Atlanta SMART Academy
Minutes
Academic Oversight and Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday August 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Location
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82234275646?pwd=8JIOCWnFKaSzk7oKlKLJuhb1ze8Jet.1
Meeting ID: 822 3427 5646
Passcode 381161
Committee Members Present
E. Ross (remote), S. Scott (remote), W. Newman-Johnson (remote)
Committee Members Absent
B. Williams
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Oversight and Governance Committee
A.
School Calendar
B.
Board Calendar
Wanda Newman-Johnson has completed two distinct board calendars for review:
- Board Calendar with all of the board meetings, committee meetings and the respective meeting locations and Zoom links.
- Board Working Calendar with all of the board meetings, committee meetings, and the respective school activities, major milestones and progress learning testing, SCSC Monitoring and Audit dates, etc.
The calendars will be reviewed at the next board meeting.
III. Other Business
A.
SCSC Monitoring
The committee review the FY 27 SCSC Operations Monitoring Schedule.
The scope is aligned to the state fiscal year: July 1, 2027 - June 30, 2027.
Comprehensive Performance Framework (CPF) Section III. Operational Performance
The monitoring measures compliance with laws, rules, policis, regulations, and charter contractual obligations.
Submission groups with staggered due dates (July-Nov.)
Five Groups of sbmmison tasks:
- Submission Group 1 due July 31, 2026
- Submission Group 2 due August 31, 2026
- Submission Group 3 due September 30, 2026
- Submission Group 4 due October 31, 2026
- Submission Group 5 due November 30, 2026
All of these dates are included in the Board working calendar to ensure we are submitting the tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
The SCSC Operations Monitoring Schedule will be disseminated to the board and discussed at the board meeting, and the Academics and Governance committee will review each month at the committee meetings.
B.
By Laws
The committee discussed the revisions to the By Laws. Sandra will reformat the By Laws and ensure the By Laws revisions are incorporated so we can review with the board and subsequently vote on the revisions.
Sandra will complete and have them ready for the August board meeting so we can vote.
The revised By Laws need to be approved and ready to submit for SCSC Monitoring in Submission Group 3 due on September 30, 2026.
The committee reviewed the ASA School Calendar for the 2026-2027 school year to ensure all of the major events the board needed to be apprised of were incorporated into the Board Calendar. For example, the inclusion of all of the milestone and progress learning testing dates, etc.