Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School
Minutes
March Monthly Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 23, 2017 at 6:30 PM
Location
ANCS Middle Campus - 820 Essie Avenue 30316
Notice of this meeting was posted at each campus and on the ANCS website in accordance with O.C.G.A. ยง 50-14-1.
Directors Present
Eric Teusink, Joyce Gist Lewis, Leigh Finlayson, Lia Santos, Meeghan Fortson, Melissa McKay-Hagan, Mitch White, Narin Hassan, Nicholas Chiles, Philippe Pellerin, Ryan Camp, Tiffany Mitchell (remote)
Directors Absent
Tara Stoinski
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
Lia Santos
Ex Officio Members Present
Matt Underwood
Non Voting Members Present
Matt Underwood
Guests Present
Cathey Goodgame, Jarod Apperson, Kristen German, Nakia Echols, Reginald Weekes
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Mitch White called a meeting of the board of directors of Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School to order on Thursday Mar 23, 2017 at 6:36 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes from Prior Board Meeting
Melissa McKay-Hagan made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 02-28-17 Board Meeting on 02-28-17.
Leigh Finlayson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
PTCA Report
The Board read the monthly PTCA report.
E.
Principals' Open Forum
Cathey Goodgame shared highlights from each campus. Elementary campus is excited for Spring Break. 4th and 5th grade have been practicing using the computers for testing. The 5th graders visited the middle campus. 8th grade exhibitions start one month from today.
Lia Santos arrived.
II. New Business
A.
Set Weight for 2017 New Student Enrollment Lottery
Review new student enrollment data and vote amount for 2017 new studetns enrollment lottery.
The implementation of the lottery was described for this year. The change from last year is starting the lottery from 8th grade down. There are four open spots in 6th grade and 61 in Kindergarten. The weight has been focused on Kindergarten since they have the highest amount of slots open. The spectrum of possible weights is 4 (which is the highest according to our charter with DOE suggesting this). Results have been requested to discuss in April board meeting.
The implementation of the lottery was described for this year. The change from last year is starting the lottery from 8th grade down. There are four open spots in 6th grade and 61 in Kindergarten. The weight has been focused on Kindergarten since they have the highest amount of slots open. The spectrum of possible weights is 4 (which is the highest according to our charter with DOE suggesting this). Results have been requested to discuss in April board meeting.
Lia Santos made a motion to Approve that the weight amount be set at 4 as presented.
Leigh Finlayson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Review of board nominations policy
Review board nominations policy in consideration of removing requirement of PTCA approval of board slate.
By practice the PTCA approves the slate of new board members each year. This is not in the PTCA by-laws. Should we continue to do this or take this out of the board policy guide. From an accountability stand point it was suggested that the parents should have some form of input. The board should discuss this further.
Leigh Finlayson moved to table the discussion to the next Governance Committee meeting. Joyce Lewis seconded. The committee will discuss further and return to the board with a proposal.
By practice the PTCA approves the slate of new board members each year. This is not in the PTCA by-laws. Should we continue to do this or take this out of the board policy guide. From an accountability stand point it was suggested that the parents should have some form of input. The board should discuss this further.
Leigh Finlayson moved to table the discussion to the next Governance Committee meeting. Joyce Lewis seconded. The committee will discuss further and return to the board with a proposal.
III. Executive Director's Report
A.
Quarterly Performance Dashboard
The Board read the submitted report.
IV. Business & Operations
A.
Monthly financial statements & reports
The Board read the submitted report.
V. Fund Development
A.
Monthly fund development report
The board read the monthly report.
VI. Governance
A.
Monthly Governance Report
No report this month.
VII. Educational Excellence
A.
Monthly Educational Excellence Report
No report this month.
B.
Public Affairs Subcommittee Report
No report this month.
VIII. Executive Session
A.
Executive Session
The Board went into Executive Session at 9:42 to discuss contracts for next year.
Eric Teusink made a motion to allow M. Underwood to extend contracts to employees as provided on the document he submitted to the board.
Philippe Pellerin seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IX. Closing Items
A.
Brief Meeting Reflection
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Melissa McKay-Hagan
Leigh Finlayson made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Joyce Gist Lewis seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.