Pinnacle Board Meeting Minutes
March 19, 2026
Attendees in person: Kelly Cunningham, Pam Kaplan, Michelle Strasburger & Beth Marquis
Attendees via zoom: Kristen McQuaide, Alex Roosenberg & Kurt Simione
Absentees: Kathleen Reardon & Monica Sava
Meeting minutes from March 5th were approved.
Agenda Items:
Building Update:
Kelly is planning on meeting with Mike Oulette and the architect on Sunday. The design and permitting set are going to be ready by April 1st. Matt gave Kelly a budget, but a digital version is needed.
It was discussed that Pinnacle may need to do a two-week delayed opening if the building isn’t ready on time.
Fundraising:
Ha’s sheet is updated on grants and is saved in the drive. Kathy is waiting for pricing of signs for the front of the building and yard signs.
All logos need to match. They will be saved in a folder in the shared drive.
We submitted for the Citizens grant, the Drive NH grant and Lowes grant. The Tillotson does community grants, not grants for schools.
There will be ads in the paper and a press release on the line of credit.
Curriculum:
Alex heard back from two contacts about reviewing the school curriculum and they said it sounds doable.
Insurance:
D&O insurance quote is $3,463.93 a year for the board and educators. $1M coverage is the most common among charter schools. We can get more quotes before proceeding. Workers’ comp and EPLI will be through Questco.
SIS Demos & Discussion:
Alex had Alma and PowerSchool demos. Alma is cheaper and more user-friendly. It is significantly cheaper than PowerSchool. It’s $4,875 a year and $500 for the implementation fee.
Michelle made a motion to move forward with purchasing Alma (after checking for available discounts). Beth seconded the motion. All were in favor.
Hiring:
Alex interviewed Jared Fuller for a teaching position (most likely English). Ads are running in the paper for teaching positions and a LinkedIn post be will made.
Line of Credit & Commitment Letter:
The commitment letter was signed on March 19th.
Policy Documents:
The policies have been saved in the shared drive and have been reviewed by legal and the board. Six of the policies had no comments or feedback from legal and eight of the policies had feedback/comments from legal that have been edited and updated.
Kelly made a motion to approve the policies for Pinnacle. Pam seconded the motion. All were in favor.
Infrastructure & Technology:
Axis is giving us security system cameras and access controls. They have their own tech support, but the board was concerned if something goes wrong with them that there won’t be someone who can come fix them. It was decided that Kurt will investigate security systems and get quotes to present to the board. $25,00 can be used right now on inventory systems. Alex says the quote she got was $8,000.
Pam made a motion for Kurt to make infrastructure purchases with cash-flow availability (for no more than $100,000). Kelly seconded the motion. All were in favor.
Project Management:
We need at least 40 students and more fundraising is needed. The board members need to do a training. We plan on trying to do it together as a group.
Other business:
Math testing will need to be done 3 times a year to report on growth and achievement.
There is leadership support training available and multi-year contracts are available.
It was discussed we should hire an Ed Tech Contractor to see what needs to be done for reporting. Alex will reach out to some local schools to see who they use.
Kelly says we need to decide on SIS integration for the tutor bots.
Next Meeting:
The next Pinnacle Board Meeting will be Thursday, April 2nd at 5:30
Adjournment:
Pam made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Kelly seconded the motion. All were in favor.