No public comments. 

See PTCA Report in Board Packet. Brittney Gove reported that the PTCA voted on their slate and approved budget for next year. Proposed revisions to the budget include charging for yearbooks and  sharing the cost of Grandparents and Special Friends Day with Gather & Grow Fund. Events are planned as usual for August. New PTCA president Paige Teusink will start her term on June 1.

Principals are participating in 8th grade celebrations. Chuck Meadows will share their updates as part of Executive Director's report. 

See Executive Director's report in Board Packet. 

Chuck Meadows reported that a draft of the petition for charter renewal is complete and will be shared with K-8 leadership team and Educational Excellence Committee. Only major shift is a change to the lottery preferences. Board will discuss this tonight and vote on at June 25 meeting. 

Chuck provided a review of the school's COVID-19 response and looking at options for next year. APS is considering a few different options. ANCS has autonomy as a charter. ANCS Leadership Team will begin to work on a plan after learning what APS will do, after Memorial Day. Chuck reported that later this summer, we will solicit parent feedback about their comfort level of returning in the fall. ANCS is consulting with pandemic experts who are part of our school family, and any plan we develop will go through a review process by APS health advisory team. As of now, there is no plan to deviate from school calendar. 

Chuck reported on the fiscal outlook for next year, including a 14% budget reduction at the state level, which will be passed down to school districts. Waiting on State and APS to adopt a budget. There are no changes to ANCS's budget as of now, with the caveat that there will be some shifts to discretionary funding. We should expect reductions to the FY22 budget. 

Charter Renewal Update included above. 

See governance committee report in board packet. Kristen Frenzel reported that we are slowly chipping away at policy review. A task force is looking at committee composition and support and will have a more detailed report at the June meeting. Board members should look for a Survey Monkey in a few weeks as part of the annual review of Executive Director. 

See Business and Operations report in board packet. Laura Melton reported that we have a strong balance as we move into the summer. PPP funds were approved and accepted but are not included in the cash balance. SBA has released application for funding relief, which we will be working on. Eric reported that the amount we received is under the $2M threshold, which requires an audit, so it will be a less onerous process for the school. Tracking of funds report is attached to the B&O report. 

Discussion about restricted funds.

Laura and Chuck reported that the roof project will start a little earlier and will be complete by August. Intercom vendor has been approved and moving forward. Middle Campus project is ongoing. 

See Fund Development report in board packet. Meeghan Fortson reported that we have raised $117K in cash and pledges for Gather & Grow Fund, which is behind where we typically are this time of year. We are focused on meeting the internal goal of $140K by June 30. Messaging around special sub-campaign to raise resources to help ANCS families during pandemic. Fund Development Committee is helping reach out to top donors who haven't given yet; email and Facebook reminders will go out in June to remind donors to make their gift by June 30. 

Fund Development Committee is discussing plans for next year's Auction. 

Hanah Goldberg and Chuck Meadows presented on lottery and attendance zone considerations for our charter petition. Board will vote at next meeting. The Board discussed two options for a goal around socio-economic diversity. Discussed whether we should establish a fixed threshold (percentage of population) for 5-year period, or if we should establish an objective that floats with changes to the neighborhood, based on an officially recognized and readily available stat (ex. poverty level in primary attendance zone). Discussion around tying this stat to the Jackson Cluster rather than our Primary Attendance Zone. Hanah confirmed that the deprioritization of siblings is no longer being considered as an option for ANCS.  
Educational Excellence Committee will make a decision at next meeting (June 4 at 5:15pm; virtual meeting) and will present to the Board for a vote at June meeting. Board asked Chuck to share more data with the Board before vote. 

See above. 

Howard reported that the Atlanta Board of Education approved Lisa Herring as the new superintendent in an 8 to 1 vote. State legislative session is reconvening in June to pass budget. 

The board moved into Executive Session at 7:55 pm to discuss personnel related matters. Board members called in on a private teleconferencing number. 

The board came out of Executive Session at 8:04 pm and called back into the regular meeting teleconferencing number at 8:06 pm. 

Kristen reminded board members about Fac/Staff tribute.
Discussion about onboarding new board members.