Seaside School, Inc

March Board Meeting

Published on March 13, 2024 at 3:22 PM CDT
Amended on March 14, 2024 at 6:33 PM CDT

Date and Time

Thursday March 14, 2024 at 5:30 PM CDT

Location

Seacoast Collegiate High School (Learning Cottages)

109 Greenway Trail

Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

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 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Melissa Wilcox 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Kav Tucker 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Kav Tucker 1 m
    Approve minutes for January Board Meeting on January 18, 2024  
  D. Consent Agenda Vote Kav Tucker 5 m
   

New employee: Annie Sheets: High School Intervention

2024-2025 School Calendar

February Finances

 
II. Development 5:38 PM
  A. High School Expansion Discuss Mike Kerrigan 3 m
   
  • construction progress update
 
  B. Brand Standard Adoption Vote Mike Kerrigan 5 m
   

Adoption of brand standard for The Seaside School, Inc., Seaside Neighborhood School and Seacoast Collegiate High School. Supporting document attached.

 
  C. Updates FYI Mike Kerrigan 5 m
III. Executive Committee 5:51 PM
  A. Triumph Grant Discuss Kav Tucker 10 m
IV. Finance 6:01 PM
 

February Financials

SCHS Expansion

 
  A. Financials FYI Thomas Miller 5 m
   

Highlights:

  • Current year Revenue & Expense statements shows a $121K surplus.
    • This is close to the expected surplus for the year in the budget. This means things are well on track compared to the budget.
  • On the Financial Review Tab you will find the comparison of FEFP earned to the budget. $59,164 increase over budget this was confirmed after the October student count.
    • I’ve also included a little more detail on the Receivables for Capital Outlay, LCIR & the General Appropriation. I’ve included what the earned income is YTD compared to what the District has paid YTD, getting you to the Receivable or in the case of LCIR the Deferred Revenue. – LCIR was paid in full in February, I’ll continue to record 1/12th of the income throughout the remainder of the year.
  • Next 30 days priority:
    1. Sure up revenue and expense line items
    2. Draft the 2024-2025 budget
    3. Finalize all LCIR and ESSER expenditures for the year
 
  B. SCHS Expansion Discuss Kav Tucker 10 m
V. Governance 6:16 PM
  A. Bylaws Review and Vote Vote Robert Kauffman 5 m
   

Review proposed amendments for recommendation to Board

 
  B. Selection Subcommittee: Board of Directors Nominations Vote Carey Lewis 10 m
  C. SCHS Lease Assignment Discuss Kav Tucker 10 m
VI. School Leadership Team 6:41 PM
  A. Executive Director Updates FYI Thomas Miller 5 m
   

Report will be finalized and PDF'd tomorrow (3/14)

 

Current Access (Click here)

 
  B. Principal Updates FYI Kim Mixson 10 m
   

Middle School

 

Congratulations to Mr. Sink and his Lego League team for making it to the state tournament.  Mr. Sink, Ms. Wallace, and the team will travel to the tournament this weekend to represent Seaside!

 

Congratulations to Mrs. Wallace for being awarded another grant from the  Ms. Fail and Ms. Mitchell traveled to the Fresh Take conference and learned so much to bring back and share the Seaside and Seacoast staff.  In addition to attending the conference the team toured Davidson Day School where Ms. Mitchell had previously thought Ms. Richard and Ms. Akridge are getting excited to take our final four Amazing Shake students to the Global Amazing Shake at the Ron Clark Academy over Spring Break.
 

A big shout out to Mr. Saunders who did an amazing job with his band students and their performances on all three days of the race weekend.

 

Ms. Martin worked hard with her culinary students to prepare and serve deviled eggs and bruschetta  for the VIP portion of The Taste of the Race.

 

All students have completed the PM2 testing, the 2nd Seaside Writes, and are working toward taking the BEST Writing Test in early April. 

 

Initial discussions on the master schedule for next year are under way.

 

Work on the incoming 5th grade bags and information is almost complete.  We will welcome all new students to Seaside in early April.

 

The final 9 weeks of this year will be used to continue toward mastery of the state standards in all classes.

 

Work has also begun on this year's 8th grade graduation.

 
  C. High School FYI Drew Ward 5 m
   

Academic Celebrations!

Mikaela Pierce received the DAR Good Citizens award and will be recognized 3/12 at a reception.

We have 9 cum laude graduates, 13 magna cum laude graduates, and 11 summa cum laude graduates.

We have 41 graduates who are members of the National Honors Society. The induction for the new members is next Thursday, 3/14.

We have 33 seniors who will have an industry certification on their diplomas.

We have 31 seniors who will receive the Scholar Designation on their diplomas.

We have 6 seniors who will graduate with a bi-literacy seal (5 gold and 1 silver).

We have 8 AP Scholars (1 with Honors and 5 with Distinction).

2 students received the No ordinary Joe Scholarships for $500 a piece.

 

Staff

We hired a new instructor to target our ELA students. We are using data to identify students' needs in subtest areas. We have also contacted all families of students that are below the state passing rate to give them our recommendations for attending our Class 0 and Class 8 offerings.
 

We have interviewed 2 candidates this week. 1 for the science opening and 1 for the CTE opening. We are still looking for more ELA and Social Studies applicants.

 

Ms. Val received her grant and the books for the first SCHS Spanish library. 

 

Mrs. Robbins has over 90% pass rate for her 3 Entrepreneurship class certification exams.
 

Discipline 

February: 2 referrals for class disruption

March:  2 referrals for tardies, 1 referral for profane/abusive language, 1 referral for substitute teacher disruption

 

Registration and Enrollment

Students are meting with counselors to enroll in next grade

New students are scheduling meetings with the counselors to prepare for next grade and college

 

Graduation:

Plans being set.

Drew Ward is the Keynote

Date is May 16

 
VII. Foundation 7:01 PM
  A. Foundation Report FYI Teresa Horton 5 m
VIII. Student Excellence 7:06 PM
  A. Digital/Print Item Request Vote Jenna O’Donoghue 2 m
   


Please review the attached documents and visit the requested webpages prior to the vote. 

The following webpage is being requested to be added to the list of approved Digital Tools: https://readtheory.org/

The linked document contains Dr. Seuss Books for review. These are to be purchased for graduating 8th Grade Students. Dr. Seuss Books

 
  B. Articulation Agreement Vote Thomas Miller 5 m
IX. Other Business
X. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote