Atlanta Smart Academy
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday May 1, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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Our monthly Board Meetings, unless otherwise noted, will be held the 1st Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom and are open to the public.
Up to 20 minutes will be set aside for public commentary at all board meetings. Those wishing to comment must send a request to the Board Secretary by 12:00pm NOON the day of the board meeting (lharden@atlantasmartacademy.org).
Each speaker will have 2 minutes to share with the Board. Speakers will be timed by a member of the Board and notified when time has expired.
The Public Comment period is designed to gain input from the public and not for immediate responses by the Board to the public comment presented. If there are questions or information that you have for the Board, you may also contact one or more of the Board members.
Our monthly Finance Committee Meetings, unless otherwise noted, will be held the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom and are open to the public.
Our monthly Academics and Governance Committee Meetings, unless otherwise noted, will be held the 3rd Monday of each month at 4:30 p.m. via Zoom and are open to the public.
Directors Present
A. Tolliver (remote), I. Lee, L. Harden (remote), R. Price (remote), S. Fortson (remote), S. Williamson, V. Williams (remote)
Directors Absent
J. Grimes, K. Willingham
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
I. Lee, S. Williamson
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
V. Williams
Guests Present
Candy (remote), Herve Moukam (remote), Jasmine Robinson (remote), pmeadows@atlantasmartacademy.org (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Whirl-around
D.
Approve Minutes
E.
Approve Special Called Meeting Minutes
II. FY24 Budget
A.
Discussion
III. Committee Updates
A.
Finance Committee
Budget Approval is the main priority. Budget needs to be approved by June 30th.
B.
Academics & Governance Committee
Board recently attended Governance training with exception of two board members.
Reviewed executive director evaluation which will be finalized and sent out at next meeting.
Noted that P. Meadows did not have a contract for the current school year; did update.
Will provide ED contract for next 2 year term
Reviewed SCSC Performance questionnaire
IV. Executive Director Updates
A.
Executive Director Board Report
Academic Updates
- Final Benchmark Assessments in April
- Milestones and MAP assessments occuring in May
- There has been growth in ELA and Math benchmarks across all grade levels
- Tutoring credited in academic growth
Operations Update
- Presented to SCSC last week regarding recruitment and operations updates
- 245 students total including returning students and new applicants
- Goal is to have 300 students enrolled
- Significant numbers of students moved out of state
Human Resources Update
- Sending out contracts for next year
- In hiring process for next year
Finance Update
- Continuing to apply for grants, including nutrition grant
- Met today regarding Reinvestment Fund Loan
- Engaged in budget discussions
Upcoming Events
- Arts Production-May 19th
- 8th Grade Promotion-May 26th
Presented by Jasmine Robinson of Avalon