Final

Wesley International Academy

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday October 5, 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 September Minutes
   
II. Governance
 
Governance
  A. Policy Roundup Taskforce Update
   
  • Taskforce
    • Jan Hansen
    • Tom Tidwell
    • Donald Mason
    • Donica Johnson
    • David Mitchum
    • Lea Durdin
  • 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. 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]
  C. Finalize Agenda for October Board Training
   
  • Date: October 19, 2017
  • Time: 4p - 8p
  • Facilitator: Elisa Falco
  D. Weighted Lottery Update
   
Discuss need for and process of weighted lottery
  • follow up with Tom re: conversation with Christopher Adams (can he also assist with 10/19 training?)
  • 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?
  E. Secondary Legal Counsel Identification
   
  • follow up with Jason Marshall about identifying secondary legal counsel
    • Craig Goodmark (sp?)
    • Jonathan Poole
    • Others to suggest?
  F. Charter Renewal Update
   
  • If not on APS BOE agenda for 10/9/17, ask for Jason Marshall to follow up
  • Confirm the timeline for APS review and GaDOE review
III. Other Business
IV. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting