Parents who are new to TAS this year commended the school, citing its nurturing and safe atmosphere. 

• Great discussion at the Town Hall before this meeting. It was informal but informative and well-attended.
• Enrollment: Day 1 attendance was 196 students.
  • We've more than doubled in one year. 
  • We're around 200–210 students right now. 
  • There’s a wait list for both 6th and 7th grade.

• ELA Milestones: TAS scholars are performing well and are more likely to experience high growth compared to state and county schools

• Board is focusing on developing a PTA this school year 
• Encouraging interested parents to reach out to Jasmine Burton or Dr. Pinto-Taylor 

• Review of the charter contract (see attached) 
• Specific call outs for discussion include the weighted lottery (implications of it it for prioritization specifically in the next enrollment year) and micro-village supporting their individualized graduation plans, and placed-based learning innovation projects. 
• Dr. Pinto-Taylor proposed that the the discussion around the weighted lottery for the FT 25-26 year be determined in committee by the October board meeting.
• There are questions from attendees around the timeline of the lottery (Dekalb county schools is shifting their lottery timelines which is worth TAS researching further) 
• There was questions from attendees around how TAS supports students experiencing homelessness (ex: wraparound services, interagency connections to support housing stability and social services) 

• Voting to approve nominated board members: 
  • Shelby Birch
  • Sahitya Kollu
  • Amber Pressey
  • Carl Humphrey
  • Sherrone Torres
• Nicole will work with Board on Track and 21Cobalt for onboarding, intros, mentorship with the rest of the board members

• Not a vote for this meeting
• See attachment for the framework 

• Not a vote for this meeting
• Push this vote to our next board meeting so that we have time to vet the attached recommendations with our legal team 
• Additionally there are some points for discussion in later committee meetings

• The request and recommendation from staff that the vote allow for a personalized learning specialist  in response to the growing student population 
• This job has been posted to start seeking candidates
• The purpose of this vote: Approve the position and earmark the budget for this position 
• To note: in the attachment this role should be decoupled from the counselor role/need/description 

• Permission to hire or contract a part time counselor
• This part time position (needed in the funds) to make mental health counseling available throughout the day 
• We don't currently have a counselor on staff; we do contract with a host of providers (chris180 is still on campus with the same therapist) 
• To note: With the funds we have now, we have prioritized hiring an additional personalized learning specialist and if more funds become available we would then want to hire a full time social worker. 

• Part-time hire for 20 hours/week to support the school. This would be a parent employee to serve as a liaison between the school and community. 
• Grant funding can only be used in this way 
• This person would work with/collaborate with Ms. Hardaway 

• See attached financial report

• See attached financial report (property is the largest projected impact on the bottom line) 

• Kelly Cadman update (Hive 180): 
  • HOS development plan is 31.8% complete (maybe slightly more)
  • 8 meetings so far in addition to async collaboration in ~ 1 month of work together
  • Recommendation for Dr. Pinto Taylor to have access to EdTech accounts to support with cash management (especially pdfs) and raise questions about timelines for report turn arounds and about the cash on hand codes. 

• Finished renovating the facility for Year 2 on time (14 operational classrooms) 
• Expect more facilities requests (especially HVAC repairs) 
• 3–5 more rooms ready by July 1, then RFQ needs to be posted by October (
  • Still determining  total costs; may need more bathrooms