Wesley International Academy
Minutes
Rescheduled Board Meeeting
Date and Time
Wednesday March 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Location
Wesley Media Center
or Zoom
Directors Present
A. Hunter (remote), D. Hrabe (remote), E. Cater (remote), K. Boyer (remote), K. Jones (remote), M. Guertin (remote), O. Okwara (remote), S. Williams (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Ex Officio Members Present
J. Marshall (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
J. Marshall (remote)
Guests Present
Adejae Byrd (remote), Ajee Smith (remote), Allison Haley (remote), C. Hudson (remote), C. Wyatt (remote), Cassi Horton (remote), Charles Jordan (remote), Colin Butler (remote), D. Johnson (remote), Dennis (remote), E. Moraga-Davis (remote), Erica Blunt (remote), Erola (remote), Gsbriella Sam (remote), Jarod Apperson (remote), Jasmine Robinson (remote), Keilani Parker (remote), Kimberly Jackson (remote), L. Price (remote), Lynnette Clove (remote), Marina Rabinovich (remote), Nikia Marshall (remote), R. Edwards (remote), R. Pavone (remote), Rickella Hudson (remote), Rozalynne Echols (remote), S Spann (remote), S. Finney (remote), Shani Seaton (remote), Shanika (remote), Sophia Catchings (remote), Summer Ndipnchot (remote), TiAnna C (remote), Toamma C (remote), Verscie (remote), Yashica Douglas (remote), Yavonda (remote), moneey (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Community Comments
II. Board Chair Updates
A.
Select ED Goals Subcommittee
B.
Training Hours
III. Executive Director Updates
A.
Lottery Weight Discussion
ED announces Science Fair Winners
Jarod is introduced to Board and he will explain weighted lottery.
Current enrollment reached 72% Economically- disadvantaged, last year it was 65%.
Student enrollment is 766 slightly higher than last year at 752.
We've had numbers as high as 805-810.
IV. Governance
A.
Enrollment Updates
Enrollment update was given by Jarod.
B.
Recruitment of New Board Members
Working on a date to interview canidates for new board members.
Interviews will take place end of March.
C.
School Calendar for 2024-2025
Calendar is the same as APS.
Adrian Hunter ask if days are the same. We have 180 day calendar
same as last year start and end dates are different.
D.
Employee Contract for 2024-2025
V. Academics
A.
Charter School Goals
Rachel Goodman goes over all 5 catagories for charter goals.
Financial Goals.. no default on loans. Cash reserve, Audit
School climate goals met.. Surveys, discipline, PBIS
Legal Goals: Staying off of probation
Governance goals: Board training , making sure school meets its goals, make sure school does what it says its going to do. Example STEM
Academic goals: we out performed all of our like schools. meet improvement goals
We did not meet our 10% goal.
Second look Goal : Showing we out performed like schools, CCRPI MYP out performed State and APS
B.
School Data Updates
This was not discussed.
VI. Finance
A.
Brief Update of Financials (July-October 2023)
At the end of last year payments came in all at once , so cash flow was higher
than past years. The reason why our cash is higher , we received $59k refund for Amin fee ,
and for enrollment we received $400k , GOV.Kemp gave a retention bonu of $343k and another revision from Gov Kemp for $231k.
B.
Budget Revision
Budject revision reflects 1.82M with specific guidelines. Spending must be completed by August 2024. Mobile Detective Devise is put in as a place holder until Board votes for or against devise. We will have an ending balance of 1.5 M 6/30/24.
Teacher retention 87% goal.
Student growth Part 1 Based on MAPP , we will experience 3% growth in Math.
Student growth Part 2 Based on Georgia Milestones we will decrease the number of students growth by 3%.
Staff Attendance beat the distict by 2% hoping for 3%.
Student Attendance: Decrease chronic absenteeism 21% for MYP.