Research Triangle High School

Minutes

Monthly Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday October 9, 2019 at 8:00 AM

Location

Frontier Blue Ridge Room
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Directors Present

A. Quigley, C. Mugge, C. Rao, E. Cunningham, G. Rodgers, M. Johnson, S. Mcmullan, S. Rivers-Kobler, V. Vojnovich

Directors Absent

R. Cohn, T. Medhin

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

A. Quigley

Guests Present

E. Grunden

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

G. Rodgers called a meeting of the board of directors of Research Triangle High School to order on Wednesday Oct 9, 2019 at 8:09 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes from last Monthly Board Meeting

C. Rao made a motion to approve minutes from the Monthly Board Meeting on 09-18-19 Monthly Board Meeting on 09-18-19.
M. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Vote to accept Consent Agenda above

C. Rao made a motion to approve consent agenda.
M. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

CSO Report

- Curb vaping behavior early this year
- Send note to parents; as a high school, there will be issues; reached breaking point due to open communication; students forthcoming with information
- one student potential long-term suspension; keep him off campus for rest of the year; will work with helping him complete studies (school given plenty of opportunities to redeem/correct his behavior)
- Board to help put together a Committee to officially go through the process; Schedule next week to the extent possible as required
- Board requested CSO to forward communication sent to parents to the Board (to be kept in the loop) or to copy the Board in real time
- spike in bad behavior; administrative team active in curbing; culture of no tolerance for such behavior
- one student with psychological behavior; hospitalized; potential consumption of some substance but no evidence; could be due to other reasons (10-day suspension)
- teacher leaving now means hire teacher in the middle of the year; interview scheduled to hire another person; fairly high level class (Honor Math 3); 
- CSO to consider leadership/management needs of teacher staff; create professional opportunities for them in this regard; 

II. Finance

A.

Committee Update

- More in the next Board meeting
A. Quigley arrived.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:40 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Rodgers
V. Vojnovich made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
S. Rivers-Kobler seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.