Wesley International Academy

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday December 7, 2017 at 4:15 PM EST

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 November Minutes
   
  D. Re-Approve Minutes: June 2017
   
  • Previously approved minutes not reflecting approval in Board on Track - need to re-approve them to get minutes updated and published to the portal properly
   
  E. Re-Approve: July 2017 Minutes
   
  • Previously approved minutes not reflecting approval in Board on Track - need to re-approve them to get minutes updated and published to the portal properly
   
  F. Re-Approve August 2017 Minutes
   
  • Previously approved minutes not reflecting approval in Board on Track - need to re-approve them to get minutes updated and published to the portal properly
   
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 task force work - Deadline missed - need to review and reset expectations - may help to use some meeting time to coordinate scheduling of the necessary meetings
    • 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 previously provided to Jason Marshall to interview/vet 
  • Need to finalize for presentation to be Board in January 2018
  E. Charter Renewal Update
   
  • Response to APS Request for Clarification provided to APS 11/3/2017
  • Confirm the timeline for APS review and GaDOE review
    • APS will have another 90d (from November 1) - means anticipating Board action in either December 2017 or January 2018
    • 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