Final

Wesley International Academy

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday November 2, 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 October 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. Weighted Lottery Update
   
Discuss 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?
  D. Secondary Legal Counsel Identification
   
  • Follow up with Jason Marshall about identifying secondary legal counsel
    • Recommendations collected to date for Jason Marshall to interview/vet: 
      • Mr. Craig Lewis Goodmark
        Goodmark Law Firm LLC
        One West Court Square Suite 410
        Decatur, GA 30030
        Phone:(404) 719-4848
        Email:cgoodmark@gmail.com
      • Mr. Jonathan Robert Poole
        Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP
        1170 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2200
        Atlanta, GA 30309-7200
        Phone:(678) 347-2200
        Fax:(678) 347-2210
        Email:jrp@sbllaw.net
      • Mr. Daniel Adam Cohen
        Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
        3414 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1600
        Atlanta, GA 30326
        Phone:(404) 589-3404
        Fax:(404) 238-9638
        Email:dcohen@bakerdonelson.com
      • Mr. Christopher Edward Adams (weighted lottery contact)
        Krevolin & Horst LLC
        1201 W. Peachtree Street NW, Suite 3250
        Atlanta, GA 30309
        Phone:(404) 888-9700
        Fax:(404) 888-9577
        Email:adams@khlawfirm.com
  • Need to finalize for presentation to be Board in January 2018
  E. Charter Renewal Update
   
  • Response APS Request for Clarification will have been presented to the Board on 11/1/2017
  • Response to APS Request for Clarification due 11/3/2017
  • Confirm the timeline for APS review and GaDOE review
    • APS will have another 90d (from November 1)
    • GaDOE has no statutory or regulatory timeline
  F. Board Recruitment and On-Boarding
   
  • Leadership on documenting the related processes: Tom Tidwell and Elisa Buckner
  • Known need: 1 member's final term expires June 30, 2018 (skills: HR, projects, facilities, etc.)
  • Timeline for finalizing and document related processes needs to be determined at this meeting
III. Other Business
IV. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting