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

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.

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.

• Official approval of draft minutes

Are there any Amendments to the Agenda?

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.

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3. When it is your turn, a moderator will identify you by name and then grant you access to speak.

• Director's Report - this month, the report will include an overview of the professional development plan for staff and the observation and evaluation procedures for teachers and staff
• Any contracts to be discussed in closed session
• Any personnel matters to be discussed in closed session

Committee updates:

• Develop a quarterly board newsletter for the community
• Host a community town hall in the spring
• Board committee members attend some of the staff committee meetings

Several staff employment contracts to be discussed in closed session

Committee updates:

• Policies under review this this year: staff teleworking and paid-time off 
• New policies being developed and considered for adoption this year: religious holiday policy

• Expansion-related contracts to be discussed in closed

Committee updates: 

• Develop a religious holiday policy
• Build a list of diversity-focused community organizations with which we could partner
• Focus on DEI for the quarterly Board newsletter in Feb/March

Committee updates: working on a survey for parents to gather feedback on differentiating the middle school experience; targeting it to be fielded in mid January.

• Foundation updates

• Committee update

Committee Update

• Review budget amendments (vote)
• Discuss bus transportation plan
• Review options for CDs coming up for renewal in December (vote)

As noted in the Agenda or Meeting:

1. to prevent the disclosure of information that is privileged or confidential 
2. to discuss  material terms of a contract or proposed contract
3. to discuss or consider employment contracts

Vote on any items from Closed Session