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
C.
Approve Minutes from prior meeting
Roll Call | |
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Charles Penny II |
Absent
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Pamela Norcross |
Absent
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Sarah Hernandez |
Absent
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Sabrina Kordys |
Aye
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Jeremy Greene |
Aye
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Sarah Yagnow |
Aye
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Michael O'Malley |
Aye
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II. Monthly Agenda Review
A.
Review and revision, if needed, for meeting agenda
Roll Call | |
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Sarah Yagnow |
Aye
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Michael O'Malley |
Aye
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Charles Penny II |
Absent
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Jeremy Greene |
Aye
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Sabrina Kordys |
Aye
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Sarah Hernandez |
Absent
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Pamela Norcross |
Absent
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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.
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
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.
Roll Call | |
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Michael O'Malley |
Aye
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Sarah Hernandez |
Absent
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Jeremy Greene |
Aye
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Sarah Yagnow |
Aye
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Charles Penny II |
Aye
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Sabrina Kordys |
Aye
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Pamela Norcross |
Aye
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VII. Old Business
A.
Vote on status of ERA Face Covering Policy
Roll Call | |
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Charles Penny II |
Aye
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Pamela Norcross |
Aye
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Michael O'Malley |
Aye
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Sabrina Kordys |
Aye
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Jeremy Greene |
Aye
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Sarah Yagnow |
Aye
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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
Roll Call | |
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Charles Penny II |
Aye
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Sarah Hernandez |
Absent
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Michael O'Malley |
Aye
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Jeremy Greene |
Aye
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Sarah Yagnow |
Aye
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Sabrina Kordys |
Aye
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Pamela Norcross |
Aye
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B.
Adjourn Meeting
Roll Call | |
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Pamela Norcross |
Aye
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Michael O'Malley |
Aye
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Jeremy Greene |
Aye
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Charles Penny II |
Aye
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Sarah Hernandez |
Absent
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Sarah Yagnow |
Aye
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Sabrina Kordys |
Aye
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No public comments were submitted.