Atlanta Smart Academy
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday June 5, 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
I. Lee (remote), J. Grimes (remote), L. Harden (remote), R. Price (remote), S. Fortson (remote), V. Williams (remote)
Directors Absent
A. Tolliver, S. Williamson
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
S. Fortson
Guests Present
Christa Thomas (GCSA) (remote), Herve Moukam (Avalon Accounting) (remote), Jasmine Robinson (Avalon Accounting) (remote), pmeadows@atlantasmartacademy.org (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Items For Discussion
A.
FY24 Budget
B.
Accounting Transition Updates
C.
Fundraising
D.
Board Positions
Upcoming Board openings will be further discussed at Board Retreat on June 24th.
III. Items for Vote
A.
School Leader Contract
Board amended School Leader Contract.
-School shall be responsible for Longetivity Incentive and Death Provision
IV. Closing Items
A.
Key Dates
June 12th @ 5:30: Finance Committee Meeting
June 19th @ 4:30: Academics Oversight Meeting
June 19th @ 5:30: Special Called Meeting
June 24th @ 9:00: Board Retreat
J. Robinson and I. Lee provided updates to budget; deficit reduced to $13,000.
J. Robinson provided recommendations to reduce budget.
V. Crenshaw proposes cutting Leadership and Appreciation funding. L. Harden, S. Fortson and R. Price in agreeement. Current budget is around $9k. If cut, board will need to raise around $10,000 for leadership retreats and teacher appreciation.
V. Crenshaw proposes reducing technology budget by $10,000.
Proposed cuts will reduce budget by $19,000.