Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Location
Seacoast Collegiate High School
Founded in 1996
Serving Students in Grades 5 - 12
As an arm of the Board, 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.
The Academic Excellence Committee's role is strategic oversight of academic outcomes — student proficiency, intervention effectiveness, and goal achievement. We do not exercise operational authority over curriculum, instructional materials, or day-to-day educational decisions. Those responsibilities rest with the Executive Director and the administration, within the framework of state, county, and board-approved guidelines.
Information on procedures for public comment can be found on our Governance Page. (Click Here)
If anyone needs special assistance to participate in the public input session, every effort will be made to provide 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.
Link for online participation: https://meet.google.com/xmf-igfk-gkj
Committee Members Present
C. Cerise (remote), D. Hahn (remote), J. O’Donoghue (remote), K. Sandoe (remote), M. Harrison (remote)
Committee Members Absent
C. Fail
Guests Present
A. Jordan (remote), Cindy Brigman (remote), D. Ward (remote), Jessica Standley (remote), K. Mixson (remote), Liz Branch (remote), Trey Abshier (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Opeartional Review
B.
Administrative Update
Drew introduced Assistant Principal, Cindy Brigman.
Seacoast is going to begin diagnostic testing for incoming students in July.
Two new classes have been added - one to support students with intensive reading and foundational math, and a physical science class.
Drew also noted he is working on the summer boot camp logistics.
Cindy will reach out to area schools to get more data to place students in the best classes for success.
Industry certification testing will being next week.
Kim reported the new Lexia program is going well. Culinary certification testing will begin at the middle school next week.
K12 lift has been utilized as a tool to discuss student data with staff.
Kevin reiterated EOY goals.
Meagan asked for feedback from administration to determine if the goals are still appropriate.
Drew noted that the current goals are lofty, but not unobtainable. Learning gains should remain the focus and students are continuing to make gains and get support from staff.
Kim agreed with Drew's assessment on learning gains being the focus.