One member of  the comminity Laura Campbell has a question or comment.

Parent would like to have transpancey of the budget for sports.

But cheer gets new uniforms every year.

Full Board Training 3 hours

Additional 3 hours online 

Jenn and Doug have  completed their training

Last meeting of the year will be in June.

ED goes straight to Strategic Plan

Morgan Felts explains Strategic Plan .

Proposed revision :

Vision :  To nurture a diverse and inclusive community where academic mastery and strength of characher empower students to confidently pursue their goals and contribute meaningfully to society. 

Mission: Preparing students for success - Today and Tomorrow

Through rigorous academics, language development, and an emphasis on character building, WIA ensures students are prepared for high school and beyond.

Board wouild like for Srategic  Plan to go thru governance then back to board for a vote. 

• 99 Contracts were issued and 98 have returned  .
• 6 Delays 
• 4 Reduction in force (PBIS, Counseling, IT)

Ed speaks very highly of Admin Team for the success of retention.

March is a long and difficult  month  in school. Teachers are ready for spring break

Stem Night / at Coan Middle School/ 300  families  attended.

Grade level activities at STEM night:

• Carver STEM Academy / Nasa/ Candy Lab
• Robotics Team 
• Building Tour:  Parents and students liked the building and  most ask  question was transportation.

PD Day focused on:

• STEM Certification
• Early Literacy / 2nd training out of a 3 part series /explicit phonics/classroom strategies 
• Project based learning from Metro RESA 

Pavone speaks about STEM:

Community project : show case skills that students have  an interest in.

Parents came and talked about: 

• Processed foods
• Trees Atlanta
• Department of Agriculture  
• Engineering 

Looking ahead for month of April:

• Finalize map testing
• Spring break
• Milestones testing starts  April 28th

• Follow up with Lead Atlanta.
• Kate will follow up with  Junior League.
• Consent Agenda :  will be brought to vote.
• Mentor new board members .

Donica Johnson gives enrollment updates:

• March is peak time for enrollment.
• Lottery was March 6 and  results were released on March 10.
• Parents accept or decline by March 24.
• Very important that parents  get paperwork in .
• Hoping move does not hold parents back from re-enrollment.
• 5 out of 8 families say they are not coming back because of move.

Kindergarten has until April 8 to accept Wesley as their school.

Seneca Williams ask if transportation will be provided?  Wesley will provide transportation.

Parent survey shows 135 families are interested in transportation.

Incentivies to stay at Wesley:

• School will dismiss earlier for transportation to Wesley.
• Aftercare time will change and cost for one year will be less expensive.

Equity Team:

Crystal Hudson and Jaydn Leftridge  reads from power point.

Equity Focus :

• Curriculum and Instruction 
• Special Services 
• Parent Engagement 
• Funding 

School Goals:

• Present equity agreements to staff and Wesley community. 
• Develop and Implement an Equity Audit.
• Deliver Mini-PDs on fairness.

Power Point is attached to agenda.

Lisa Price presents Financials for end of January.

Overview:  Balance Sheet :  Assets  9.5m

Account Receivables :  Reimbursements from Federal Funds 155k from APS

Fixed Assets : 1.06M   314k in Capital Expenses 

Pension Liability :  4.7 M This is a non-cash transaction.

Liabilites: 

Accounts Payable : 236 K to TRS

Capital Projects:    256k

Budget vs Acutal:  over budget 341,245.89 within 2% of budget

Compensation is 78 to 80% of budget

People services over budget :  

Needed more Special Ed Services.

Extra curriculum activities were not forcasted.

Revision has addressed issues on over budgeted items.

2026 Operation Budget:

Forecasting risk factors  and local funding. 

2026 First year of not receiving funds from CARES /Covid.

Capital Projects for rennovation.

We will have 2 dates for public hearing.

1.  May Finance Committee Meeting

2. June Board Meeting

Adrian ask if there is money for mental health and afterschool care. Lisa Price explains we  do not receive specific funding from State.