Atlanta SMART Academy

Minutes

Finance, Facility, Development, and Strategic Partnership Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday September 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM

Location

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574822465?pwd=3yYtUxlbiTJOKVowweB1fNvSv7t6Jf.1

 

Meeting ID: 895 7482 2465


Passcode: 952337

Committee Members Present

A. Bruce (remote), A. Kennedy (remote), I. Lee (remote), L. Cofield (remote), V. Williams (remote), W. Brasher (remote), W. Newman-Johnson (remote)

Committee Members Absent

P. Meadows

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

I. Lee called a meeting of the Finance, Facility, Development, and Strategic Partnership Committee Committee of Atlanta SMART Academy to order on Monday Sep 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

W. Newman-Johnson made a motion to approve the minutes from Finance, Facility, Development, and Strategic Partnership Committee Meeting on 08-10-26.
A. Bruce seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Finance, Facility, Development, and Strategic Partnership Committee

A.

Discuss Cadence for Committee Meetings

Accounting vendor, Vertex, provides previous month’s final/audited financial reports 10 business days in the following month. This report lag does not align with 2nd Monday scheduled Finance Committee meetings.

 

Committee members and Board Chairs reviewed the Vertex calendar and agreed to change the Finance Committee meetings from 2nd Mondays at 5:30 pm to Fridays at 1:00 pm on the dates that conflict with Vertex’s calendar. 
 

Finance Committee will also meet on 3rd Mondays at 5:30 pm followed by Board Meeting on 3rd Mondays at 7:00 pm.

 

This will allow all members to attend the monthly Board Meeting and review previous month’s reporting instead of reviewing data 2 months in arrears. 

 

The updated meeting cadence will be published to Board on Track and announced to SCSC for governance. 

 

 

III. Other Business

A.

Sub-Committee Updates

Board Chair W. Newman-Johnson reminded members of the mandatory 2027 SCSC governance training, Feb 10-11th and encouraged cross committee participation for 1st Monday governance committee meetings.

 

Chair proposed Executive Board meetings once per month for officers on the board to plan, connect, and develop professionally. Meeting cadence TBD. 

 

 

B.

Updates from School Leader

There are currently 167 students enrolled for the FY26-27 school year, against the projected 200. 
 

The annual enrollment audit is scheduled in October 2027, where the school can reasonably expect to be penalized for lower than projected enrollment. 

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 6:34 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
I. Lee