Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
May Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday May 13, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Location
Dunlap & Shipman, P.A.
2063 County Highway 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.
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.
Committee Members Present
A. Winicki, C. Lewis, D. Tinghitella, R. Kauffman
Committee Members Absent
L. Blue, M. Uhlfelder
Guests Present
T. Miller (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Governance
A.
Employee Handbook Updates
III. Other Business
A.
General Discussion
The Committee discussed new director orientation for the incoming 2024 class and the upcoming admission appeal that is scheduled for the next Board meeting.
Tom Miller led a discussion regarding updates to the Employee Handbook and a potential shared leave policy, which will be reviewed again in June.