Wesley International Academy
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday December 16, 2019 at 4:30 PM
Location
Conference Room, Kelly Street house
Committee Members Present
D. Hrabe, F. Carroll, J. Marshall, M. Guertin (remote), T. Ryan-Lawrence (remote), T. Tidwell
Committee Members Absent
J. Hansen
Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened
F. Carroll
Committee Members who left before the meeting adjourned
T. Ryan-Lawrence
Guests Present
D. Johnson, L. Price, R. Goodman
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
T. Tidwell called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Wesley International Academy to order on Monday Dec 16, 2019 at 4:31 PM.
C.
Motion to approve Agenda
T. Tidwell made a motion to approve agenda.
D. Hrabe seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approve Minutes from November 2019
T. Tidwell made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 11-18-19.
D. Hrabe seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
Discuss Bylaws
F.
Discuss vice-chair of Governance and succession plans for governance
Discussed the issue of new Governance chair beginning next year. Douglas Hrabe will consider it.
G.
APS Single Select Lottery plan
F. Carroll arrived.
T. Ryan-Lawrence left.
We agreed to have a board member serve on APS lottery advisory committee. Donica will follow up with APS to get a sense of time commitments - how often and what time of day. Fran Carroll agreed to serve in this role subject to her availability. Lisa reported that the Advisory Committee will be the only way some information will be communicated to Wesley so we need to ahve someone at every meeting. We agreed we should have a second person ready to substitute in.
II. Revisit upcoming committee goals
A.
Revisit upcoming Committee Goals
We are on track for our committee goals.
III. Other Business
A.
School calendar for 2020-21
Jason presented two calendar options.
Option 1 started August 4 and ended May 28 with week-long breaks in October and February, with 1 day set aside for parent-teach conferences..
Option 2 started July 29 and ended May 26, with same week long breaks but 3 days of each break was teacher planning and development.
Staff members voted 69% in favor of option 1. We will put this on the calendar for January Governance for a more thorough discussion.
Option 1 started August 4 and ended May 28 with week-long breaks in October and February, with 1 day set aside for parent-teach conferences..
Option 2 started July 29 and ended May 26, with same week long breaks but 3 days of each break was teacher planning and development.
Staff members voted 69% in favor of option 1. We will put this on the calendar for January Governance for a more thorough discussion.
IV. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:02 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
T. Tidwell
Documents used during the meeting
None
At the beginning of the school year, in July or early August, the current Atlanta Board of Education policy on code of ethics and conflict of interest will be downloaded and placed in an easy to find location.
Discussion was had over delineating the role of the board and operation versus governance. We will revisit this issue at later meeting.