Community Regional Charter School
Minutes
CRCS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday September 9, 2024 at 5:30 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), N. Reinholt, S. Saltzman (remote), T. Overall (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
S. Saltzman
Ex Officio Members Present
T. Works
Non Voting Members Present
T. Works
Guests Present
A. Savage (remote), B. Andre (remote), D. Ryder (remote), E. Firnkes (remote), J. Alves (remote), K. Canning (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 7/15/2024 meeting
III. Board Chair Updates
A.
Strategic Design Workshop
B.
Highmark and Raymond James Update on First Park Project
Highmark visited the school a couple weeks ago visiting the 3 buildings and getting to know us and our programming. They also visited the possible sites including First Park as well as the property around from Thomas College.
Nicki and Travis met with Raymond James to discuss our debt capacity as well as our learner demand and our "heat map" of where each of our learners come from.
Travis shared out some of our preliminary percentages of our population by town and by county. We are seeing in an increase from Franklin and Kennebec County and a decrease from Somerset County.
Travis and Kit met with the Executive Committee of First Park, and they are very eager to work with us.
IV. Executive Director Reports
A.
Letters of Resignation (since last Board Meeting)
Teagan Freeman - Ed Tech at CCA
William Toles - District OT
Kevin Tansey - Facilitator at OA
B.
New Hires (since last Board Meeting)
Hattie DeRaps - Facilitator at OA
James Hodgkin - Facilitator at OA
Elizabeth Loabe - CCA Facilitator
Michele Miller - CCA Facilitator
Mackenzie Harding - Ed Tech at CCA
Cassidy Hamm - CCA Facilitator
Amber Richardson - Food Service Support at DA
C.
CRCS Admin Team Summer Meeting Minutes
Admin Team met multiple times throughout the school year and wanted to share our minutes. Some of the work is still continuing into the Fall.
D.
Strategic Alignment Coach Update
Encouraging staff to step forward if there is something in the strategic design document that they feel like they have a passion for and they want to become a leader and a resource for that.
V. Finance & Facilities
A.
Approve Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting Minutes from 7/29/24
VI. Governance Committee
A.
Approve the Governance Committee Meeting Minutes from 8/7/24
VII. Other Business:
A.
CRCS Emergency Management Plan
B.
CRCS Short Term and Long Term Goals
C.
Board Meeting Monthly Schedule
Board meetings are changing to the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6pm starting on October 9th.
Finance and Facilities Committee meetings will also move to Wednesdays each month at 6pm starting on October 23rd.
Next Friday, September 20th, CRCS is having the strategic design workshop. All board members that want to attend are encouraged too. The workshop will include staff, learners, and community members.
Please let Nicki know if you are planning on attending.