Eno River Academy
Minutes
February Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday February 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Location
Eno River Academy Lower School
Directors Present
Amy Simonson, Brad Tapper, Kristi Anspach, Michael O'Malley, Rachel Monschein, Sarah Yagnow, Travis Hill
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Amy Davis, Kristin Martin, Lisa Bair
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Kristi Anspach called a meeting of the board of directors of Eno River Academy to order on Thursday Feb 27, 2020 at 6:07 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes from prior meeting
Sarah Yagnow made a motion to approve the minutes from January Board of Directors Meeting on 01-14-20.
Michael O'Malley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Reading of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Statement
A.
Reading of Statement
III. Monthly Agenda Review
A.
Review and revision, if needed, for meeting agenda
Amy Simonson made a motion to approve.
Michael O'Malley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
IV. Old Business
A.
Update on School Property Financing Process
Paul Jason made a presentation to the Board about the bond process and discussed the details. The closing is planned for April 9th.
Brad Tapper made a motion to approve the resolution a Public School of Choice Authorization of Plan of Finance.
Sarah Yagnow seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
B.
Final review and approval of Comprehensive Manual Section 1.8 Committees
Michael O'Malley made a motion to approve the updates to the section 1.8 Committees on the comprehensive manual.
Sarah Yagnow seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
C.
Final review and approval of PATH Committee Structure
Sarah Yagnow made a motion to approve the PATH Committee Structure.
Travis Hill seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
D.
Final review and approval of community surveys
Michael O'Malley made a motion to approve the release of the K-8 and high school surveys to the ERA community by Lisa Bair and Amy Davis on Monday March 2nd to then be closed on March 13th at 6pm.
Sarah Yagnow seconded the motion.
Dr. Davis will transfer ownership to Michael O'Malley and Kristi Anspach
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
V. Executive Director Announcements and Update
A.
Celebration of events and achievements by ERA Staff and Students
- R. Krouthrep was a semi finalist in an aviation art competition to capture flight with DOT that had over 2500 submissions.
- Congratulations to Wolf Gordon-Escobar who was named a National Merit Finalist. Wolf is one of only 2,000 high school students across the US to receive this honor and accompanying scholarship.
B.
Monthly Executive Director Update
- Lottery : The lottery will be held tomorrow morning and results will be published tomorrow afternoon. We had over 1000 applications over K-12. Thank you to Mrs. Hover for her efforts in handling all things lottery!
- Letter of Intent for Staff: The letters will go out on Monday, March 2nd with a return deadline of March 13th.
- See Something Say Something Roll Out: Student training and family information will go out during the week of March 23rd-27th. Our ‘go live’ date is April 1st.
- Field Trips: 7th Graders are at the YMCA Blue Ridge Camp until tomorrow. The 4th graders will be in Atlantic Beach next Wednesday and Thursday and 6th grade will be at the YMCA Camp in two weeks. Our 5th graders will be in Washington D.C. the week before Spring Break.
VI. Monthly Committee Updates
A.
Update from Finance Committee
Michael O'Malley made a motion to approve Finance Committee report.
Brad Tapper seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
B.
Update from Future Visions
Future Visions will soon be focusing on updating the mission and values section of the Strategic Plan.
C.
Update from PATH
- monthly teacher appreciation events
- spring carnival and color run coming up
- teacher appreciation week
VII. Closing Items
A.
Closed Session- a closed session is anticipated for this meeting to allow the Executive Director and associated ERA staff to provide an update to the Board with confidential student information.
Sarah Yagnow made a motion to go into closed session to discuss items which warrant confidentiality pursuant to Article 33C, Section § 143-318.11. (a) 5&6 of the North Carolina General Statutes.
Amy Simonson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Entered closed session at 7:43 pm.
Brad motioned to come out of closed session.
Michael seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Came out of closed session at 8:18 pm
Brad motioned to come out of closed session.
Michael seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Came out of closed session at 8:18 pm
B.
Adjourn Meeting
Brad Tapper made a motion to adjourn.
Amy Simonson seconded the motion.
The next board meeting will be scheduled for March 17th at lower school conference room
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:29 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Rachel Monschein