Ethos Classical Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday November 30, 2022 at 6:30 PM
Location
The Ethos Classical Board of Directors will meet on site at the school at 2295 Springdale Cir SW, Atlanta, GA 30315. For those that cannot join us in person, we will also have a videoconference option available:
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Directors Present
B. Hines, J. Boyd, M. Moore, P. Moody, T. Fick
Directors Absent
A. Lamborghini, E. Raines, L. Taylor, T. Mitchell
Ex Officio Members Present
E. Castillo Leon
Non Voting Members Present
E. Castillo Leon
Guests Present
D. Cembrola (remote), D. Mack, S. Knight-Justice (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Public Comment
D.
Approve Minutes
II. Management Report
A.
Management Report
E. Castillo Leon provided the Management Report.
B.
Facilities Update
E. Castillo Leon reported:
- Closed on loan financing 11/9/2024
- Goal is to be in the new building by January 2024
- E. Castillo Leon provided a detailed Construction Schedule
C.
Finance
D. Cembrola reported:
- SCSC Financial Performance Indicators: total score of 90. Anticipate to end the school year with a score of 90 to 95 out of 100 total points.
D.
Fundraising
E. Castillo Leon reported:
- Two grant applications i.e., City of Atlanta and Gas South are "in progress".
- Submitted Truist grant application.
E.
LEA & Compliance Update
E. Castillo Leon reported:
- School began planning for the Cross-Functional Review all of Title Program in the Spring.
F.
Recruitment (Scholar and Staffing)
D. Mack reported:
- SY23 scholar enrollment goal is 416 scholars, SY23 current enrollment is 412 scholars. Anticipate that enrollment will increase after holiday break.
- SY23 re-enrollment completion is 142 scholars.
- Currently secured 20 sibling enrollment for next school year.
G.
Program
Shamar Knight-Justice reported:
- Attendance goal is 85%, Trimester 1 attendance was 88%.
- Over 30 families volunteered for the Pumpkin Patch activity in October 2022.
- Celebrating "Holiday Around the World" in early December 2022.
- Planning a staff holiday party.
- Hired an Associate Teacher.
- Will share results from Staff Satisfaction survey in January 2023.
III. Board Committee Reports
A.
Finance
B. Hines Reported:
- Audit had a clean opinion.
- B. Hines recommending that the budget is updated.
- Other recommendations included: optimize financial structure design, implement comprehensive construction program reporting, optimize working capital, and earn rebates on credit card spending.
B.
Governance
M. Moore reported:
- Staff holiday party is scheduled for 12/9/2023. Board is welcome to donate toward party expenses.
- Will need to convene a Selection Committee to fill Head of School position. T. Fick, J. Boyd P. Moody, L. Taylor (possibly) agreed to be on the ad hoc committee.
- Georgia law, O.C.G.A. ยง 20-2-2084(f), requires every member of a governing board of a state charter school to participate in annual governing board training. Board members can access the training link on the SCSC website. Trainings are scheduled as follows:
- February 7-8 in Athens, Ga.
- April 12-13, Atlanta, Ga
C.
Academic
T. Fick reported:
- Academic Committee will be meeting in January 2023.
E. Castillo Leon reported:
"Giving Tuesday" yielded $15,064 which more than met fundraising goal of $13,500 for a school field trip.
There being no member of the public present in person or on video conference, no comment was made.