Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School
Minutes
Emergency Board Meeting
Date and Time
Friday August 10, 2018 at 4:31 PM
Location
ANCS Elementary Campus
In accordance with Georgia's open meetings requirements, notice of this meeting has been posted at both campuses and on the ANCS website.
Directors Present
Eric Teusink, Hanah Goldberg, Howard Franklin, Jordache Avery, Joyce Gist Lewis, Kristen Frenzel, Laura Melton, Lia Santos, Meeghan Fortson, Nakia Echols, Nicholas Chiles (remote), Sabrina Sexton
Directors Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Lia Santos called a meeting of the board of directors of Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School to order on Friday Aug 10, 2018 at 4:31 PM.
II. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Meeghan Fortson
Lia led the board through an incident report ("Incident Response Team's Project Management Document") and allowed board members not present at the Incident Response Task Force meeting earlier that day to add to the report.
Lia stated that this week was focused on crisis management. We have done what we needed to do to make sure everyone is safe and that we get the media the right information.
Lia reported that we need to come up with a plan now and split up responsibilities as a Board. The Board reviewed the plan and assigned various tasks to board members.
Lia reported we talked to a PR Firm, Rally, that we have access to as a member of GA Charter School Association, and we started working with that PR firm.
Lia and Matt Underwood (ED) have also been working with Michelle Newcomb (Manual Makers) a former board member and past parent who does crisis management. She helped us get the format together of our Project Management document.
Joyce Lewis (Governance) has been working with Lia as well and helped us address urgent needs such as turning off Facebook comments.
We discussed the need for communication plan to stakeholders about how the pledge will be implemented at the EC/MC for the week of August 13.
Next Steps:
- Communications and Security teams, and others will work on next steps assigned on the Project Management Document.
- Make sure everyone in community is heard and that there is a reasonable decision making process.
Meeghan Fortson made a motion to go into Executive Session for Human Resources purposes.Lia seconded. All approved.
The board went into executive session at 5:45 pm for human resources purposes. The board exited executive session at 6 pm.
The Board opened up a regular session.
There was a discussion about the Middle Campus and how students are given an opportunity to recite the pledge and communications around that.