Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
Business Meeting of the CRCS Board
Date and Time
Monday December 19, 2022 at 5:30 PM
Location
48 South Factory Street
Skowhegan, ME 04976
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
D. Denis, K. LaCasse (remote), S. Noonkester (remote), T. Arnold (remote)
Directors Absent
C. Hansen, N. Reinholt, T. Overall
Ex Officio Members Present
A. Savage, T. Works (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
A. Savage, T. Works (remote)
Guests Present
J. Alves (remote), Kyle Cole (remote), Ron Smith (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Guest Presenter - RHR
A.
Presentation from RHR Smith re:2021 Audit
III. Executive Director Reports
A.
Resignations
Rachel Rossignol - Ed Tech I at Dimensions Academy
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| C. Hansen |
Absent
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| T. Overall |
Absent
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| N. Reinholt |
Absent
|
B.
New Hires
Nancy Soule - Guidance counselor/Title I at Dimensions Academy
Amber Savage - Ed Tech I at Dimensions Academy
Danielle Amazon - Ed Tech I at Dimensions Academy
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| N. Reinholt |
Absent
|
| C. Hansen |
Absent
|
| T. Overall |
Absent
|
C.
Community Events
Held the craft fair at the Holiday Stroll the first weekend in December. Had over 20 vendors and was a successful event.
Trying to book Titcomb Mountain in March.
D.
Strategic Design Meeting Follow up
Working to start operationalizing the document.
Goal - be able to turn the document into a more interactive document where we can add evidence linked directly to the document
Each CRCS Leadership meeting for the remainder of the year will start working on this goal.
E.
Enrollment
October 1 count was 358 now we are currently at 352 but are always looking at enrollment and taking new learners/families
Looking closely at our graduating class vs. PreK enrollment
F.
Leadership Agenda Notes
IV. Other Communications
A.
Commission Updates
Travis and Tonya shared out an overview of the Charter Commission monthly meeting.
Danielle met with the interim executive director of the Charter Commission and gave feedback around the trainings in Epicenter vs the trainings on Board on Track
V. Finance & Facilities
A.
Approve monthly financial performance measures
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| C. Hansen |
Absent
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| N. Reinholt |
Absent
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| T. Overall |
Absent
|
B.
Property Lease for Vehicle and Storage
Travis shared the changes that were made the lease from the last time it was shared with the Board.
Travis is going to draw up and be clear about how much of the property is being used and leased to CRCS because it isn't the entire property
Also going to ask the attorney about removing anything about utilities from the lease because utilities aren't necessary
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| N. Reinholt |
Absent
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| T. Overall |
Absent
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| C. Hansen |
Absent
|
C.
Vote to Approve FY 22 Audit
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| C. Hansen |
Absent
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| T. Overall |
Absent
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| N. Reinholt |
Absent
|
VI. Governance Committee
A.
Governance Committee Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| N. Reinholt |
Absent
|
| T. Overall |
Absent
|
| C. Hansen |
Absent
|
VII. Executive Committee
A.
Executive Director Evaluation Update
Expect to have an Executive Session in January to share the Executive Director Memo/Summary
Ron gave kudos to the business office for a great audit.
Ron and Kyle shared details from the audit.
Determined that we had a clean audit.