Ethos Classical Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday August 28, 2024 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
J. Boyd, J. Giesler, L. Taylor, M. Childress, T. Fick, T. Mitchell
Directors Absent
E. Raines, M. Ball
Guests Present
B. Hines, D. Mack, Kierra Gambrell, P. Amos, P. Laub (remote), S. Gordon (remote), S. Knight-Justice
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
T. Fick called a meeting of the board of directors of Ethos Classical Charter School to order on Wednesday Aug 28, 2024 at 6:44 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes (July Board of Directors Monthly Meeting)
T. Mitchell made a motion to approve the minutes from Board of Directors Monthly Meeting on 07-24-24.
J. Boyd seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Management Report
A.
Financial Report
B.
Facilities
C.
Overview of Programs and Operations
D. Mack
- Started off with a runthrough of August '24 Management Report
- Highlighted teaching assistants through partnership with Hands on Atlanta
- Shared that Certificate of Occupancy has been secured at current campus and closing of new building will be in November
- Shared details about CSP Subgrantee award given to Ethos
- Discussed updates on FY25 Monitoring and Health & Safety Visit (scheduled for 9/24)
- Shared the history of paraprofessionals to support scholars at Ethos
S. Gordon
- Did a run through of Give Butter for board fundraising and will send out email invites
P. Amos
- Discussed SY24-SY25 enrollment and SY25-SY26 recruitment efforts
- SY25-SY26 recruitment efforts will start in October and lottery will then start earlier in March 2025
- Shared September events and different ways how board can get involved
- Shared that scholar attendance has increased for 92% to 93%
K. Gambrell
- Discussed positive school culture vision; highlighted Town Halls that occurred this week and other culture events
- Shared the new hiring of a SPED Paraprofessional for kindergarten
V. Adeyinka
- Discussed scholar learning as a response to SY24 GMAS - introduction of teaching assistants
S. Knight-Justice
- Talked about reading assessments and overall data analysis
III. Voting Matters
A.
Board Member Agreement
T. Fick made a motion to T. Fick made a motion to vote on board member agreement (amended August 2024) for Josh Giesler.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
D. Mack
- Board voted to approve Conflict of Interest Policy document
- Discussed Conflict of Interest Policy document for board members to sign
IV. Other Business
A.
SY25 Board Recruitment
T. Fick
- Discussed leadership opportunities for Board involvement
- Shared details about Heart Auction (fundraiser) on October 24th
- Emphasized that board tickets should go through GiveButter for board giving
V. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. Gordon
Documents used during the meeting
- 2024_07_24_board_meeting_minutes.pdf
- Ethos Classical- Board Member Agreement AS AMENDED 2024-08-22.docx.pdf
P. Laub
B. Hines