Excelsior Village Academies
Minutes
Excelsior Village Academies' Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Location
The Excelsior Village Academies' Board of Directors will meet in person. Please see the location below:
5295 Highway 155 N; Stockbridge, GA 30281
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Directors Present
D. Paige, K. Rutherford, N. Brinson, W. Smith
Directors Absent
A. Holmes, R. Hutchins, T. Burrell
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
N. Brinson called a meeting of the board of directors of Excelsior Village Academies to order on Thursday Mar 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM.
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes
N. Brinson made a motion to approve the minutes from Excelsior Village Academies' Board Meeting on 02-26-26.
D. Paige seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
II. CEO Report
A.
Enrollment Update
B.
FY 2026-2027 Budget
- Budgeting at 260
- Enrolling to the max
- Presented FY27 Org Chart
- Will need a SRO next year
- New roles: Student services coordinator, academic associate ,SRO, Social worker, additional TA, Behavior associate, enrichment teacher, office associate, additional section in 2nd
- There will be a need for paras but currently not on org chart
C.
CSP Update
- Funds should be here by 4/1
- Cross Functional Monitoring beginning
- Support has been helpful
- Meeting for CFM happens on 4/22
- Corrective action plan needed for CPF
D.
Fundraising Effort with PTO
- Board member Holmes will be connecting with PTO for fundraising efforts
E.
GA Milestones
- Math 21st -22nd
- ELA - April 28-29
- April 30th - Science
- Pep Rally 4/17
III. Finance Committee Update
A.
Monthly Financial Update
- Large Variance in purchased Professional & Tech
- 3 Paras were not budged for
- Additional SPED teacher
- Projected to in with 19 days of cash on hand
- SCSC - Yellow in Unrestricted Days Cash - currently 41 days on hand
- Contingency is still at $150,000
B.
Update: Marketing + Fundraising Plan
- The shop is live
- Link needs to be sent to marketing team
IV. Governance Committee Update
A.
Policy Review
W. Smith made a motion to Approve MTSS and SST, Special Education, and Immunization and Health Records Policies, and Vision Hearing,.
K. Rutherford seconded the motion.
No Discussion
B.
Board Recruitment
- Flylight will be creating social media materials
- Marketing Plan will be sent out for board members to send out to their networks
V. Upcoming Events
A.
School Events
- Doughnuts with dads went well
- 4/17 - Pep Rally For Milestones
- Test Buster T-shirts
- Need for board members to send encouraging messages to students 4/8
VI. Board Business
A.
Next Meetings
- Agenda Planning Meeting 4/13
- Next Board Meeting 4/23/26
- Reminder to review minutes before meeting
VII. 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 8:18 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
N. Brinson
- We have 289 applications
-Surpassed application goal in every grade except K
-83% of current students have expressed intent to return
-We have 40 more applications than we had at this point last year