Board of Directors Updates
January 2025 Board Communication
The Board of Directors met on January 27, 2025 with all members in attendance. Also present
was the Head of School, Julius Siebenga.
Administrative Updates
The board then went into a closed session meeting for 30 minutes before adjourning.
The Board of Directors met on January 27, 2025 with all members in attendance. Also present
was the Head of School, Julius Siebenga.
Administrative Updates
- The December meeting minutes as well as reports from all standing committees were read and approved.
- Upcoming key events include:
- High School homecoming events for the last week of January.
- Crab Feed and Auction on March 8
- The Board decided to donate an auction item and all members were encouraged to attend the event.
- Coffee Talk with the Head of School on Feb 4 at 8 am
- The projected enrollment for the new school year was discussed.
- A timeline for finalizing teacher and staff contracts was presented. This timeline has a completion date of mid March.
- The board was informed of the rollout of a new evaluation process for all teaching and leadership staff.
- Discussed starting an official relationship with an outside counseling service as an additional mental health support for students.
- The 2025-2026 school year calendar is in the process of being finalized and a plan was presented for how to accommodate teacher training into the weekly school schedule.
- The Education Committee will be investigating some education frameworks for consideration to advance the educational vision of CCCS.
- An Admissions Policy draft was presented for discussion. Further changes will be considered before it is adopted and included in the newly revised board handbook.
- The Nominations committee discussed the potential board candidates thus far.
- The Finance committee presented a plan, which the board voted to approve, for an 18% payroll increase for the 2025-26 school year.
- The Board approved funding for a Financial Health Review by an outside company as part of our standard oversight process.
- The due date for the Mission/Vision statement updates was extended by one month.
- The Head of School, Julius Siebenga, presented a proposal for a new administrative structure which the board discussed.
- The board reviewed a Facilities Capital Plan for major repairs and maintenance.
The board then went into a closed session meeting for 30 minutes before adjourning.