Durham Charter School
Minutes
Durham Charter School Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Location
807 W. Chapel Hill Street
Durham, NC 27701
Our Mission: To Build a World-Class, K-12 School in Durham that Empowers Students to Thrive in College, Career, and Life.
Directors Present
A. Gutierrez, C. Cain, G. Wicker, L. Morey (remote), M. Lesesky, P. Edwards, R. Ford
Directors Absent
E. Lembert, J. Miller, M. Bailey
Guests Present
B. Brown, P. Adkins, Steve Hubrich
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Pledge of Allegiance
D.
Approve Minutes
E.
Approval of Agenda
F.
Privilege of the Floor
No one was present for Privilege of the Floor.
II. Executive Director Report
A.
Presentation of Report
Mr. Quigley presented and discussed the executive directors report by referring to the Board Dashboard document.
- Staff attendence
- Student Enrollment applications and projections
- EOC Data: composite score; still waiting on science scores
- Academic Focus for 25-26
- New Hires for board approval
- Teacher hiring pipeline
B.
Board Dashboard
Discussed about as part of the ED Report.
III. Old Business
A.
Steve Hubrich
Steve Hubrich gave an update on the Kemp Rd construction
- still waiting on plumbing permit
- submit application for stocking
- stoning high school
- road widening permits in and planning project for July
- requesting partial certificate of occupancy
- city has signed off on power utility
IV. New Business
A.
25-26 Holiday and Vacation Schedule for 12 month staff
Presented by Mr. Qiugley for board approval.
B.
Consolidated Federal Grant
Presented by Mr. Qiugley for board approval.
C.
25-26 Delta Dental/Vision Renewal Rates
Presented by Mr. Qiugley for board approval.
D.
Durham Charter School Booster Club
Presented by Mr. Quigley. Will be discussed further at a later after review by Mr. Atkins.
E.
DPS Catering Renewal
Presented by Mr. Qiugley for board approval.
F.
25-26 Remote Learning Plan
Presented by Mr. Qiugley for board approval.
G.
Staff Letter
Presented by Mr. Quigley concerning tempory locations at the start of school 25-26 school year.
H.
Student U Contract
Presented by Mr. Qiugley for board approval after review by Mr. Atkins no changes.
V. Academic Excellence
A.
Committee Minutes
Mr. Quigley presented the committee report.
B.
Academic Excellence Committee Report Parent and Student Handbook & HS Addendums
Presented by Mr. Qiugley for board approval.
VI. Governance and CEO Evaluation
A.
Committee minutes
B.
Governance and CEO Evaluation Committee Report
Mr. Cain presented to Governance and CEO Evaluation Report, which includes ICE and Political Expression policies up for board approval as agreed at the April meeting if no changes were needed.
C.
25-26 Employee Handbook
Mr. Cain presented the 25-26 Employee Handbook for board approval, which includes the McKinney-Vento dispute policy.
D.
CEO Evaluation in September
Mr. Cain discussed the reorganization of the review cycle.
E.
Meeting in August
Mr. Cain presented for board approval a board meeting on August 28, 2025.
VII. Finance & Operations
A.
Committee minutes
Mr. Lesesky the Finance and Operations Report.
B.
Finance & Operations 25-26 Budget Report
Mr. Leseky presented for board appproval.
C.
Custodial Bids
Mr. Lesesky presented Super Clean Company for approval as janitoral service.
VIII. Board Votes
A.
The following items are presented as a slate for board approval: 25-26 Budget, Parent and Family Handbook and High School Addendums, Employee Handbook,August 28 Board Meeting,Alex Quigley as Consolidated Federal Grant Administrator,
Approvals continued: 25-26 Delta Dental Renewal Rate, 25-26 Remote Learning Plan, Student U pending any final legal review, Political Expression Policy, Ice Policy,Super Clean Company as janitorial service, and the hiring of Ronique Hewitt-Carter,Britnie Galloway,Bailey Credle,Ti-Ann Pennicoke,Paola Salguero-Schwartz,Lauren Benoit,Romero Spaulding,Christina Wiley,Jordan Meek,Gavin Treasure, Cristian Beltran, Alexander Dryer,Erin Fei, Michelle Thompson, Kiya Simpson,Asawari Bhave Gudipudi,James Hegmann, Patrick Walker, Jonathan Watson,AliayaSoutherland,Eva Lie-Nielsen,Skyla Carmona,Kamryan Collis,Na 'Laura' Luo,Chloe Howard,Jesenia Martinez,Jack Montgomery,Mary-Catherine Jones,Sarah B. Machak,Miranda Arias
Pledge of Allegiance rendered.