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Seaside School, Inc

The Seaside School Board Meeting

Published on October 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM CDT

Date and Time

Thursday October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM CDT

Location

Seacoast Collegiate High School

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 at https://www.seasideschools.net/about/governance 

 

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.

 

If a person decides to appeal any decision made by this body with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Melissa Willcox 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Andrew Jordan
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Andrew Jordan 1 m
     
  D. Consent Items Vote Andrew Jordan 5 m
     
     
II. School Leadership Team 5:37 PM
  A. Executive Director Report FYI Andrew Jordan 10 m
     
     
  B. High School Update FYI Drew Ward 10 m
     
  C. Middle School Update FYI Kim Mixson 5 m
     
  D. Foundation Updates FYI Nick Vlahos 10 m
   

* Golf Outing Update

* Legislative Update

* Seaside School Next Steps Discussion

  
III. Academic Excellence 6:12 PM
  A. Academic Excellence Committee Report FYI Kevin Sandoe 8 m
   

I. COMMITTEE REPORT: ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW

 

A. What's Tracking Well 

  • Elite statewide performance maintained: #83 of 3,456 Florida schools; 7th consecutive School of Excellence designation
  • Middle school ELA strength: Grades 6-8 showing 65-86% proficiency; 10th grade ELA at 77%
  • Intervention infrastructure operational: MTSS teams meeting weekly; new ESE/support staff hired; supplemental programs (Lexia, IXL) deployed

B. What's Limiting 

1. High School Math Performance

  • Algebra I: 30% proficient (60-point gap to 90% goal)
  • Geometry: 38% proficient (52-point gap to goal)
  • Context: Less than one-third of incoming SCHS students are math-proficient; average 6th-grade skill level
  • Committee follow-up: This is slotted as the highest priority for the next Academic Excellence meeting

2. Learning Gains Targets—Ambitious but Essential

  • Goal: Score of 80 by year-end
  • Gap: Need 90 additional ELA students and 54 additional Math students making measurable gains (of 450 tested in each subject)
  • Committee follow-up: PM2 data (December) will indicate whether interventions are working

C. Strategic Alignment

  • Academic outcomes directly tied to Student Wellness (Strategic Priority #2) and Staff Retention (Strategic Priority #5)
  • Committee follow-up: Focus on any student mental health gaps and/or staff capacity constraints that impact classroom performance for Board recommendations

D. What's Coming

  • PM2 assessment data (late December)
  • Student voice survey results (November)
  • Mental Health (November)
  
  B. BOARD APPROVAL Vote Kevin Sandoe 3 m
   

Motion 1: Instructional Materials Approval

Move that the Board approve the following instructional materials as recommended by the Academic Excellence Committee:

 

Middle School Spanish Program:

  1. Grandma and Me at the Flea by Juan Felipe Herrera
  2. The Upside Down Boy by Juan Felipe Herrera
  3. Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask by Xavier Garza

Motion 2: Digital CTE Repository

Move that the Board approve the following instructional materials as recommended by the Academic Excellence Committee:

High School Digital CTE Programs (SCHS) 

 

*These materials support 2025-26 curriculum alignment with academic goals and were vetted by the Committee for quality and relevance.

  
     
  C. SUMMARY FYI Kevin Sandoe 1 m
   
  • The Academic Excellence Committee continues to monitor our schools' strong performance while seeking to support any targeted intervention needs (e.g., High School Math)
  • The Learning Gains target is ambitious; to meet stated goals, ~90 additional ELA students and ~50 additional Math students must make measurable growth this year. December's PM2 data will tell us whether our interventions are working at the pace we need (results will be in January)
  • In the next Board meeting we will return with PM2 data and a full mid-year assessment. In the meantime, the Committee will continue monitoring the interventions (including student voice and mental health) the Administration has implemented.
  
IV. Finance 6:24 PM
  A. Finance Updates FYI Frank “Chip” Brown 5 m
   
  • Received $750k state appropriations
  • District agreed to use current year headcount number for FEFP payments
  • Continue to build up cash reserves to help mitigate uneven cash flows associated with LCIR
  • Setting up reserve money market account at the school
  
V. Governance 6:29 PM
  A. Governance Updates FYI Robert Kauffman 5 m
   

- New Policies

 

- Policy Manual

 

- Application and Admissions Annual Update Status

 

- 2026 Enrollment Schedule

  
VI. Other Business 6:34 PM
  A. Selection Committee Update Vote Dana Hahn 10 m
   

Key Dates for Board review and approval: 

 

--Board Application Opens 1/5/2026

--Lottery Opens 1/7/2026

--Board Application Closes 2/6/2026

--Lottery Closes 2/13/2026

--Board Interviews 2/18/2026 

--Lottery Occurs 2/27/2026

  
VII. Closing Items 6:44 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Andrew Jordan