Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
May Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday May 16, 2024 at 5:00 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, G. Latour, J. O’Donoghue, J. Ward, K. Tucker, L. Blue, M. Kerrigan, M. Uhlfelder, R. Kauffman
Directors Absent
T. Brooks
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
G. Latour, J. Ward
Guests Present
M. Willcox, T. Horton, T. Miller
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Consent Items
II. Development
A.
Updates
B.
IT Services Provider Contract
Tecaba has been our third party IT solutions provider for the last two years. Tom and his team secured competitive bids as their renewal was coming up. Tom and the admin team would like to switch vendors to SNH technologies. Their proposal is slightly higher than what Tecaba was proposing, but they will be spending more time on campus. SNH had previously provided some work for the portables, and they also provided a technology safety audit recently.
III. Executive Committee
A.
Legislative Support Agreement (Continuation of Services)
K. Tucker discussed the assignment of contracts (ex. Rubin Turnbull). If the school is taking ownership of the contract, who else can help and be involved in that relationship, as we talk to Rubin Turnbull about appropriations, LCIR etc. It will be on the development agenda for June and then brought back to the board.
IV. Executive Director Support and Eval Committee
A.
Data Collection and Goal Setting
J. O'Donoghue went over data collection and goal setting. Those who have not completed the survey were asked to do so as soon as possible so that they can pull the reports.
V. Finance
A.
Finance Updates
C. Brown gave a finance update to include that we are on track for a $120 thousand surplus and the school is currently working on the budget for next year.
VI. Governance
A.
Appeal for enrollment
R. Kauffman passed out the admissions policy along with two applicants' information to review for appeal. A summary of information was given to include that they were selected with the Walton County preference but the lottery team and the governance committee had found that they did not meet the qualifications.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| K. Tucker |
Aye
|
| C. Lewis |
Aye
|
| T. Brooks |
Absent
|
| A. Jordan |
Aye
|
| R. Kauffman |
Aye
|
| M. Kerrigan |
Aye
|
| L. Blue |
Aye
|
| J. Ward |
No
|
| G. Latour |
Aye
|
| F. Brown |
Aye
|
| J. O’Donoghue |
Aye
|
| A. Winicki |
Aye
|
| D. Tinghitella |
Aye
|
| M. Uhlfelder |
Aye
|
| D. Lilienthal |
Aye
|
B.
Governance Updates
Tom has made some changes to the employee handbook and is working on finalizing.
VII. School Leadership Team
A.
Executive Director Report
Dr. MIller, M. Uhlfelder, M. Kerrigan and J. O'Donoghue discussed the Honors Ceremony & Graduation along with all the other achievements and scholarships the senior class received.
Dr. Miller went over the Executive Director's report including parent and staff surveys, academic data, test scores, certifications and enrollment.
VIII. Student Excellence
A.
Science Textbook Adoption
Dr. Miller and J. O'Donoghue discussed Florida Virtual classes. In the past, students could take any FLVS class to help raise their GPA. It is the intent that moving forward they will only be able to take a FLVS class if it is a grad requirement that is not offered (ex. HOPE) or if a student receives a D or a F they could retake a class to replace a grade. Edgenuity is $100 per class and FLVS is upwards of $400 per class. There will be a process to appeal to the student excellence committee if they are denied. At the June student excellence committee, FLVS will be discussed further.
Tom discussed his meeting with Hawkeye and their recommendations for safety improvements.
Tom also went over the Office of Safe Schools visit and their findings.