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Seaside School, Inc

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Friday November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM

Location

Dunlap & Shipman, 2063 S County Hwy 395, 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 or any Committee of the Board.

 

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.

 


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Committee Members Present

B. Campbell-Work, C. King, J. Ward, R. Kauffman, T. Brooks (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

Jamie Lynn, Jenna Sabia Mathis (remote), T. Miller

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

R. Kauffman called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Seaside School, Inc to order on Friday Nov 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

R. Kauffman made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 10-14-25.
J. Ward seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Recommended Policy Changes

B. Campbell-Work made a motion to approve the confidential School Safety Policy subject to clarification from Arnold Law Firm regarding the exhibits.
C. King seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
R. Kauffman made a motion to approve the Policy on Protection of Student Information.
B. Campbell-Work seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Policy Manual Update Status and Discussion

The Policy Manual is in progress.  The goal is to have the outline by the December meeting with the final Policy Manual completed by the spring.  The Policy Manual will then be subject to annual review.

C.

2025-26 Application and Admittance Policy Update

J. Ward made a motion to submit the sibling preference revisions to the entire Board.
T. Brooks seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
R. Kauffman made a motion to recommend approval of the revisions as discussed by the Governance Committee minus the Walton County residency section.
B. Campbell-Work seconded the motion.

The committee will circle back on the revisions to the Walton County residency language.

The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Consider Revisions to Athletic Participation Policy

J. Ward made a motion to approve the Seaside School Athletic Policy and Participation of Non-Traditional Students Policy.
B. Campbell-Work seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Specific Material and Instructional Material Objections Policy Policy (first read)

R. Kauffman made a motion to approve the Specific Material & Instructional Material Objections Policy, the Specific or Instructional Material Objections Procedures, the Specific Material Objection Form and the Parent Alternate Assignment Request Form with the caveat that administration can update/revise the procedures and forms as necessary without coming back to the full Board.
B. Campbell-Work seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:29 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. King
Documents used during the meeting
  • 2025.11.12 - Application and Admittance Policy (working draft for 2026).docx
  • 2025.11.13 Participation in Athletic Programs Policy.docx
  • 2025.11.12 Specific Material and Instructional Material Objections Policy.docx
  • 2025.11.12 Specific or Instructional Material Objection Procedure.docx
  • 2025.11.12 Specific Material Objection Form (statutory).pdf
  • 2025.11.12 Parent Alternate Assignment Request Form.docx