Minutes from WPA Regular Board Meeting on 9-25-14

Minutes from WPA Regular Board meeting on 9-25-14

Wilson County Library

Meeting was called to order at 4:50pm by Chairman Coleman

·  Board members present –Daryl Woodard (Director), A.P. Coleman (Chairman),Alysun Skinner (Secretary), Slade Rand, Charnette Shade

·  Agenda was approved

·  Minutes approved

·  No update from the Chairman of the Board

Principal’s Report

·  WPA’s enrollment is at full capacity.

·  WPA has one teaching vacancy in the 6th grade, but we have a candidate awaiting board approval. Currently, WPA has a 100% licenced teaching staff when charter schools are only required to have 50%.

·  Teachers have completed eight weeks of on-going Schoolology training. Other programs being used include Ten Marks, Compass Learning, No Red Ink, and Headsprouts. Teachers have also formed a leadership team and are being AIG trained.

·  Picture day is November 5th. Pictures will be taken by a local photographer, Grant Roberson.

·  Scholastic book fair is October 20-24, 2014.

·  Progress reports go out September 26, 2014.

Unfinished Business

·  Acadia North Star will soon have a detailed budget line-item list for board approval.

·  K & W is working with the National School Lunch Program and will soon be receiving reimbursements.

·  Alysun Skinner made a motion to pass the updated WPA Student Handbook. It was seconded by Charlette Shade and was unanimously approved.

New Business

·  Dr. Charnette Shade made a motion to approve the WPA Video and Photo Policy. It was seconded by Thomas Hopkins which was unanimously approved.

·  Board training will take place October 6-8, 2014 at East Wake Academy.

·  Motion was made by Alysun Skinner to keep the new Chromebooks at WPA until a user policy was created which was unanimously ratified.

·  Slade Rand moved to go into closed session to discuss personnel and contractual matters. It was seconded by Thomas Hopkins and was unanimously approved. Following the closed session a motion was made by the board returned to open session by unanimous consent.

·  Approvals:

o  Roger Portales (Conditional Through December 12, 2014)

o  Susan Cataline (6th Grade Science Only)

o  Tarboro Pediatric Psychology was approved

·  Slade Rand moved to authorize the Executive Director, in his discretion, to update the WPA web site with news of upcoming events, including tentative matters conditional upon board as long as the conditional nature is disclosed, and also with information responses to questions from the public. It was seconded by Alysun Skinner and was unanimously approved.

·  Chairman Coleman moved to vote Dennis Parker as a new Board Member for the WPA Board of Directors. It was seconded by Alysun Skinner and unanimously approved.

·  There being no further business Chairman Coleman made a motion to declare the meeting adjourned. It was seconded by Slade Rand and unanimously approved to adjourn the Board meeting.