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Board Meeting Minutes

2025-2026 school year

Harambee board members:

Dr. Maurice Baynard, President: mbaynard@histcs.org
Lawrence Bell, Treasurer: lbell@histcs.org
Wade Mosely: wmosely@histcs.org
Donna Holmes-Lockett: dholmes-lockett@histcs.org
Jan Gillespie-Walton: jgillespie-walton@histcs.org
Renee Whitby: rwhitby@histcs.org
Charis Jackson: cjackson@histcs.org
Dr. Shawn Blue: sblue@histcs.org
Dr. Valerie Richardson: vrichardson@histcs.org

Board Meeting Schedule

Board of Director meetings are held virtually, monthly, on the final Wednesday of the month, unless otherwise noted. The complete board meeting schedule is posted below, a year in advance. Additionally, meeting notices are published two weeks in advance in the local press. Any member of the public wishing to attend or make a public comment can submit an email to board@histcs.org and be added to the agenda.

As valued members of the Harambee school community, families, school employees, community members, and the general public are invited and encouraged to attend the public board meetings. Harambee’s Board of Directors’ public sessions will be held on the following Wednesdays of each month at 6:30 pm:

January 28, 2026
February 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
April 29, 2026
May 27, 2026
June 24, 2026
August 26, 2026
September 30, 2026
October 28, 2026
November 18, 2026
December 16, 2026

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cameron in buckeyes

While at Harambee, standing nearly six feet, two inches tall and weighing in at 260 pounds, Cameron Brickle II is quite the accomplished athlete. Cameron, or “BIG C” as he was affectionately referred to at Harambee was the number one rated defensive football player in Pennsylvania and a top ten rated player in the United States.

While at Harambee, Cameron was invited and played in an All-Star football game which highlighted the skills and talents of the top middle school players in the country. During that game, Cameron’s skills were so dominate he garnered college football scholarship opportunities from some of the top football programs in the country including the SEC, ACC and Big 10!

More importantly, beyond his athletic prowess, Cameron was an outstanding student maintaining a 3.0 grade point average. Even more impressive was his character as he carried himself as a gentleman and model student with a strong moral compass. He also demonstrated strong leadership skills as he is part of our student leadership program affectionately known as “The Black Shirts”.

Today, as one of Pennsylvania's top junior defensive linemen, he will be heading to the Sunshine State for his senior campaign and is an outstanding Harambee alumni.

2026 4-star defensive stalwart Cameron Brickle II announced on X he will be transferring from Malvern Prep (Pennsylvania) to IMG Academy (Florida). Brickle II has Power 4 offers from many universities including: Alabama, Georgia, Miami (FL), Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Texas and a host of others.

On Saturday, July 12, 2025, defensive line coach Larry Johnson’s hot streak on the recruiting trail continued when three-star defensive lineman Cameron Brickle committed to The Ohio State University.

Brickle is considered a top defensive player in Florida and in the country. He first got his offer from The Buckeyes in October 2024 and chose Ohio State over Maryland, Florida State and Penn State.

Cameron Brickle, a true example of Harambee’s core value of GREATNESS!