• Amber, Sherrone, Shelby, Sahitya, and Carl shared introductions, backgrounds, experiences and what they will be supporting on the Board.

• Latest update is that due to the hurricane and potential severe weather, TAS will be closed Thursday, Sept 26th and Friday, Sept 27th.
• The Fire Drill Schedule, Facility Update, Communication Updates, Upcoming Important Dates, Financial Updates, Academic Updates, and Enrollment Updates are outlined in the September Executive Director Report.  Further details can be found in the EDR attached to the agenda.

• Rather than working as an official Community Engagement Committee this year, this work will now be a part of the Community Engagement Task Force.
• Strategic goals for the Community Engagement Task Force is to develop a fully-functioning PTA this school year 
• Jasmine shared this interest form link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmSspF78Shn3go6RBqNQNyJo-3ny_2vQUs2xhSCBBd5N1Wpw/viewform
• Autism Speaks event, info shared from Ms. Hardaway.

• TAS leadership has drafted the language for the Alcohol, Drug, & Tobacco Free Workplace Policy.
• The Governance Committee will review this draft at the next meeting.  The committee will also discuss any policy gaps during the committee meeting (i.e. including items like vapes).
• The board will vote on this policy at the October Board of Director Meeting.  The action item for this vote will come from the Governance committee.

• Vanecia noted that in the next additions work should be done to ensure accessibility.

• Vanecia noted that in the next additions work should be done to ensure accessibility.

• Updates were made to the staff handbook to include changes to state laws.
• Request was made to include page numbers in the action item recommendation form.
• The staff handbook was reviewed by the legal team and human resource consultant.
• Recommendation to add the Director of Operation as the point of contact to the Staff Handbook.

• Recommendation to update the Financial Policy Manual to a more readable font.  The document opened in different fonts for different board members.  
• Recommendation to save policy in PDF formats.

• Changes made to the Bylaws were highlighted and reviewed prior to a vote to adopt the updated bylaws. 
• Committees have been streamlined to ensure sustainability.  There is no longer an Executive Committee. 

• Meeting on 9/25 with the property management company and landlord to discuss facility concerns (noted in the attached facility report).
• Facility Renovation recommendations are also drafted in the agenda attached report.  No bathroom features will need to be added, and somewhere between 3-5 classrooms will need to be added for the incoming 8th grade class.
• 21 Cobalt will draft a request letter for the property management company, but it will need to be reviewed by our legal counsel (Chris to send).

• Offer was made for the Parent Mentor position as a liaison between TAS and families of TAS.
• Counselor signed offer letter today.
• TAS is still looking for the right candidate for the personalized learning educator.  Continuing to source and interview for this role.
•  School culture and climate results will be available by the end of the month.

• Jaamal shared the monthly financials summary as shown in the attached August 2024 Financial Update PDF.
  • FY25 Approved Budget vs. Current Forecast - Overview
  • FY25 Previous Forecast vs, Current Forecast - Waterfall chart
  • FY25 Previous Forecast vs. Current Forecast - Variance Table
  • Monthly Cash Projections
  • Growing Dashboard
  • SCSC Dashboard
  • Financial Summary - August
    • Accomplishments
    • Next Steps
    • Goals & Horizon Issues
• Grant Update:
  • Dr. Pinto Taylor shared that TAS received the NSVF grant of $165,000 in September.
• TAS is receiving funding for 178 students.  TAS has 207 students currently enrolled.

• Dr. Pinto Taylor shared an overview of the Academic Dashboard and the data that will be collected and shared throughout the school year.
• Dr. Pinto Taylor shared the MAP diagnostic assessment results from the fall 2024 administration.

From Ms. Dorothy Wells: join our team to support TAS for the Autism Speaks walk.  Although the walk has been postponed we still need all financial support, 

https://act.autismspeaks.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=7792&team_id=182563  thank you for ANY donation!

• Kelly Cadman from Hive 180 shared a Head of School Development Update. Time has been spent this month working on and discussing: 
  • Cash on hand recommendation
  • CPI reporting
  • Overview of financials
  • Items from the Operating budget that can be applied appropriately in other areas
  • SCSC training
  • CSP grant is almost done, but the budget needs a little more balancing.
  • FTE funding maximized 
  • Communication plan is being utilized regularly
  • Monitoring checklist
  • Special education oversight
  • Cross-functional monitoring in the spring