Presented projected budget for 2026-27, incorporating 9th grade expansion and enrollment growth beyond 250 scholars:

• January–June budget timeline (initial draft shared in April)
• Budget initiatives and focus areas
• Enrollment projections with met/missed expansion scenarios
• Revenue, expenses, and net income projections reflecting Federal grants, expiring grants, 9th grade costs, operational efficiencies, and potential fluctuations

• School closures impact? — Being strategic with marketing to balance enrollment and cost; weighing macro trends against micro expansion goals. (V. Thompson)
• Decrease in tech & professional services? — Driven by expired grants. (P. Taylor)
• Teacher retention incentives vs. other metro-Atlanta schools? — State funds provide current incentives; exploring additional avenues and aligning salary schedule with metro-Atlanta peers. (V. Thompson) Previously offered incentives for retention and teaching certifications. (J. Pinto Taylor)

• Operations: Focused on full staffing by end of summer; leadership team set; less than 10% of positions remain without applicants.
• Academics: Founding cohort grew from below national trend to on-trend with 1.3 years of reading growth annually; strongest math cohort to date. May GMAS scores will benchmark Science and Social Studies achievement.
• Finance: Current enrollment exceeds projections, reinforcing confidence in earlier revenue estimates.
• HS Expansion: New wing includes student commons and 3 classrooms; construction plans approved, awaiting county sign-off; on track for completion before the new school year.

• Reference Academic Update in the Executive Director Report above.
• Scores are set to be released in June so the board will review this dashboard at the June meeting.

• Internal review underway to refine language; board committees invited to comment on redlined draft. (J. Pinto-Taylor)
• Two handbooks planned — middle and high school — to address nuances in transcripts, grading, and uniforms. (Dr. Winfield)
• Current revisions include incidentals, uniforms, and additional updates.

• Developed collaboratively with Dr. Winfield, the policy translates TAS's standards-based (Marzano) grading into a format recognized by outside institutions. Student transcripts will reflect both letter grades and GPA (0.00–4.00) annually.

Action Items

• Educate families on interpreting the new grading system (J. Pinto-Taylor)
• Consider distinguishing mastery scores from official GPA calculations in the document (J. Pinto-Taylor)

J. Pinto-Taylor explained that there are classes that are listed but they may not necessarily be offered but are open if there's staff/student interest.

Action Item:

• N. LeBlanc to make Course Plan an ongoing board item for Academic committee as the community advocates for additional courses.

PTO (C. Quetal)

• PTO calendar to be integrated into school calendar
• One unified PTO for middle and high school
• Focus on scholar showcase nights

Board (J. Burton)

• Board thanks for supporting Teacher Appreciation Week
• Board Social Mixer successful; prospects now attending school events

School Events (J. Pinto-Taylor)

• 8th Grade Showcase — Thursday, May 28, 5pm at Privi Stonecrest
• 8th Grade Ceremony — Friday, June 6, 10am at Privi

T. Winston walked through:

• budget progression and reallocation of supplies item
• maintaining Days Cash on Hand
• Charter School Program grant is for startup charter schools has expired and has been applied for (not received yet)
• SCSC Dashboard - anticipating a healthy score for Finance
• Line of Credit balance as of April 30th

• T. Winston shared this update is to incorporate the Line of Credit as previously discussed.
• J. Pinto-Taylor allows directors team members to each manage a set of line items (to be overseen and approved by leadership to share responsibility). Policy updates include guiding principles and accountability.
• Review the policy. Votes for adoption in June board meeting.

• N. LeBlanc shared this will be voted on in June meeting. 
• J. Pinto-Taylor shared updates includes Alyssa's Law for handling button badges and more.

Action Item:

• Governance committee to review updates in the upcoming committee meeting
• J. Pinto-Taylor to share final draft by June 20th in time for June 27 board meeting

• N. LeBlanc update to Board Governance documents to be voted on in June board meeting to go into effect during the 2026-27 school year
• N. LeBlanc highlighted the following updates:
  • Chair Succession Options
  • Officer Terms for continued leadership
  • Recognize Advisory Council as non-governing body
  • Virtual Board Meetings
  • Director Compliance Attendance Vacancy - Establishing non discretionary vacancy mechanism with caveats

N. LeBlanc shared the following updates:

• Reminder of board's vote on 3-year contract for J. Pinto-Taylor set to expire end of 2028 school year, so there is no need renew contract this year. 
• Performance reviews are pending via LKES. 
• J. Burton and S. Stewart are scheduled to be trained on evaluative processes.

N. LeBlanc shared the following updates:

• Board will continue to meet on the last Wednesday of every month. 
• Next year board meetings will be virtual meetings only.
• Committee meetings are also following the same cadence as 2025-26 years.

Action Item:

• V. Thompson mentioned Finance committee meetings typically last 75 - 90 minutes.
• N. LeBlanc to update calendar to reflect all virtual board meetings
• N. LeBlanc to update calendar to account for holidays.

• N. LeBlanc asked the board to complete candidate interviews throughout the summer with candidates.
  • Current board to vote on new board members in August meeting.

Action Item:

• Board to share their availability to conduct interviews with candidates.