Seaside School, Inc

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Friday December 12, 2025 at 9:00 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 (remote), R. Kauffman

Committee Members Absent

T. Brooks

Guests Present

A. Jordan (remote), Jamie Lynn (remote), T. Miller (remote)

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 Dec 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

B. Campbell-Work made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 11-14-25.
C. King seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

2025-26 Application and Admittance Policy Update

The committee discussed the proposed changes to the Application and Admittance Policy.  B. Campbell-Work moved to approve the proposed policy with the proposed Walton County residency language as discussed.  C. King seconded the motion.  The committee voted unanimously to approve the motion.  The committee did not approve the proposed changes limiting the preference for former board members but chose to include the language so that the full Board could discuss since this has been an issue in the past.   

B.

Policy Manual Update

The Policy Manual updates are now in the hands of the administration.  

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 9:30 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. King
Documents used during the meeting
  • 2025.12.08 - Application and Admittance Policy (2025 working draft).docx