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Pine Lake Preparatory board reaffirms officers and approves insurance, bank-authority and operating-plan updates
Summary
At its July 24 meeting, the Pine Lake Preparatory Board of Directors reintroduced its 2024–2025 officers and approved routine governance and financial items, including property/liability insurance, bank-authority changes, minutes approvals, and updates to the annual operating plan (Goals 1 and 3).
The Pine Lake Preparatory Board of Directors met Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in the Upper School Seminar Room and reintroduced its 2024–2025 officers while approving a set of routine governance and financial items.
Board Chair Sarah Phillips moved to approve the Property, Liability, Accident and Workers’ Compensation insurance for the coming year; Dorothy Powers Gorman seconded the motion and the board recorded the motion as passed. The agenda also listed a cash-reserve investment update and a state-budget update; the record notes those items without providing further detail.
The board approved the June 26, 2024, meeting minutes (a motion recorded as passed with multiple abstentions noted: Sarah Phillips, Christopher Cody, Dorothy Powers Gorman and Bryan Thurtle-Schmidt) and separately approved withholding certain closed meeting minutes from public view under § 143-318.10(e). Fred Shilmover moved the minutes approvals and Brie Leggat Johnson seconded, per the meeting record.
During routine governance business the board confirmed officers for the 2024–2025 year as recorded on the agenda: Sarah Phillips as board chair; Fred Shilmover as vice chair; Bobby Peterson as treasurer; and Christopher Cody as secretary. The record also notes a motion to approve bank-authority changes for the 2024–2025 school year; that motion was moved by Fred Shilmover, seconded by Brie Leggat Johnson and recorded as passed, with Sarah Phillips noted as abstaining on that item.
Under administrative matters the board listed enrollment and staffing updates, welcomed staff and students back for the school year and approved the Annual Operating Plan with updates to Goal 1 and Goal 3. Sarah Phillips moved that plan update and Manish Jain seconded; the motion was recorded as passed.
No members of the public offered comment during the public-comment period. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn moved by Sarah Phillips, seconded by Manish Jain, which the board recorded as passed.
Votes at a glance: Approval of insurance (motion moved by Sarah Phillips; seconded by Dorothy Powers Gorman; outcome: approved); Approval of meeting minutes 06.26.24 (moved by Fred Shilmover; seconded by Brie Leggat Johnson; outcome: approved; abstentions recorded); Approval to withhold closed meeting minutes per § 143-318.10(e) (moved by Fred Shilmover; seconded by Brie Leggat Johnson; outcome: approved); Approval of bank-authority changes for 2024–2025 (moved by Fred Shilmover; seconded by Brie Leggat Johnson; outcome: approved; abstention recorded: Sarah Phillips); Approval of Annual Operating Plan updates to Goal 1 and Goal 3 (moved by Sarah Phillips; seconded by Manish Jain; outcome: approved).
The board’s agenda listed several administrative updates (enrollment and staffing) and committee assignments; the meeting record does not provide substantive detail on those items or on the cash-reserve and state-budget updates. The board adjourned after handling the listed agenda items.
