Research Triangle High School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday March 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
Directors Present
A. Tobien (remote), C. Coia (remote), D. Requena (remote), E. Cunningham (remote), J. Corn (remote), M. Dwomoh (remote), S. Hunter (remote), S. Khaliq (remote)
Directors Absent
M. Babb, M. Walden, P. Thermitus, S. Rivers-Kobler
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
D. Requena
Guests Present
A. Drake (remote), A. Griffin (remote), A. Soulashinh (remote), Joy Goodwin (remote), Kalpesh Parekh (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Approve Board Minutes
A.
Board Meeting Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
| P. Thermitus |
Absent
|
| S. Rivers-Kobler |
Absent
|
| M. Walden |
Absent
|
| M. Dwomoh |
Aye
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| S. Khaliq |
Abstain
|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| M. Babb |
Absent
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| D. Requena |
Absent
|
| 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 executive overview, details on the slides attached to the agenda.
- school highlights for the month
- SET _ school engagement team update.
V. Finance Committee Report
A.
RTHS Monthly Financials and Other Business
A. Drake provided an update on finance and budget details on the slides attached to the agenda.
- debt to service covered ratio above requirement of 1.2, current 1.62
- began receiving interest from money market account
- draft budget for upcoming 2025-26 school year, assuming 0% and projected ADM = 570, standard increase included
Roof replacement - proposal to use Baker for board approval. Estimates obtained from 3 companies.
including authorizing the school to authorize additional incremental cost while the work is ongoing in the summer.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| S. Hunter |
Aye
|
| C. Coia |
Aye
|
| A. Tobien |
Aye
|
| P. Thermitus |
Absent
|
| S. Khaliq |
Aye
|
| E. Cunningham |
Aye
|
| M. Walden |
Absent
|
| D. Requena |
Aye
|
| M. Dwomoh |
Aye
|
| S. Rivers-Kobler |
Absent
|
| J. Corn |
Aye
|
| M. Babb |
Absent
|
VI. Academic Excellence Committee Report
A.
Academic Excellence Committee Business
J. Corn provided an update on the academic excellence, details attached on slides to the agenda:
- Review and feedback to SET _ school engagement plan: determined 3x per year (Sep, Jan, May)
- AP course review and audit by student demographics (race and ethnicity) from college board statistics students of last year.
- Lower enrollment for Hispanic
- Board input and conversation on this topic
VII. Governance Committee Report
A.
Governance Committee Business
C. Coia provided an update on the governance committee:
- Comments to enrollment and admission policy ongoing and targeted for next board meeting
- Board membership details
- term expiration
- recruitment & non-parent members
- succession planning for board positions and committee chairs
- C.Coia reaching out to existing board members for their interest on the board
E.Cunningham updated that the Board Interest Form is active on the RTHS website
VIII. Development Committee Report
A.
Development Committee Business
A. Griffin provided an update on development, details on slides attached to the agenda:
- RTHS directory database
- social media working the best
- RTP business directory
- Networking event rescheduled due to bad weather
- Fundraising
- PTSO - clubs, breakfast
- Development - capital - more strategic
- Expansion plans available digital
- Outsourcing development/fundraising part-time position, especially for school expansion and ideally an extensive list of contacts on the committee.
- update social media
- idea - business student from a local university
- Ideas for fundraising - parents or others - go thru development committee
IX. Other Business Matters
A.
As needed
None
Joy Goodwin and Kalpesh Parekh parents -> Speech and debate program: appreciation and interest in providing boost and support to this program to continue and grow. A.Griffin to follow up.