVE THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR

A. Quigley made a motion to To approve the final amended budget for School year 2018-2019.
C. Mugge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

ASKED TO APPROVE BONUSES FOR END OF YEAR

A. Quigley made a motion to To approve the year-end bonuses to the faculty.
G. Rodgers seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

APPROVE FY 19-20 BUDGET

A. Quigley made a motion to approve the new amended 2019-2020 budget.
C. Mugge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IV. Governance

A.

Leadership Slate for 2019/20

C. Mugge made a motion to To approve the slate of officers.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Conflict of Interest and Nepotism sheets need to be signed for this year

A number of the board members have completed their required audit forms.  Those who have not yet done that were heavily encouraged to do that this evening.

C.

Board End of Year Assessments

All members were encouraged to assess all areas to include their own performance within Board on Track by the end of next month.

V. Executive Session

A.

Enter Executive session

C. Mugge made a motion to To enter executive session.
G. Rodgers seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Exit executive session

C. Rao made a motion to Exit the executive session.
A. Quigley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

C. Rao 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 7:34 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Rodgers