Red River Charter Academy
Minutes
Regular Board Meeting
Date and Time
Friday December 16, 2022 at 3:30 PM
Location
RRCA Cafeteria
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Directors Present
D. Blanchard, G. Ford, S. Celestine
Directors Absent
K. Pickett
Guests Present
C. Jones, D. Bonnette, D. Loyd, G. Sonnier
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance
C.
Record Attendance
D.
Approve the Agenda
E.
Approve Minutes
Discussion was held to approve the minutes from the regular board meeting on November 10, 2022.
II. Executive
A.
Updates RRCA Upcoming Items
C. Jones led discussion providing an update on the probationary charter extension for the 2023-2024 school year. Terms of the probation are unknown at this time. RRCA will move forward with Proximity Learning for all core subjects. First round of reimbursements are scheduled for December 2022.
III. Academic Excellence
A.
Instructional Plan & Curriculum
C. Jones lead discussion on instructional plan and curriculum. Certified teachers will be added to campus for the remainder of the 22-23 school year for 3 or 5 days a week. RRCA to incorporate teacher development into plan. Teacher observations to take place weekly on all staff. ISS will be implemented to control the 20% OSS threshold. Diagnostics will be provided by Proximity Learning. Ed consultant will return in Jan 2023.
IV. Finance
A.
Proximity Learning
C. Jones remind the board that during the November 2022 meeting, using Proximity Learning was discussed at length and agreed upon. For this meeting, a decision needs to be made for how Proximity will be purchased. RRCA can pay in full, half now/half later, or monthly. RRCA currently is setup to pay for social studies monthly. Proximity will be used for the remainder of the 22-23 school year with the cost to be reimbursed through ESSER II/III funds. Concerns of members were addressed. Members agree to pay half now/half later.
B.
Approval of Purchase Orders
V. Other Business
A.
Executive Director's Report
All other reports to be provided on 12/31/22
VI. Executive Session
A.
Enter Executive Session
C. Jones led the discussion on the resolution provided by the attorney in the Amanda Reed case 2022-9902. The board agreed to authorize the attorney to proceed with negotiating a settlement in the matter, end executive session, and return to regular session.
VII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
Board returns from executive session and discussion is had to authorize the attorney to negotiate the recommended settlement to the Amanda Reed case 2022-9902.
S. Celestine requested that the board add case number 2022-9902 to the executive session discussion involving Amanda Reed.