Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Monthly Board Meeting (Part 2)
Continuation of the March Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday March 25, 2020 at 5:30 PM
Location
Remote Meeting ONLY
This meeting will be held as a Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 961 729 981
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Directors Present
A. Quigley (remote), C. Mugge (remote), C. Rao (remote), E. Cunningham (remote), G. Rodgers (remote), M. Johnson (remote), S. Mcmullan (remote), S. Rivers-Kobler (remote), V. Vojnovich (remote)
Directors Absent
T. Medhin
Guests Present
E. Grunden (remote)
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 Mar 25, 2020 at 5:36 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes from last Board Meeting
C. Mugge made a motion to approve the minutes from Monthly Board Meeting on 03-18-20.
V. Vojnovich seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Monthly Finance Report
E.
Vote to accept Consent Agenda above
II. CEO UPDATE
A.
COVID-19 School Response Updates
C. Mugge made a motion to approve this resolution, which grants the school the authority to count days following this structure as school days, rather than having to take extended closure days which may have to be made up, pending any state plan to issue calendar waivers.
C. Rao seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
ParentSquare Demo
- CSO to send the link for registering again
- 4 have registered so far
- 4 have registered so far
III. Development
A.
Minutes from Committee Meeting
B.
Progress on 2019-20 Development Committee Goals
- Introduction to Community Relations Rep of corporations (ex. IBM, Cisco);
- RTHS pitchbook ready
- Add non-contributors to Bloomerang database
- Bench challenge: find benches/tables; Did last month and raised $5k
- Gym fundraising/capital campaign: stall till decision is taken to go with the plan
- $5k was donated by parents for free meal for students during school closure; meals are being provided during weekends also
- RTHS pitchbook ready
- Add non-contributors to Bloomerang database
- Bench challenge: find benches/tables; Did last month and raised $5k
- Gym fundraising/capital campaign: stall till decision is taken to go with the plan
- $5k was donated by parents for free meal for students during school closure; meals are being provided during weekends also
IV. Governance
A.
Minutes from Committee Meeting
B.
Board Recruitment Process and Length of Terms
- Board members need to look at "Documents" on BOT; review and provide feedback it needs to be changed or updated
- Email sent to Board requesting nominations for prospective Board members; Before next Board meeting, Board members to respond with their nominations; Preference for people with Finance and Real Estate background
- Leadership terms: proposal to have Board members in the same position for 2 years; Vote on this at the next Board meeting
- Email sent to Board requesting nominations for prospective Board members; Before next Board meeting, Board members to respond with their nominations; Preference for people with Finance and Real Estate background
- Leadership terms: proposal to have Board members in the same position for 2 years; Vote on this at the next Board meeting
V. Finance
A.
Financial Report Familiarization
- Goal: Reasonable understanding of the Budget, interpret it and know how to use it
- Training of Board members
- Training of Board members
VI. 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 6:56 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. Rodgers
C. Mugge made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
A. Quigley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
- Treat it as regular school days as there is a system in place; all students who needed internet access were provided hotspot to study from home
- Doing pretty much the same thing as when school was open; doing the best under the circumstances
- A survey was sent out after one week of remote studying; Got over 400 response