Ethos Classical Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday December 13, 2023 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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Due to the meeting falling during the Thanksgiving Break, this meeting of the Board of Directors will be held virtually as the school building is not open. Please follow the instructions for the Zoom Videoconference and Teleconference options.
Directors Present
E. Raines (remote), L. Taylor (remote), M. Ball, M. Childress, M. Moore, T. Fick (remote)
Directors Absent
A. Lamborghini, J. Boyd, T. Mitchell
Guests Present
B. Hines, D. Mack, S. Knight-Justice
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Public Comment
D.
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes
II. Welcome New Board Members!
A.
Welcome Mario!
M. Moore and D. Mack welcomed Mario Ball to his first meeting of the Board of Directors.
III. Management Report
A.
Management Report
D. Mack presented first on the highlights of November and December, including guest reader program, family involvements, scholars in learning, and a highlight on one of our first year teachers.
B.
Facilities Report
D. Mack presented updates - we will be moving in in February, will have nesting party. Sign up link will be coming out in January.
Approval from CoAtlanta for a phased move-in, so we can get the parking lot started.
Letter of Intent for the new property was signed on 12/13 and sent to the owners; sale process will begin, which includes due diligence.
C.
Finance
B. Hines gave an overview of our financial status, as well as the progress on transition with our primary point person at the financial accounting vendor, Ed Tec.
D. Mack reported on fundraising; art auction came in above goal; fund a field trip (giving tuesday) launched last tuesday, exceeded that goal as well; did a pass-the-hat towards Staff Joy for the end of calendar year celebration
D.
LEA
Submission is in for grade level expansion.
Training January 13th - Board retreat, strategic planning focus, and governance training. This training will suffice (along with a virtual session afterwards) for our annual SCSC required training.
E.
Enrollment and Recruitment
D. Mack reported on current enrollment, the stickiness of our families, and the upcoming March count: target 540 or 543. (October count day was 537)
D. Mack reported on recruitment for upcoming year: goal is 600, current applications at 243, renrollments at 211, 38 confirmed new scholars (siblings, staff scholars).
F.
Program Updates
D. Mack reported on
- upcoming events: Sneaker Ball on 1/26/24 - family designed event.
- attendance: on goal for 95%
S. Knight Justice reported on
- In middle of step round 2
- Next i-Ready will be at end of January
- New data is the CCRPI data, which compares us to schools across the state. Our results were Year over Year improvements of 1.84 to 14.78 on different metrics (all metrics we improved year over year)
- Family Engagement: 56% response rate, responses were 4.0-5.0 (agree to strongly agree)
- Staff Engagement: reviewed results of Fall TNTP survey, improvements since last measurement in Spring, and metrics vs national average.
IV. Board Committee Reports
A.
Committee Reports
- Finance: M. Moore reported that hte December meeting of the finance committee will be cancelled due to it's arrangement after the board meeting; it will be held in January.
- No other board committee updates beyond topics already reported during management report
V. Voting Matters
A.
Real Estate (Executive Session, if needed)
There were no matters to discuss, so no executive session was required.
VI. Other Business
A.
Other Business
No other business was raised by the board.
No public comment was offered.