Dawn Gregory reported in the past month the Board has been collaborating with BoardOnTrack and GCSA to establish sound governance practices for the formation of the governing board. GCSA and BoardOnTrack are providing The Anchor School with individualized training for the governance committee to ensure organizational success.

The Board Chair established Committee Rosters in accordance with the procedures established in the By-Laws.

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE:

Chair: Taylor Ramsey

Members: Dawn Gregory, Jasmine Burton, Maureen Sutton

FINANCE COMMITTEE:

Chair: Jaamal Whittington

Members: Dawn Gregory, Gillian Matteson, Maureen Sutton

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE:

Chair: Dawn Gregory

Members: Maureen Sutton, Jamaal Whittington, Taylor Ramsey

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE:

Chair: Gillian Matteson

Members: Dawn Gregory, Laura Stephens, Maureen Sutton

FACILITIES COMMITTEE:

Chair: Laura Stephens

Members: Dawn Gregory, Jaamal Whittington, Maureen Sutton 

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE:

CHAIR: Jasmine Burton

Members: Dawn Gregory, Taylor Ramsey, Maureen Sutton 

Taylor Ramsey reported academic programming will be one of the top
priorities in the planning year. These efforts will begin officially
in September. This month, we established two mission-specific
goals in the draft contract with the SCSC.

Jamaal Whittington reported that financial health will be one of the top priorities in the
planning year. The current balance is as of August 17th was
$266,201.21. There is an increase of $49,985 since the
last finance brief. We received a $50,000 start-up grant and the
bank charged a $15 wire transfer fee. We are working with the
bank to see if that fee can be waived, and if future wire transfers
will include a similar fee. We will be advising to process using ACH transfers as a preferred method.

Jasmine Burton reported community engagement will be another top priority
in the planning year. There are plans to send a team of three

people from the original co-design team to participate in the
High Tech High New Schools Creation Fellowship. This is a
great opportunity for the community co-design team to
continue providing input on the academic program during the
planning year.

Jasmine Burton reported that development will also be a top priority in the
planning year. This month we will begin creating fundraising
materials and strategies for finding the resources needed for
our blue-sky scenario plan.

Dawn Gregory reported finding a facility will be a top priority in the planning
year. This month we will be conducting feasibility studies and
assembling a facility team to help us evaluate the proposed
facility.

Maureen Sutton reported hiring a Head of School is one of our most urgent
priorities in the planning year. Later this month, we will begin
considering how the board will support and evaluate the Head
of School. Within these considerations, we will make plans to
hire and onboard our Founding Head of School.

Board Chair called for public comment and closed same seeing no indication of public comment.