Operational Updates 

• Fire Drill Schedule: To date, TAS continues to follow the drill schedule published in the school safety plan. 
• Facility Update: • Contracted service providers have been selected to support our 8th grade expansion and summer maintenance plans. Ms. Griffith and I are leading the oversight of that project. We have received a 50% completion invoice with an anticipated total summer maintenance and renovation budget under $25,000. 
• Monitoring Update: The school provided a response to the SCSC’s request for a Tier II performance improvement plan. This information was provided on time. No additional information was requested after their review of our Tier II performance improvement plan submission. Cross-Functional Monitoring is complete. We are waiting for their feedback based on our submissions. 

Communications Updates 

• Marketing Services: We are prepared to recommend a vendor for marketing services to support HS enrollment efforts. 
• Collaborating with HIVE180: Collaborating with HIVE180 continues to yield positive outcomes for the school – and for my development. Most recently, in May we reviewed our latest allotment sheets and ensured that we feel good about assumptions in our FY26 budget.
• Upcoming Important Dates: June 4th is reserved as our spring showcase for 6th grade at Moving In The Spirit dance studio. June 5th is reserved as our spring showcase for 7th grade at Upstairs Atlanta. We are seeking community panelists for their impact project pitches. We are grateful for Nicole, Jasmine, and Emily for volunteering their support. 

Financial Updates 

• CSP Draw Down Status: To date, TAS has drawn down over 25% of the Year 1 goal of $500,000. The sixth drawdown (valued at over $85,000) is currently under review. A seventh drawdown (valued at over $200,000 in encumbrances) is also prepared for review. 
• Bank Balance End of Fiscal Year & Present: TAS ended the FY25 with 31 days cash-on-hand (unaudited) and currently has $212,473.99 in the bank balance. 

Academic Updates 

• Academic Dashboard Review See the attached documents for further review. Academic
• Assessment Calendar Review The academic assessment calendar is ready for final review. This meeting will allow us to vote if we are ready for SY25-26. 
• Policy Development Policies have been approved for promotion criteria from grade-to-grade. Additional updates to all handbooks are currently underway. 

HS Expansion Updates 

School staff continue to prepare for HS expansion, which is on track to begin in the fall of 2026. Activity this month includes a successful accreditation candidacy review, MYP planning and revisions, budget scenario planning, facility feasibility studies, curriculum planning, leadership recruitment, staffing model fine tuning, and stakeholder engagement. Future work includes continued stakeholder engagement, budget fine tuning, academic program evaluations, site visits to high performing 6-12 campuses (including Drew Charter School), accreditation review, and strategic facility planning for our next location. Some HS courses will be offered in the fall of 2025. Plans are underway and policies are approved for acceleration into these courses of study. 

Enrollment Updates 

• Day 1 Attendance – 196 
• Week 1 Total Attendance – 204 
• Current Total Enrollment – 188 
• Waitlist (G6) – 40 
• Waitlist (G7) – 30 

Enrollment Lottery 

• Enrollment data is provided in the dashboard, included. 
• The spring lottery took place on Friday, February 14th. 
• 95% of enrolled families have re-enrolled for next year. 
• Seats were offered to all new families for Grades 6, 7, and 8. 
• Our May count to the SCSC was 299. 

On track for assessment completion for SY24-25

On track for assessment completion for SY24-25

Only update was language was moved into the "Exceptions and Appeals" portion.

• Enrollment update: 305 students enrolled for SY25-26
• MAP Data: Students grew in math and reading, and a greater percentage of 7th graders are proficient which indicates that as more students remain at TAS their growth and achievement are both increasing.
• 6 out of 10 students are experiencing high growth, high achievement, or both in MAP Reading.
• 5 out of 10 students are experiencing high growth, high achievement, or both in MAP Math.

• PTO: 
  • Bylaws finalized by June board meeting
  • 501c3 - moving slowly but surely with the goal of having this in place by the next SY
  • Review last items from end of April meeting (blue slides) - TAS PTO Kick Off Slides_040325_Final
• Parent Mixer (TBD) - sometime in June
  • Draft materials created by Ms. Young for outreach and a draft survey provided to staff
  • Waiting to see if other committee leads (sponsorship, communications, operations) have finalized on next steps for when and where the mixer will be
  • Initial brainstorming looked at targeting Jasons Deli for the location and June 9/10 as the date (TBD) - waiting for parent leads to continue next steps on these
• TAS Ways to Get Involved (Inspired by Ms. Wells and Dr. JPT) - excited to start socializing 

1. The Village Council (PTO)
2. Monthly TAS Board Meetings 
3. School Co-Design Meetings
4. Quarterly Town Hall Meetings

• End of year TAS Student showcases: 
• Teachers Appreciation Week: 
  • Staff got hand written letters from the board so thank you to everyone who helped make that possible!
  • Shout out to board members who sponsored meals for our staff!
  • This was the first week activating the PTO committees
• Phonathon: 
  • Successful phonathon with majority completion!
• Other things: 
  • Other upcoming end of year events: 
    • Grade 6:
      • June 4 6-8pm
      • Moving in the Spirit 
      • *Nicole and Jaz as judges in addition to prospective board member and other local school leaders and community members!
    • Grade 7
      • June 5 6-8pm
      • Upstairs Atlanta
      • Emily and Shelby as judges in addition to prospective board member and other local school leaders and community members!
    • Attend and spread the word (email from Dr. JPT called “Invitation: Showcases!” from 7 days ago to share with your networks) 
    • Awards Day - June 11
    •  Field day  - June 13
  • Successful board retreat and official HS Readiness prep from May 4 (shoutout to 21Cobalt and see great linkedin post) 
  • Successful board mixer on May 8 (shoutout Amber!) 
    • Next steps/process for the new board members will shared in the coming weeks (from governance committee) 
    • Continued board member recruitment
  • Dr JPT spent time with other school years in SF in early May through one of our grant partners’ communities of practice (continuing to gain value from that community) 
  • LKES conference coming up for JPT in early June

• No documentation to share, but the finance committee is in the process of reviewing current financial policies.  
• Vote will take place in June for any updates to financial policies.

Nicole worked with Christ (legal advisor) on the Head of School contract.  The contract has been reviewed by the board via email and Dr. PT.  

Continued Services (multi-year contract):   

• School Gourmet – contract continued for SY25-26. 
• PowerSchool – contract continued for SY25-26. 
• Renaissance DnA – contract continued for SY25-26. 

A vote is not needed since these are continued contracts.

• Action Item:  
  • Update Finance Committee Meetings 3rd Tuesday of the month from 7-8pm.
  • Add a 2nd meeting for the Finance Committee Meeting for the month of April 

Discuss proposed changes to Board Bylaws for SY25:

• Revisit term length: After successfully completing one three-year term, members can complete one-year terms with board approval
• Add language to express that we're a 100% giving board 
• Election of officers: Make sure that terms of board officials are staggered

Action Item:  Governance Committee to discuss guardrails and values as it relates to board term length

• Update from Dr. Pinto-Taylor on hiring status for next school year. 
• 34 positions for SY25-26, 29 signed contracts for SY25-26, 
• 100% retention from this year staff to next year
• Remaining position are close to the finish line on offers