Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Location
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Meeting ID: 935 6646 0638
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Directors Present
A. Tobien (remote), C. Coia (remote), D. Requena (remote), E. Cunningham (remote), J. Corn (remote), M. Babb, M. Dwomoh (remote), P. Thermitus (remote), S. Hunter (remote), S. Khaliq (remote)
Directors Absent
M. Walden, S. Rivers-Kobler
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
M. Babb, S. Khaliq
Guests Present
A. Drake (remote), A. Griffin (remote), A. Soulashinh (remote), C. Klein-Gloria (remote), S. Kaufman (remote), Sarah (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Approve Board Minutes
A.
Board Meeting Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| P. Thermitus |
Aye
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| M. Walden |
Absent
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| S. Rivers-Kobler |
Absent
|
| S. Khaliq |
Aye
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
| D. Requena |
Aye
|
| M. Babb |
Absent
|
| M. Dwomoh |
Aye
|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| J. Corn |
Aye
|
III. Public Comments
A.
Open to all community members (students, family members, faculty and staff, community members, and others)
IV. Chief School Officer Report
A.
Executive Overview
A. Griffin provided an executive school overview, details on agenda slides.
- School highlights
- Staff updates
- SET _ school engagement team update
V. Academic Excellence Committee Report
A.
Academic Excellence Committee Business
J. Corn provided an update for academic excellence committee, details on agenda slides:
- Vision
- Priorities: Reviewed 2024-25 committee action plan and priorities. Selected 2 priorities.
VI. Governance Committee Report
A.
Governance Committee Business
C. Coia presented an update of the governance committee:
- 2024-25 Manual for Operations and Board revisions after legal review
- Other school SOPs documents are being reviewed and for board approval at a later time
- Board inquiry form for fresh pipeline to post on board web page at school website
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| S. Rivers-Kobler |
Absent
|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| J. Corn |
Aye
|
| S. Khaliq |
Aye
|
| M. Dwomoh |
Aye
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| D. Requena |
Aye
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
| P. Thermitus |
Aye
|
| M. Walden |
Absent
|
| M. Babb |
Absent
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
VII. Development Committee Report
A.
Development Committee Business
D. Requena presented an update on the development committee, details on agenda slides:
- Committee members
- Focus areas for near and long term
- Updates on Giving Tuesday campaign (Tuesday after Thanksgiving)
- A. Griffin commented a larger campaign planned for Spring
VIII. Finance Committee Report
A.
RTHS Monthly Financials and Other Business
A. Drake presented budget finance update:
- debt to service coverage ratio _ DSCR 1.42 (above required 1.20)
- Funding still based on ADM at 2023-24
- Durham funding recuperated
- Looking into a bond rating
M. Babb presented an update on the financial committee, details on agenda slides:
- Money market higher yielding and FTIC protection
- currently earning 0.1% like a typical checking account
- partnering with TowneBank current provider comparison shown
IX. Other Business Matters
A.
As needed
E. Cunningham covered:
- Committee goals
- Western NC partnership school
- plan to not meet in December as typical for board and committees
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