Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Monthly Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 15, 2020 at 5:30 PM
Location
RTHS Board Room
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Directors Present
C. Mugge, C. Rao, E. Cunningham, G. Rodgers, M. Johnson, S. Mcmullan (remote), S. Rivers-Kobler, V. Vojnovich
Directors Absent
A. Quigley, T. Medhin
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
S. Mcmullan
Guests Present
E. Grunden, J. Guilford
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 Jan 15, 2020 at 5:36 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes from last Board Meeting
V. Vojnovich made a motion to approve the minutes from Monthly Board Meeting on 11-20-19.
M. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Monthly Finance Report
E.
Vote to accept Consent Agenda above
V. Vojnovich made a motion to approve consent agenda.
M. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. CEO ACTIONS
A.
CSO REPORT
C. Rao made a motion to approve the hires.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
III. Finance
A.
Committee Minutes - READ
Gym project: Meeting with Architect tomorrow to talk about square footage etc; No issues with city of Durham re: the project, so far
B.
Review Progress on FY19-20 Budget
C.
Progress on 2019-20 Finance Committee Goals
Goals:
- Establish a plan to provide transportation
- Educate on compliance requirements
- Educate board on finance matters and reading reports
One of 3 achieved! (plan to provide transportation)
- Establish a plan to provide transportation
- Educate on compliance requirements
- Educate board on finance matters and reading reports
One of 3 achieved! (plan to provide transportation)
IV. Governance
A.
Minutes from Committee Meeting
B.
Progress on 2019-20 Governance Committee Goals
C. Mugge made a motion to approve the articulation agreement with Healthy Start Academy.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
New Development: RTHS has articulation agreement with only a few schools; Recently modified it slightly to add Healthy Start Academy, a K-8 public charter school. (Helps diversity in the school)
- 10% of students represent those who have joined through articulation agreement
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
- 10% of students represent those who have joined through articulation agreement
- Carmen and Chaya to work on BOT "Documents" section; Organize it to make it easy to access and retrieve
- Victoria and Gary to look at Board Expectations; Update and make current
- Formal request to Chairs to identity important aspect of their Committees (must know) to educate new Board members
- Next Board Meeting: Talk about board member recruitment. Do a formal ask after documents are ready
- Invite CEO to be on Governance Committee; Alternative, to have a senior staff member
- Victoria and Gary to look at Board Expectations; Update and make current
- Formal request to Chairs to identity important aspect of their Committees (must know) to educate new Board members
- Next Board Meeting: Talk about board member recruitment. Do a formal ask after documents are ready
- Invite CEO to be on Governance Committee; Alternative, to have a senior staff member
V. Academic Excellence
A.
Minutes from Committee Meeting
B.
Progress on 2019-20 Academic Excellence Committee Goals
- All schools saw a decline in math performance last year;
- Math 3 scores are very competitive at RTHS; does not show up in 9th grade growth measure
- These tests are online; sent by State
- Meet with Articulation schools staff/students to set the expectations for passing Math 1
- CSO prepares prospective students/parents during the open house of expected level of Math knowledge required to pass
- Math 3 scores are very competitive at RTHS; does not show up in 9th grade growth measure
- These tests are online; sent by State
- Meet with Articulation schools staff/students to set the expectations for passing Math 1
- CSO prepares prospective students/parents during the open house of expected level of Math knowledge required to pass
S. Mcmullan arrived.
VI. Development
A.
Minutes from Committee Meeting
B.
Progress on 2019-20 Development Committee Goals
- Nonpaid internships that entails course credits; working towards making this happen; partnering with such companies
- 2 Companies in the pipeline for this proposal: ENI and Cisco
- Provide students help by coaching and preparing the resumes before they apply to internships; Board members can help with it; partner with other RTP companies that can help with this
- Use Bloomerang to add all stakeholders in this database/CRM Tool; not just parents information
- 2 Companies in the pipeline for this proposal: ENI and Cisco
- Provide students help by coaching and preparing the resumes before they apply to internships; Board members can help with it; partner with other RTP companies that can help with this
- Use Bloomerang to add all stakeholders in this database/CRM Tool; not just parents information
VII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
Student Hearing - Last week
- School hearing has been completed and student is suspended
- School hearing has been completed and student is suspended
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. Rodgers
C. Mugge made a motion to adjourn.
C. Rao seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Documents used during the meeting
- 010820 minutes.docx
- FY 2019-20 Budget Update 12.31.19 with Working Budget 01.08.20.xlsx
- CSO Report 011520.pdf
- 2020 01 13 Monthly Governance Meeting Minutes.pdf
- AcEx_Committee for RTHS Board, 1-2020.pptx
- 2020_01_13_monthly_development_committee_meeting_minutes.pdf