Seaside School, Inc

Academic Excellence Committee Meeting

Published on September 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM CDT

Date and Time

Thursday September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM CDT

Location

Seacoast Collegiate High School

Third Floor Conference Room

Founded in 1996
Serving Students in Grades 5 - 12

 

We seek to sustain an educational community where an emphasis on academic excellence is complemented by our concern for each learner’s personal growth and intellectual, aesthetic, and psychological development. The curriculum is developmentally responsive – actively engaging students in learning skills in context; integrative – directing students to connect learning to daily lives; and exploratory – enabling students to discover their abilities, interests, learning styles, and ways that they can make contributions to society.

 

Information on procedures for public comment can be found on our Governance Page.  (Click Here)

 

If anyone needs special assistance to participate in the public input session, every effort will be made to provide an appropriate accommodation. When requesting accommodations for public input, please allow no less than 1 business day notice prior to the scheduled meeting.

 

Specific issues about a particular student should only be addressed to the school’s Director of Student Services, rather than the Board of Directors.

 

All public comments will be taken under advisement by the Board, but will not elicit a written or spoken response. The names of persons providing public comment and a brief summary of topics or input will be included in the meeting minutes published. A response will be provided to the stakeholder within seven (7) days.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 4:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Caitie Cerise
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Kevin Sandoe 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Caitie Cerise 1 m
    Approve minutes for Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on August 7, 2025  
II. Academic Excellence Committee 4:02 PM
  A. Administrative Update FYI Thomas Miller 30 m
   

Academic Target SMART Goals Establishment:

 

Goal 1: Raise overall academic proficiency scores by the end of the 2025-2026 school year:

  • English Language Arts (>90% proficiency & >80% college and career readiness)
  • Math ( >90% college and career readiness)
  • Science (>90% proficiency & >75% college and career readiness)
  • History (>90% college and career readiness)

Goal 2: Learning Gains Goal: Increase Learning Gains to a score of 80 by the end of the 2025-2026 school year. 

 

 

B. Operations Review:

 

  • Items requiring immediate board action
  • Brief operational status updates
 
  B. Core Governance Discuss Kevin Sandoe 10 m
   

Core Board Governance Questions:

  • Are our academic targets realistic and appropriately ambitious?
  • Do we have adequate measurement systems in place?
  • What board support is needed for success?

Accountability Framework Establishment:

  • Monthly/quarterly reporting rhythm
  • Dashboard development for October comprehensive review
  • Board decision needs identification
 
  C. Spanish Program Approval Request Vote Kim Mixson 5 m
   

Please see attached for 5th/6th grade classrooms.

 
  D. Digital Programs (CTE Programs SCHS Approval) Vote Drew Ward 5 m
     
III. Other Business
 

Public Comments

 
IV. Closing Items 4:52 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Kevin Sandoe 2 m
   

A. Action Items Summary

B. Adjourn Meeting