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Academic Oversight and Governance Committee Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday August 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Committee Members Present

B. Williams (remote), R. Price (remote), S. Scott (remote), V. Williams (remote), W. Newman-Johnson (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

R. Price called a meeting of the Academic Oversight and Governance Committee Committee of Atlanta Smart Academy to order on Monday Aug 5, 2024 at 5:39 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Approve Minutes

V. Williams made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Oversight and Governance Committee Meeting on 03-04-24.
S. Scott seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

approve minutes from May at next committee meeting

II. Board Assessment

A.

Recommendations from Board Assessment (45 minutes)

discussed board self assessment for 23-24 recommendations; Roz wants to focus on:

  1. Meeting process
    1. evaluation
    2. legal considerations
  2. board structure
    1. Veronica suggests recommending Bishop for the board so we can have odd number
    2. Outgoing board member must recruit replacement
    3. proposed board succession plan: Chair >Vice Chair >Secretary, Treasurer, or Committee Co-Chair; discussed board position terms as 2 years
    4. Board terms were updated using a randomized method with Gina from BoardonTrack to stagger terms. 
  3. board commitment
    1. review board commitment letter
  4. academic oversight
    1. LKES / CEO eval
    2. what are we to pay attention to?
      1. Data trends - where are we over the 3 years and where are we going
        1. comparison to the state and other high performing schools
      2. Returning students vs. new/transfer
      3. What scores are predictive of success? What support/staff/structure is needed to get to the success we are striving for? We need to develop a template of questions for the school to answer and the committee to digest. Strategy-Objective-Rationale
        1. partner with colleges/universities

 

III. Closing Items

A.

Next Steps

1. Review elements of our committee and come ready to discuss the structural set up of our committee

 

2. Rosalynne, Bishop, and Wanda to create questions for Patrice to answer for the committee 

 

3. Veronica to recommend board structure amendment to bylaws

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:52 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
R. Price
Documents used during the meeting
None

Academic Oversight And Governance Committee 8/05/2024