Final

Seaside School, Inc

Executive Committee Meeting

Published on May 8, 2023 at 12:05 PM CDT

Date and Time

Monday May 8, 2023 at 11:00 AM CDT

Location

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4850136618

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/domain/35.

 

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 11:00 AM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes 1 m
II. Executive Committee 11:02 AM
  A. School Updates
  B. Board Report/Board Agenda Development 5 m
  C. Board Member Questions (Rolling Off) 5 m
   
  • What went well during your term, and why?
  • What did not go well during your term, and why?
  • How can we increase our focus in the areas that are going well?
  • If aligned to our goals, how can we gain momentum in the areas that are not going well?
  • What are the biggest challenges the organization is facing (or will face in the near future)?
  • Why is the organization facing these challenges?
  • What are the most promising unexploited opportunities for growth?
  • What would need to happen for the organization to exploit the potential of these opportunities?
  • If you were me, what/where would you focus your attention on?
  
  D. Committee Review
   

Committee Thoughts: 

1. The school board and foundation both have a strategic planning committee...do they do different things? Or could this be just 1 that covers both? 

 

2. A lot of the board subcommittees I don't understand the need for. 

For example....

-Why does there need to be a STEM and Robotics sub committee for the board? This sounds like something that should be run by the school and maybe be reported to the board on? 

- Could the HR subcommittee be contracted out to an HR company? What do they even do? Again- this should be at the school level and then can be reported to the board. 

-Parental Engagement subcommittee? Could this be turned into a Parent Task Force and not at the board level? 

-Athletics and Club Oversight subcommittee? Could this be under a booster club, not at the board level? 

In my opinion I would try to eliminate all the subcommittees and turn them over to the school to handle. It seems like the subcommittees are all things that maybe the board wants to be reported on throughout the year. 

  
  E. Communications (Internal and External)
   

Expectations around communication internal and external stakeholders. 

  
III. Other Business
IV. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote