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

     
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