Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
January 2023 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday January 19, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Seaside Neighborhood School
10 Smolian Circle (3rd Building, Upstairs)
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.
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Directors Present
A. Winicki, C. Lewis, D. Lilienthal, D. Tinghitella, F. Barker, G. Latour, J. O’Donoghue, K. Goff, K. Tucker, L. Blue, M. Foley, M. Kerrigan, M. Uhlfelder
Directors Absent
M. Hale, T. Glavine
Guests Present
J. Robbins, K. Mixson, S. O’Prey
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Consent Items
A.
December Minutes
B.
Discipline/Enrollment Report
C.
December Financials
D.
Adopt Consent Agenda Items
III. School Update
A.
School Leadership Team Update
B.
School Foundation Update
Ms. Goff. prompted everyone to read the attached report.
Mr. Tucker spoke to aligning fundraising efforts. Mr. Vlahos, a Seaside School Foundation Board Member, will present at the February board meeting about alligining those goals.
IV. Governance Committee
A.
Update
Ms. Barker updated the team of the lottery enrollment. Lottery enrollment numbers are up from the previous year.
Selection committee has opened applications. The selection committee will use the following timeline:
- 1/16-2/28: Lottery opens
- 1/16-2/21: BOD application open
- 3/8: BOD Interviews
- 3/14: Board meeting / selection approval
- 3/16: Lottery drawing
V. Development Committee
A.
Update
Mr, Kerrigan noted that current student enrollment was ”+4” over projected enrollment.
He outlined that school promotion for lottery enrollment is underway.
- Seaside Neighborhood School tours are being given every Thursday in January.
- Seacoast Collegiate High School is hosting information nights on most Tuesdays in January and February.
- There has been promotion in print and digital ads and social media outlets.
Converation with SCDC and SAS regarding school branding is ongoing.
The projected date for a new website launch is February 13.
B.
Seacoast Collegiate High School Expansion Update
Ms. Goff prompted board members to review the attached documents.
A special meeting for a vote will happened by the end of January in order to continue the high school expansion project. Various funding avenues are being explored by the expansion committee.
VI. Finance Committee
A.
Update
Mr. Tucker fave an update on our financials. The school budget surplus is dwindling due to state and distric salary increases and increased operational fees.
VII. Student Excellence Committee
A.
Update
Mr. Foley gave an update on the completion of winter sports seasons and the new spring sports.
Plans are in place to support students during Spring Break. A group of parents are organizing to create a “Dads on Duty” to be present at dismissal.
Ms. Goff has plans to observe pick-up behind the post office with SCDC and to resend the contract in regards to trespassing on the lyceum lawn.
The doors and school fencing were discussed.
Dr. O’Prey and Ms. Mixson gave update about mid-year goals.
Ms. Goff brought up Dr. O’Prey’s evaluation to be completed by February 1st.
Ms. Goff discussed continuing Tom Miller’s contract to participate in high school expansion conversations. She will present in February for funding that contract.