Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
CRCS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe these meetings but must be aware that although the meeting is held in public it is not a public meeting and therefore observers are not permitted to speak during the meeting itself, except during public comment.
Directors Present
C. Hansen (remote), N. Reinholt (remote), S. Saltzman (remote), T. Overall (remote)
Directors Absent
J. Hodgkin, M. Buja
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
S. Saltzman
Ex Officio Members Present
T. Works (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
T. Works (remote)
Guests Present
A. Savage (remote), D. Ryder (remote), E. Firnkes (remote), J. Alves (remote), M. Munroe (remote), S. Muzzy (remote), T. Wyman (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Agenda
II. Approve Business Meeting Minutes
A.
Approve Minutes from 5/14/2025 meeting
III. CRCS Program Highlights
A.
Celebrations for the Class of 2025
IV. Board Chair Updates
A.
Charter Commission Board Trainings:
Commend those that have completed the training modules!
Still need to do some work to get the completed percentage where it needs to be.
Going to shoot to do a Board Summer Retreat and that will take care of all trainings for next school year.
B.
Consolidation Memo for Maine Charter School Commission
At the last meeting with Lana and the Charter Commission, they raised a few concerns and a memo was drafted and sent over to address the concerns.
Enrollment and how it will effect other charter schools, Transportation, and How it affects our current learners and our catchment area were the areas of concern addressed.
V. Executive Director and Staff Reports
A.
Letters of Resignation/Non-Renewal (since last Board Meeting)
Danny Chamber - special education facilitator at OA
B.
New Hires (since last Board Meeting)
None since the last meeting
C.
Consolidation Update
Travis had a meeting with Mid Maine Chamber and was able to have a good conversation to eliminate any concerns about CRCS moving to the Waterville area.
Travis is planning to meet with the region Superintendents (about 27 superintendents) in the near future.
Finalizing the Purchase and Sales Agreement - currently with our attorneys - hoping to have it by the end of this week
D.
Graduation and End of the Year Celebrations
Graduation starts at 6pm on Friday, June 13th.
VI. Finance & Facilities
A.
Approve Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting Minutes from 5/21/25
VII. Governance Committee
A.
Approve Governance Committee Meeting Minutes from 6/4/25
Minutes were not attached - vote to approve will happen at the July meeting.
VIII. Items to Be Voted Upon:
A.
Three Year Budget Projections
B.
Board Officer Positions for FY25
Nicki shared out the current positions for FY25 that will not change moving forward.
Elizabeth shared out the following data:
* 100% of kids graduating in 4 years or less
* Accuplacer scores with good - 79% met in reading and 76% met in math
* Most amount of kids going to 4 year colleges (10 learners)
* 6 learners going to into the trades
* 11 learners going to the workforce
* 52% of graduate getting A's and B's in their college classes
* CRCS graduating learners have 22.5 credits which is above the state average