Girls Global Academy
Minutes
GGA February 2024 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday February 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Location
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Trustees Present
A. Johnson (remote), A. Wisler (remote), B. Blaufuss (remote), B. Holden (remote), L. Bartos (remote), L. Johannesson-McCoy (remote), M. Colburn (remote), M. Miller (remote), M. Pendleton (remote), R. Charles (remote), S. George (remote)
Trustees Absent
M. Levasseur
Ex Officio Members Present
K. Venable-Croft (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
K. Venable-Croft (remote)
Guests Present
Brian Holden (remote), S. Swift (remote), Yolanda Whitted (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Governance
A.
Vote on Brian Holden for the board
III. Community Engagement
A.
Recruitment Update
IV. Finance
A.
Finance Update
Laura Bartos provided this update.
Strong cash position will move into the new school year.
Grant, lease, rent adjustment updates were shared.
Budget will be due in the summer.
Board will need to approve new lease terms prior to the lease being signed.
V. Academics and Risk/Audit (Combined)
A.
Strategic Plan Dashboard Discussion
Rachel Charles created a starting place for GGA's strategic plan to be addressed monthly. The team updated the Dashboard for the month of February. Ex. Audit committee is to note the Culture objectives and initiate work against them.
VI. Executive Director's Report
A.
Highlights, Priorities, and Upcoming Events for Board Involvement
Student recognition - 16 12th graders are in an immersive student trip in Panama.
Staff recognition - Starr Rhee, finalist for Coach of the Year by Debate Team, Washington Urban Debate League.
Student Recruitment update was shared with application-specifics per grade and Ward or Out of State.
Community Engagement update covered the following:
Summit, March 27
Enrollment Saturday on April 27
Parent/daughter brunches over May and June
Paint and chat
DC Charter Schools are up for review every 5 years. This process will start for GGA in April with hearing in April 2025 on categories like Academic Achievement and Fiscal Management.
Financial Review covered conservative stances.
In June, Board will need to approve Fiscal 2025 year.
Staffing retention and attrition background information, efforts, and trend analysis was presented. Data analysis and roundtable discussions were completed as well.
Completed Notice and Wonder exercise over ED Feb 2024 report and objective-prioritization exercise.
VII. Other Business
A.
Look ahead
Board Retreat on April 17 at 9am (4 hours) - Strategic Plan review, Board's relationship with GGA's efforts, adopt Board norms for coming school year
Board Recruitment will kick in more strongly through April.
Board meeting on March 18 at 7:30PM.
Graduation is June 7 at 10am to 2pm at UDC.
Maureen Colburn provided this update.
She said we are on track with student applications when compared to last year. The interest is to increase enrollment for the entire student body.
Sisterhood Summit will be held on March 27. Speaker recruitment has begun. Board members and potential members would be welcome to attend.