Final

Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy

SA Monthly Board Meeting

Date and Time

Monday August 28, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT

Location

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
Topic: Scholars Academy Monthly Board Meetings
Register in advance for this webinar:
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You may also watch the meeting live via YouTube stream, at Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy - Charlotte - YouTube

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:30 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Liliana Lopez 1 m
   

Confirm meeting recording.

  
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Erica Womer 1 m
   

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

  
  C. Read Mission Statement   Dominique Palmer 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   Erica Womer 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 Prior Minutes 5/22/23 Approve Minutes Liliana Lopez 2 m
   
  • Official approval of draft minutes
  
     
  F. Adoption of the Agenda Vote Erica Womer 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
  A. General Items FYI Ari Pieper 20 m
   
  • Director's Report
  • Board Acknowledgment of Handbooks 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bC4vfH2r7feLmbNbPzeydxSqCgxh6nHvxFt5QyflJh8/edit?usp=sharing

  
IV. Whole Child Committee 7:05 PM
  A. Status Review FYI Alison Hall 5 m
   
  • Committee update - new playset 
  
V. Foundation 7:10 PM
  A. Status Review FYI AJ Farooqi 4 m
   

AGC Messaging

  
VI. Community Comments (Second Opportunity) - Subject to Guidelines 7:14 PM
  A. Community Comments FYI 10 m
VII. Closed Session 7:24 PM
  A. Discuss material terms of vendor contracts Discuss Ari Pieper 5 m
VIII. Closing Items 7:29 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Erica Womer