Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
The Seaside School Regular Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday September 19, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Location
Seacoast Collegiate High School (Learning Cottage 2)
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. King, D. Hahn, D. Lilienthal, D. Tinghitella, F. Brown, J. O’Donoghue, J. Ward, L. Blue, R. Kauffman, T. Brooks
Directors Absent
M. Harrison
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
F. Brown
Guests Present
D. Ward, K. Mixson, T. Horton, T. Miller
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Consent Items
E.
House Leadership Demonstration
II. Development
A.
Updates
Updates on Triumph Grant
- Next steps
- Vet lawyers for Triumph Grant
- Meet with Triumph next week
- Board noted to utilize the school policy <$10,000) for funding to get started with an attorney and if longer term agreement to come back for vote.
LDA updates:
- Lots of transition at the SCDC. We are reviewing the LDA.
- Goal is to meet in October with Seaside
Expansion UPdate:
- Buildings are on time
- Parking lot without rain will be due next week
- Furniture second meeting needs to be put on the books
Middle School Internet:
- Working with SNH to complete this project before the end of October at the latest.
- Short term starlinks are being built to add to the buildings
Foundation:
- Major gifts prospects is the focus
- Just under 3 million raised in the capital campaign
- Golf tournament
- Two grants St. Joe Community Foundation
III. Executive Committee
A.
Update
No votes, shared information on the key topics.
IV. Finance
A.
Updates
B.
24/25 Budget Updates
V. Governance
A.
Governance Updates
This month talked about the application policy and preferences.
Focus on residency at the time of the the lottery period.
Goal is to vote at the October meeting if any changes.
VI. School Leadership Team
A.
Executive Director Report
Focused on the number of new students and staff to the school.
Enrollment fell short at the college level. Starting to recruit earlier and prepare students to meet standards to stay at SCHS.
Updates to the Gifted Program and 504 oversight.
B.
High School Update
Lunch at The Coast tomorrow, Hispanic Heritage Culture celebration. All classrooms school wide have participated in this initiative.
College workshops continue and college fair (we are bringing students to the fair).
Working to expose our students to multiple professionals over the next 45 days for mentoring.
New sports programs.
C.
MS Update
Spirit Squad is leading the way during open houses and parade.
Need mentors in the month of October.
VII. Academic Excellence
A.
Student Novels Adoption
Reviewed the books in AE Committee asked to be added to our school library.
B.
Academic Excellence Updates
Additional conversations around our teacher hiring, orientation and certification programs.
Jon Ward Williams House
Robert Kaufmann Williams House
Tucker Brooks Davis House
Dan Tinghitella Davis House
Dr. Jenna O'Donghue Buzzette House
Andrew Jordan Williams House
David Lilienthal Davis House
Anne Winicki Williams House
Lloyd Blue Buzette House
Dana Hahn Buzzette House
Casey King Williams House
Chip Brown Williams House
Megan Harrison (TBD)?