Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
CRCS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday December 10, 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), M. Buja (remote), S. Saltzman (remote), T. Overall (remote)
Directors Absent
J. Dionne
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), Heather Hunter (remote), J. Alves (remote), K. Canning (remote), M. Munroe (remote), S. Muzzy (remote), Stacey Scott (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 11/12/2025 meeting
III. CRCS Program Highlights
A.
Community Building Events
B.
Professional Development share out
Learning and The Brain Conference in Massachusetts. 15 staff members attended. The focus was on social and emotional learning.
Stacey Scott shared out about a math conference at UMF that happened last week. She attended with a few others from CRCS. A big portion of the training was around how to connect about math trauma and how to breakdown the trauma.
IV. Board Chair Updates
A.
PD opportunities provided by the Charter Commission
Theresa shared out an update on the PD opportunities coming up provided by the Charter Commission. The next opportunity is in February.
B.
Board Retreat - Sunday, January 11th 9am-2pm
Working on a location -
Snow day will be Sunday, January 18th
* 1 hour for committee meetings which will take the place of any other January meeting
* 1 hour for the business of the board meeting for January
* The rest of the time will be deeper discussions and learning
C.
Executive Director evaluation goals and process timeline
Evaluation has been finalized.
Board and Admin will fill it out in BoT.
Going to be create the evaluation in Google Forms for staff members that aren't in BoT.
D.
Board Member Job Description
Governance Committee created a board member job description using the template from BoT.
Theresa shared the document and gave a brief overview so the entire board has seen it.
E.
Reminders
None at this time.
F.
Audit Presentation by RHR SMITH
Heather Hunter who is a representative from RHR Smith and she shared out our last audit.
V. Executive Director and Staff Reports
A.
Letters of Resignation/Non-Renewal (since last Board Meeting)
No letters of resignation/non-renewals since last board meeting.
B.
New Hires (since last Board Meeting)
No new hires since the last board meeting.
C.
Professional Development (Upcoming)
On January 2nd the staff will be attending a full day training continuing the Dimensions of Learning work that has been happening all school year.
D.
Teens to Trails Grant-to-Clubs Program
Travis shared that CRCS was awarded the $600 Teens to Trails Grant money.
Casie Guillow is the champion of the Outdoor Club based out of Overman.
E.
Consolidation Update
No new updates at this time.
F.
Other Updates
Focus is on renewal with the Charter Commission that is taking place starting now through October 2026.
In October the Charter Commission will vote on our renewal.
VI. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Overview of the 11/12/25 meeting
Mike shared an overview of the meeting at the prior board meeting.
B.
Approve minutes from the 11/12/2025 Academic Excellence Committee meeting
VII. Finance & Facilities
A.
Overview of the 11/19/25 meeting
Stephanie shared an overview of the finance and facilities committee meeting.
The major conversation was around facilities and what needs to be done to make it through between now and a possible consolidation.
B.
Approve the minutes from the 11/19/2025 Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting
VIII. Governance Committee
A.
Overview of the meeting on 12/4/25
Theresa gave an overview of the meeting and shared the list of policies that the committee worked on and moving forward the committee will continue to chip away at the policy list that needs review or adoption.
Susan shared about The Giving Room. It was an open event for our CRCS families to come shop for the holidays for free. Families donated items. At the same time the Prom Committee did a bake sale and made about $150.
Elizabeth shared that CRCS is also doing The Gift of Giving which is an event to help CRCS families who need support for Christmas. In the process of collecting items for these families and will pack them up and get them to families next week.