Global Leadership Academy

K-12 Board of Directors Meeting

Board of Directors Meeting

Date and Time

Monday September 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT

Location

4660 Lusso Ln, Jacksonville FL 32246

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 4:30 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Yekaterina Degtyareva 2 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Larry Williams 1 m
II. Consent Agenda 4:33 PM
  A. Approve Previous Board Minutes 8/28/24 Approve Minutes Larry Williams 1 m
     
  B. August Financial Statements Vote Dmitriy Goncharov 1 m
   

K8 Discovery Monthly Financials - August 2024
HS Monthly Financials - August 2024
K-8 Intercoastal Monthly Financials - August 2024
K-8 Arts Monthly Financials -  August 2024

 
  C. Update registered agent and Manager on Sunbiz for Goca Properties LLC and Goca Properties Intercoastal LLC Vote Ilya Soroka 1 m
   

Update registered agent and Manager on Sunbiz for Goca Properties LLC and Goca Properties Intercoastal LLC

 
  D. Outreach Education Service Fee- Update Vote Ilya Soroka 1 m
   

The recommendation is to ratify an increase of 2.99% as expressed in the letter. However, Outreach Education will not bill until the October FTE Count is finalized and any adjustments are made to budgets based on actual FTE funding. 

 
  E. Teacher Out of Field Letters K-12 Vote Julie Hemphill 1 m
   

Schools are required to publish the list of employees teaching subjects outside of their field of certification every October and February by parent notification letter which is attached.

 
  F. 2024 Teacher Classroom Supply Fund Approval Vote Julie Hemphill 1 m
   

Florida Statute 1012.71 requires a stipend of at least $300 be paid to all full time, certified classroom teachers to support expenses for classroom supplies which must be board approved and paid out by September 30th each school year.

 
  G. 2024-25 Employee Handbook Revision Vote Julie Hemphill 2 m
   

Key updates made to Section 2-5 & Section 2-7 related to timekeeping to clarify legal scenarios for pay deductions for salaried employees in conjunction with the Federal Labor Standards Act.

 
  H. High School- DCPS Charter Renewal Letter of Intent. Vote Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

Update on the board on the upcoming High School DCPS Charter Renewal, requesting a fifteen-year contract based on high-performing status.

 
III. Public Comments 4:43 PM
  A. Public Comments Discuss 5 m
IV. Approval of Consent Agenda 4:48 PM
  A. Approval of Consent Agenda Vote Larry Williams 5 m
V. Discussion Items 4:53 PM
  A. Proposals for Global - Discovery/K8 Fields Vote Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

We are within 30 days of receiving a permit for the field's at the Grizzly campus. We sent the approved COJ plans for permitting with two GC's who Global has worked with in the past.  RDM declines to provide a proposal due to the small nature of the job. Blue Ocean Construction provided a bid. Getting one more bid.
 

 
  B. 2023-2024 Schools Audits Vote Tim Coleman 10 m
   

Each year, GOCA hires a CPA firm to perform an Audit of GOCA finances. These audits are presented to the board for review and approval.

 
VI. Board Comments 5:05 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote