Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday October 18, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
The October monthly meeting of the Research Triangle High School (RTHS) Board of Directors is accessible remotely.
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Directors Present
A. Tobien (remote), C. Coia (remote), D. Requena (remote), E. Cunningham (remote), J. Corn (remote), M. Babb (remote), S. Hunter (remote)
Directors Absent
G. Rodgers, M. Walden, S. Rivers-Kobler
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
M. Babb
Guests Present
A. Griffin (remote), B. Mitchell (remote), J Brown, Julie Brown (remote), Mark Stevenson (remote), Shannon Maaske (remote), Vonetta Urquhart (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Approve Board Minutes
A.
Board Meeting Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| G. Rodgers |
Absent
|
| D. Requena |
Aye
|
| S. Rivers-Kobler |
Absent
|
| J. Corn |
Aye
|
| M. Walden |
Absent
|
| M. Babb |
Absent
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
B.
Approve Board Retreat Minutes
III. Public Comments
A.
Open to all community members (students, family members, faculty and staff, community members, and others)
None at this meeting
IV. Chief School Officer Report
A.
Executive Overview
A.Griffin presented the executive overview. Refer to the slides in agenda. Highlights:
- First food truck rodeo
- early decision college applications
- Hispanic heritage month celebration
- King Lear Performances - theater
- Pink-Out students vs staff volleyball game _ support breast cancer
- Homecoming Soccer game - rescheduled for Wed Oct 25th
Staff Update:
- Dez Thompson for Dean of Culture
- Alex Drake for Chief Operations Officer to replace Brandon Mitchell in Dec 2023.
Vacancies - remain frozen awaiting state funding
V. Finance
A.
Updates on the FY 2023-24 Budget and Personnel Policy Proposal
M.Babb provided an update on finance. Refer to slides on the agenda for further details.
B.Mitchell provided an update on budget:
- Awaiting state funding.
- ADM = 562, lower than expected
- Debt to service cover ratio = 1.20, as required by the bond
Change in Parental leave:
- from 6 weeks to 8 weeks equally for birthing and non-birthing parents
- RTHS has treated both birthing and non-birthing parents the same in policy, although the state makes a difference.
- State provides substitute reimbursement and needs to be submitted by 1Nov23.
- change endorsed by Finance committee.
- B.Mitchell - to confirm with legal regarding employment period at RTHS
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Corn |
Aye
|
| G. Rodgers |
Absent
|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| M. Babb |
Aye
|
| S. Rivers-Kobler |
Absent
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| D. Requena |
Aye
|
| M. Walden |
Absent
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
VI. Academic Excellence
A.
Committee Actions and Updates
S.Hunter addressed that Academic excellence will focused high performing student and high quality staff priorities with A. Griffin.
VII. Development
A.
Committee Update
D.Requena to re-start the development committee and plan to schedule a committee meeting by end of the month.
VIII. Other Business Matters
A.
As needed
- Governance Committee will report on next board meeting.
- Board Retreat update provided by E.Cunningham
- review recommendations
- next steps on actions and recommendations
Board Retreat Minutes approval postponed to next Board Meeting