Final

Wesley International Academy

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday September 7, 2017 at 4:15 PM EDT

Location

314 Kelly St., SE, Atlanta, GA

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance and Guests
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
  C. Approve Minutes
   
  • MLC believes we need to review and approve both June, July and August 2017 minutes in September
II. Governance
 
Governance
  A. Policy Roundup Taskforce Update
   
  • Has balance of the team been identified? (2 admin, 2 board, 2 governance committee, and 2 staff/teacher)
    • Jan Hansen
    • Tom Tidwell
  • Roadmap: 
    • Nov 2: deadline for gatherings existing policy documents and setting out a written plan of action for the taskforce work
    • Feb 1: present draft policy documents to governance committee
    • Mar 1: governance committee review and approval
    • April: present to entire Board
  B. Check-In with Executive Director Re: Single Gender Study Plan
   
  • Oversight shift from Governance to Academic Excellence per conversation on August 17, 2017
  C. Committee Goals for 2017-18 - Accountability Check-In
   
  • Policy Roundup Taskforce
    • Board Policies, including  need for document retention policy (Tom and Jan)
    • Parent and Staff Handbooks (Mazie Lynn and Jan)
  • Board ByLaws Update (Mazie Lynn and Tom)
  • Board Recruitment & On-Boarding Plan (Tom and Elisa) 
  • Follow up on creation of measurable goals for the entire Board [began at August 2017 Training]
  D. Charter Renewal Update
   
  • Legal team information from Jason Marshall
    • Will need to provide outcome of this conversation to Board at September meeting for ratification
  • Report on APS interview, currently schedulied for 9 am on September 7th 
  • Update on Drew guidance
  E. Plan/Finalize Agenda for October Board Training
   
  • Date: October 19, 2017
  • Time: 4p - 8p
  • Facilitator: Elisa Falco
  F. Lottery Update
   

Discuss need for and process of weighted lottery

  • gather information from other schools (Drew, ACNS) on how they do it
  • need historical demographic data from Wesley for past 3 years (Jason Marshall and Dana Roberts are working on this)
  • need 40-day FTE info in October
  • what is process after data is collected?
III. Other Business
IV. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting