Seaside School, Inc
Minutes
January Executive Committee Meeting (Joint Meeting School & Foundation)
Date and Time
Monday January 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Location
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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/domain/35.
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. Jordan (remote), D. Hahn (remote), F. Brown (remote), J. O’Donoghue (remote), N. Vlahos (remote), R. Kauffman (remote), T. Miller (remote)
Committee Members Absent
K. Tucker
Guests Present
F. Barker (remote), M. Kerrigan (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Executive Committee
A.
Foundation Updates
B.
Executive Director Update
The 2025 Planning Update will focus on People, Property and Programs. People: The School Staff reviewing the Student Voice Surveys now; The School needs several marketing plans to: 1) market to High Schools (9th and 10th graders specifically), and 2) for staff recruitment; There will be a families and staff survey that will go out next as well; Property: We need to finalize our furniture purchase for the High School soon (staying at or below our budget); The School is applying for a grant from The St Joe Foundation for science lab and IT equipment; there will be follow up for a grant for the middle school as well; Programs: Working on the Budget for Triumph to make sure all programming needs are met; Asking Staff and BOD members to make introductions/connections to colleges / their alma mater.
C.
Finance Update
LCIR dollars arriving February 1st. Chip will coordinate a sub committee to track the financial component of Triumph requirements/costs.
- Next Step: Triumph writing the Term Sheet – our attorneys will then review.
The Foundation will be having 6 annual meetings; and form the following committees: Executive, Government Affairs and Fundraising. The Foundation continues to work closely with other charter school organizations that track LCIR dollars just as we do. The Foundation will host Sean Preston, a capital campaign strategist, at their Thursday 1/16/25 board meeting.