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Seaside School, Inc

The Seaside School Regular Board Meeting

Published on April 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM CDT
Amended on May 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM CDT

Date and Time

Thursday May 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM CDT

Location

Seacoast Collegiate High School (Learning Cottage 2)

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/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 Andy Jordan 1 m
    Approve minutes for The Seaside School Regular Board Meeting on March 27, 2025  
  D. Consent Items Vote Andy Jordan 5 m
   

 

  • Vote to approve the following hires:
    • Hire Kellie Jo Kilberg (Triumph Grant Manager) (Resume)
    • Hire Mindy Larson (College and Career Advisor) (Resume)
    • Hire Penny (High School Art - Part Time) (Resume)
    • Hire Allison Gibb (Foundation Donor Relations/Executive Assistant - Part Time) (Resume)
    • Hire Chad Thurman (SCHS CTE Instructor and STEM Coordinator) (Resume)
    • Ashton Nash (SCHS Social Studies/Financial Literacy/Lacrosse) (Resume)
  • Vote to approve auditor (attached)
    • King and Walker (same auditor the last two years)
  • Vote to approve Financials
    • March 2025
    • April 2025
  
II. School Leadership Team 5:37 PM
  A. Executive Director Report FYI Thomas Miller 10 m
   

Click on the link below for the updated reports:

Enrollment Scoreboard (Updated 5/14)

Executive Director Report

2024-2205 Goals Update

 

  
  B. High School Update FYI Drew Ward 5 m
   

We held our Honors Ceremony on Wednesday and will have our Graduation on Thursday. Here are some highlights of our 65 graduates:

-52 members of the National Honors Society

-6 received the Florida Bi-Literacy Seal 

-37 will graduate with the Florida Scholar designation

-16 have received an industry certification

-13 are members of the Talented 20

-15 will graduate with the AP Scholar designation

-3 athletes are heading off to college on athletic scholarships

-2 are team golf state champions

-1 High School swimming All-American

-41 students will receive Florida Bright Futures

 

-51 have already graduated with their Associates from Northwest Florida State College 

Testing

Joy Robbins had a 100% pass rate for her 42 students. They received their Master Entrepreneurship Certification (Passing the Design for Delight and Entrepreneurship Small Business Certifications).

We will test ELA, Biology, US History, Algebra and Geometry next week. 


 

Athletics

The girls lacrosse team made the Regional Quarterfinals for the 2nd time ever. 

The survey shows significant interest in starting a golf team at SCHS next year. 


 

April/May Discipline

Detentions- 3 dress code, 1 cell phone, 2 failure to follow school rules

ISS- None

OSS- None


 

New Hires

Ashton Nash- Social Studies/Lacrosse Coach

Chad Thurman- CTE

Penny Blank- Art

Still looking for a CTE teacher that can teach the Quickbooks and Tech+ Certification and an Athletic Director.

 

 

  
  C. Middle School Update FYI Kim Mixson 5 m
   

Middle School Report Access

  
III. Academic Excellence 5:57 PM
  A. Academic Excellence Updates FYI Jenna O’Donoghue 3 m
   

-EOY Data Review June 12, 2025 2:00-3:00 PM at Seacoast or via Zoom

 

  
IV. Finance 6:00 PM
  A. Budget Updates FYI Frank “Chip” Brown 5 m
V. Governance 6:05 PM
  A. Approval of Amendment to Seaside School, Inc. Bylaws Vote Robert Kauffman 10 m
   

Review and consider approval of amendments to the organizational Bylaws.

 

 

  
  B. Approval of Board Member Agreement Vote Robert Kauffman 5 m
  C. Appeal of Enrollment Decision Vote Robert Kauffman 10 m
   

Appeal of preference eligibility determination by School Administration, as affirmed by Governance Committee

  
  D. Approval of Executive Director Review Committee Charter Vote Robert Kauffman 5 m
VI. Other Business 6:35 PM
  A. 25-26 Officer Selection Vote Andrew Jordan 3 m
VII. Closing Items 6:38 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Andrew Jordan