Atlanta Smart Academy
Minutes
ASA Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday January 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Directors Present
A. Bruce (remote), A. Kennedy (remote), B. Williams (remote), I. Lee (remote), R. Price (remote), S. Scott (remote), V. Williams (remote), W. Newman-Johnson (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
P. Meadows
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Oversight and Governance Committee
A.
Board Member Pathway Program for Onboarding
B.
Strategic Plan
Patrice designed the way to share information for academic achievement
Outlined ELA, Math and Social Studies
Outlined the percentages for each goal
Requested Patrice add a graphic to visual show achievements
Remedial Program (Tutoring - $4400-$4800 a year (current cost for 10 students)
Refine the goals we created during retreat - board goals
Next board meetingwe will review other strategic plans (add to next agenda)
III. Finance, Facility, Development, and Strategic Partnership Committee
A.
Monitoring Results
Budget - Meeting Minutes
Financial for December just received
Prestige had a family emergency
Review adverse actions at Board Retreat
IV. Executive Director Support and Eval
A.
Mission, Vision and Big Goals Reviewed
B.
Highlights
Pivotal Movement - Shoe Giveaway (40 students received shoes)
Angel Tree - SMART TV giveway (family won a Smart TV)
C.
School Goals
Goals based on Monitoring and CPF and reviewed monthly.
Academics
Reading iReady August vs. December
- Percent of students of two or more grade levels below decreased in every grade
- 5th and 6th grade chabged by 13% and 18% respectively
Math IReady August vs. December
- The percentage of students at grade level and above increased in most grade levels
- The percentage of student two or more grades below decreased in all grade levels
Interventions:
- Friday Small Group instructions
- Varsity Tutors
- Continued math teacher professional development
- 6th/7th grade math co-planning
- Classroom spotlights videos for school to home
- Next benchmark - Progress Learning February 10th - 14th
D.
Enrollment
Enrollment
2025-2026 school year application now open. The following are the marketing plans:
- Social media ads
- New marketing videos applied for grants
- GA CAN School Choice Fair
- Billboards
E.
Facilities
Closed on property with new owner effective Dec. 31
Meet with new owners
Discuss expansions plans
Kaboom playground
F.
Finance
Working on grant applications
Additional grant expected
Arts grant from Woodward foundation - received $25,000
New partnership with Chick-fil-A - toured Chick-fil-A headquarters - reviewed owner operator on MLK - owner operator - they are partner with us - solutionist will create a catering order and present to the Chick fil- A leadership, teacher appreciation month and teacher of the year awards
Facilities grant received to fill the gap $100,000
Gala planning - sent thank you notes to attendees and start planning
V. Other Business
A.
SCSC Monitoring
Finance not able to solve some of the issues cited regarding budget special meetings and public comment.
B.
Corrective Action Plan (CAP)
Stating what we will do to correct the actions.
Operations
- Firedrill within first 10 days of school - firedrill prescheduled for this day and alternative date
- Workmen's Comp Coverage - have policy and will provide
- Conflicts of Interest of Staff and Board
- Sexual and inappropriateness - Family and Staff Handbook was partial and we need to enhance -
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| S. Fortson |
Absent
|
| R. Price |
Aye
|
| W. Newman-Johnson |
Aye
|
| A. Bruce |
Aye
|
| L. Harden |
Absent
|
| V. Williams |
Aye
|
| A. Kennedy |
Aye
|
| S. Scott |
Aye
|
| I. Lee |
Aye
|
| B. Williams |
Aye
|
Next Steps
Budget Review
Corrective Action Plan
Grant Potential
Elections and Succession Planning
Finalize and review and submit to board meeting for approval.