Final

Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy

SA Monthly Board Meeting

Date and Time

Monday June 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM EDT

Location

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.


Topic: Scholars Academy Monthly Board Meetings
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You may also watch the meeting live via YouTube stream, at Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy - Charlotte - YouTube

 

 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:30 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Julie Doll 1 m
   

Confirm meeting recording.

  
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Dominique Palmer 1 m
   

Do we have a quorum? Welcome to the Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy Board Meeting.

  
  C. Read Mission Statement   Julie Doll 2 m
   

Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy provides a differentiated, challenging, and equitable learning environment that supports the distinctive intellectual, social, and emotional needs of highly gifted children from diverse backgrounds and enables them to form meaningful relationships with their intellectual peers.

  
  D. Administrative Meeting Review   Dominique Palmer 2 m
   

Zoom Webinar Etiquette/Rules:

 

Meetings will be broadcast to the public via the Zoom Webinar Platform. This medium is more secure as it requires attendees to register, limits interactivity, removes the ability to communicate without permission and does not permit anonymous participation, comment, or annotation.  Registration will require the submission of a first and last name and an email.

  
  E. Approval of Minutes of Board Meeting Approve Minutes Julie Doll 2 m
   
  • Official approval of draft minutes for open and closed meeting minutes for 5/19/25 and 6/2/25
  
    Approve minutes for SA Monthly Board Meeting on May 19, 2025  
  F. Adoption of the Agenda Vote Dominique Palmer 2 m
   

Are there any Amendments to the Agenda?

  
II. Community Comments (First Opportunity) - subject to guidelines 6:40 PM
  A. Community Comments - guidelines FYI 5 m
   

The public is welcome to speak; limited to three minutes per speaker.
Topics should not cover private, confidential or personal information.
The board will not respond or enter into a dialogue on topics discussed.

At this time you may indicate your desire to participate in Community Comments by raising your hand.

  1. If you would like to raise a hand, click “Participants” in the lower or upper section of your Zoom chat.
  2. In the “Participants” window select “Raise Hand” {Windows: Alt+Y} or {Mac: Option+Y} keyboard shortcuts to raise or lower your hand.
  3. When it is your turn, a moderator will identify you by name and then grant you access to speak.
  
III. Director's Report 6:45 PM
 
  • No director report
  
  A. General Report Discuss Chad Carper 15 m
IV. Governance Committee 7:00 PM
  A. Personnel and Staff Vote Enrique Alvarez 5 m
   
  • Personnel and staff items to be discussed in closed
  • Potential vote on personnel contracts after closed session
  
  B. Board Recruitment Vote Enrique Alvarez 5 m
   
  • 2025-2026: 1 opening and 1 potential opening 
  • 2026-2027: 2 openings  and 2 potential openings (all of which are uncommitted as of yet to renew for a 2nd term)
  • 1 application and the interview was conducted on 6/20/2025
  • To be discussed in closed for consideration, and vote after our closed session 

 

  
  C. Officer Appointments for Next Year Vote 5 m
V. DEI 7:15 PM
  A. DEI Compliance Vote Daniela Tijerina 5 m
   
  • Vote to revert old mission statement 

 

  
VI. Policy Committee 7:20 PM
  A. Committee Work on Policy Updates FYI Malik Dixon 3 m
   
  • The committee continues to work on reviewing policies, in particular Media in Classrooms and Acceptable Use, to be wrapped up at the next meeting.
  • The committee will continue to develop best practices for efficiently publishing policies once the Board has approved them.
  
VII. Foundation 7:23 PM
  A. Update FYI Enrique Alvarez 1 m
   
  • No update

 

  
VIII. Educational Excellence Committee 7:24 PM
  A. Committee Updates Discuss Dominique Palmer 5 m
   
  • The Parent Survey will be sent to the community this week
  
IX. FAST Committee Updates 7:29 PM
  A. Upcoming Building Updates to improve Safety & Security FYI Dominique Palmer 5 m
   
  • Update on the fence
  
X. Finance Committee 7:34 PM
  A. Financial Updates Vote Adam Starling 20 m
   
  • Vote to approve Alt HR Contract
  • Vote to approve fence contract
  
XI. Community Comments (Second Opportunity) - Subject to Guidelines 7:54 PM
  A. Community Comments FYI Dominique Palmer 10 m
XII. Closed Session 8:04 PM
  A. Vote to go into Closed Session Discuss Enrique Alvarez 10 m
   
  • Discuss employment contracts
  • Discuss student matters
  • Discuss personnel matters
  
XIII. Closing Items 8:14 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Dominique Palmer 1 m