Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
August Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday August 17, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Seacoast Collegiate High School, Room 119/120
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.
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Directors Present
A. Jordan, A. Winicki, C. Lewis, D. Lilienthal, D. Tinghitella, F. Brown, J. Ward, K. Tucker, L. Blue, M. Kerrigan, M. Uhlfelder, R. Kauffman, T. Brooks
Directors Absent
G. Latour, J. O’Donoghue
Guests Present
D. Ward, K. Mixson, T. Horton
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Pledge of Allegiance
II. Consent Agenda Items
A.
Approve June Board Minutes
B.
Financials
Motion to approve the following bank account name changes:
Regions Operating, Money Market and Athletic accounts
To remove
- Rhea Goff - Board Chairman as authorized signer as of August 2023
- Scott O’Prey – Former Head of Schools as authorized signer as of July 2023
To add
- Frank Brown III - Board Treasurer as authorized signer as of August 2023
- Thomas Miller – Executive Director as authorized signer as of August 2023
- Riley "Drew" Ward – High School Principal as authorized signer as of August 2023
Truist Internal Account
To remove
- Rhea Goff - Board Chairman as authorized signer as of August 2023
- Scott O’Prey – Former Head of Schools as authorized signer as of July 2023
To add
- Frank Brown III - Board Treasurer as authorized signer as of August 2023
- Thomas Miller – Executive Director as authorized signer as of August 2023
- Riley "Drew" Ward – High School Principal as authorized signer as of August 2023
Motion to approve items on the Consent Agenda
- June Financials
- Custodial Contract
Andrew Jordan, Lloyd Blue (second)
C.
Approve New Hires
III. School Update
A.
Head of Schools Report
B.
2023-2024 Goals (In Draft)
Goals were shared.
IV. Foundation Update
A.
Foundation Report
The Foundation at this point has raised 2.2 million of the 10 million goal.
Please be sure to share the expansion plan placements.
Monday October 2nd, Capital Campaign launch and public event.
VIP invitation only reception at The BAY.
Events: Tom Glavine Golf Tournament is sold out.
Thank you to St. Joe as a sponsor and allowing us to utilze Sharkstooth Golf Course
Race: New VIP opportunities in the race.
Seaside Style will be the official SWAG sponsor.
Superhero Theme
A thank you from Kav Tucker to Teresa for putting together the Meet and Greet.
V. Governance Committee
A.
Governance Committee Goals
Governance Goals reviewed.
Keys looking at policies.
Looking at the evaluation tools and measures.
VI. Student Excellence
A.
Instructional Materials Process
Report was shared to board in the agenda.
No discussion.
VII. Development Committee
A.
Updates
As a group, the committee discuss the role and purpose of the development committee for the coming year. Due to the funds made available to the school via House Bill 1259, helping school admin prioritize and execute on capital improvements, repairs and maintenance and technology needs would be a major focus including the high school's portable classrooms and expansion project.
Additional opportunities include school marketing, enrollment and support of Foundation events and fundraising efforts.
Identified Priorities/Projects:
Securing a three year Capital Expense Priority Project list
VIII. Executive Committee
A.
Goal to ensure the goals are in the Board on Track loaded. Committee Chair responsibility.
No new updates that were not identified in the consent items.
IX. Other Business
A.
Performance Center Updates
Dan shared the idea around the Performance Center. Utilized for band, multi-purpose opportunities. Early stages of the conversation.
Working on tackling the pick up and drop off concerns for SNS.
Thinking for the future, cluster stops. Working on solutions.
Went over key parts of the ED Report:
- Enrollment
- Discipline
-Academic Programs
- Human Resources
- Finances
Drew Ward and Kim Mixson shared highlights of the opening week and last year results.
Question: Where are we in terms of comparison versus the other public schools in Florida (as a school, not just certain cohorts)
Around the school climate survey, around engagement.
Shared the initial information around FMLA and requirements of charter school. We are still waiting for opinion from the charter school consortium