Eno River Academy

Minutes

March Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday March 29, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Location

Virtual

 

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Directors Present

Charles Penny II, Jeremy Greene (remote), Michael O'Malley (remote), Pamela Norcross (remote), Sabrina Kordys (remote), Sarah Yagnow (remote)

Directors Absent

Sarah Hernandez

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

Charles Penny II, Pamela Norcross

Guests Present

Amy Davis (remote), Kristin Martin (remote), Lisa Bair (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Michael O'Malley called a meeting of the board of directors of Eno River Academy to order on Tuesday Mar 29, 2022 at 5:34 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes from prior meeting

Sabrina Kordys made a motion to approve the minutes from February Board Meeting on 02-22-22.
Jeremy Greene seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Sabrina Kordys
Aye
Jeremy Greene
Aye
Sarah Yagnow
Aye
Pamela Norcross
Absent
Sarah Hernandez
Absent
Michael O'Malley
Aye
Charles Penny II
Absent

II. Monthly Agenda Review

A.

Review and revision, if needed, for meeting agenda

Sarah Yagnow made a motion to approve the March agenda as written.
Sabrina Kordys seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Sabrina Kordys
Aye
Jeremy Greene
Aye
Michael O'Malley
Aye
Pamela Norcross
Absent
Sarah Yagnow
Aye
Sarah Hernandez
Absent
Charles Penny II
Absent

III. Public Comment Period

A.

Public comments in accordance with the ERA Public Comment Policy, updated May 5, 2020. Please submit emailed public comments to board@enoriveracademy.org for the March 2022 meeting.

No public comments were submitted.

IV. Executive Director Announcements and Updates

A.

Monthly Executive Director Update

  • Staff intent to return letters were sent out last week. The deadline to return is this Friday.
  • We have our final full staff professional development session with Dr. Lanier on Thursday. He will be continuing his work from the last meeting and he has a guest speaker coming as well. 
  • National Honor Society inductions will be held tomorrow. 
  • Graduation, 8th Grade Promotion and Kindergarten Promotion will be held on Thursday, May 26th.
  • EOGs and EOCs schedule will be released next week. EOGs will begin on May 16th and EOCs on May 20th. We will have AP exams in early May.

Prom is coming up on April 23rd at Starlight Meadow. We used this venue prior to Covid and it was a lovely space. Special thanks to Tiffany Jones for being our coordinator.  

V. Committee Updates

A.

Future Visions Update

Future visions help a volunteer garden day this past weekend. We had approximately 50 volunteers and tackled several projects. It was well-received.

 

We would like to move this event to the Community building group so future visions can focus on grants and fundraising. 

 

Special thanks to Elizabeth Millan for all of her planning and hard work on this event!

 

Diversity and Inclusion would like Dr. Lanier to return in some capacity next year in order to continue our work and include in-service learning opportunities for families and curriculum help for staff.

 

Ms. Bair would like to see if D&I would be willing to put together a survey for families to gauge interest and then we can put together a contract specific to our needs.

B.

Finance Update

1. The state released $40,591.00 in Revision 39 related to the supplemental funds for teacher compensation.  These funds were given with flexibility on how we spend them. This amount was added to the Supplemental Pay line in this report since we will likely issue them as such. 

2. We also received $67,209.00 in revision 36 related to our EC transfers.

3. There was a small reduction of ($4,488.00) in revision 42 for the NCVPS sureup.  
 

The net increase in our state revenue from last month is $103,312.00.

VI. New Business

A.

Annual Fund Discussion

Charles Penny II arrived.

We would like to start an annual fund with a cap of $150 per family in the 22/23 school year. This would not only bring in more revenue to the school but allow us to apply for more grants which require annual funds to be in place and have a 100% participation rate. 

 

The school would then publicize each time money from this line item is used. 

 

Families would be able to spread the amount out or give what they can. 

 

If we decide to move forward the admin team will come up with a list of the top items to use the funds for and the board will then vote on the top 3. 

 

We want to make sure there is clarity behind the annual fund so families know what we plan to use the money for.

 

Sabrina requested more details before voting. The administration team will put together a plan to present to the board during the April meeting.

 

 

 

B.

2022 /2023 Board Roles

The board should start looking at the board roles and find out where they see themselves serving over the next school year.

Pamela Norcross arrived.
Sarah Yagnow made a motion to renew the Board on Track contract on 7/1/22.
Pamela Norcross seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Sarah Hernandez
Absent
Sarah Yagnow
Aye
Charles Penny II
Aye
Michael O'Malley
Aye
Jeremy Greene
Aye
Pamela Norcross
Aye
Sabrina Kordys
Aye

VII. Old Business

A.

Vote on status of ERA Face Covering Policy

Charles Penny II made a motion to continue the policy of optional masking.
Jeremy Greene seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Charles Penny II
Aye
Pamela Norcross
Aye
Sabrina Kordys
Aye
Jeremy Greene
Aye
Sarah Yagnow
Aye
Michael O'Malley
Aye
Sarah Hernandez
Absent

If we see an alarming increase in cases we could call an emergency meeting to discuss masking.

The next board meeting will be Wednesday, April 27th at 5:30. 

VIII. Closing Items

A.

Closed Session

Sabrina Kordys made a motion to go into closed session at 6:47pm.
Sarah Yagnow seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Pamela Norcross
Aye
Sarah Yagnow
Aye
Michael O'Malley
Aye
Sabrina Kordys
Aye
Jeremy Greene
Aye
Charles Penny II
Aye
Sarah Hernandez
Absent

B.

Adjourn Meeting

Jeremy Greene made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Sabrina Kordys seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Sarah Hernandez
Absent
Sarah Yagnow
Aye
Jeremy Greene
Aye
Pamela Norcross
Aye
Sabrina Kordys
Aye
Michael O'Malley
Aye
Charles Penny II
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:31 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Sarah Yagnow