Ethos Classical Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Directors Present
J. Boyd (remote), J. Giesler (remote), L. Taylor (remote), M. Ball (remote), M. Childress (remote), T. Fick (remote), T. Mitchell (remote)
Directors Absent
E. Raines
Guests Present
Ashley P (remote), D. Mack (remote), Hannah Bullock (remote), Kierra Gambrell (remote), Michael Juel-Larsen (remote), Najiyah McKinney (remote), P. Amos (remote), P. Laub (remote), S. Knight-Justice (remote), Sabrina Silver (remote), Victoria Hudson (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve October Minutes
Eleina, Josh, Julian, Monique, Tiffany, and Mario attended
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Boyd |
Absent
|
| L. Taylor |
Abstain
|
| T. Mitchell |
Abstain
|
| M. Childress |
Aye
|
| E. Raines |
Absent
|
| J. Giesler |
Aye
|
| M. Ball |
Aye
|
| T. Fick |
Aye
|
D.
Approve Special Meeting Minutes
Josh, Eleina, Monique, Tiffany, and Mario attended the meeting
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Boyd |
Absent
|
| L. Taylor |
Abstain
|
| M. Childress |
Aye
|
| T. Mitchell |
Abstain
|
| M. Ball |
Aye
|
| T. Fick |
Aye
|
| E. Raines |
Absent
|
| J. Giesler |
Aye
|
E.
Approve December Meeting Minutes
Julian, Monique, Tiffany, and Josh attended
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Giesler |
Aye
|
| E. Raines |
Absent
|
| T. Mitchell |
Abstain
|
| M. Ball |
Abstain
|
| L. Taylor |
Abstain
|
| M. Childress |
Aye
|
| T. Fick |
Aye
|
| J. Boyd |
Absent
|
II. Management Report
A.
Program & Operations
- Shine on Ethos
- New sections added to Management Report:
- Good News, Good Thoughts
- CPF results: from 11 to 1 Operations callouts; from 3 to 1 Finance callouts
- Saltshakers (Framing)
- i.e. shared accountability to meet expectations for board support/engagement
- Will be part of Shine section moving forward
- Good News, Good Thoughts
- Hiring and Staffing
- Victoria Hudson, new COO, joined the call
- Hiring for two more roles
- SY26 Curriculum Changes
- Shared considerations for seventh year in operation for literacy, math, science, social studies, and teacher PD
- Will do a curriculum demo with a small group of scholars - mixed grade levels
- Want to align with updated standards of excellence
- Attendance
- Attendance is well over 90% target - Ethos is at 97%; higher than APS
- 2025-26 Enrollment
- At 665, goal is 676
- Intervention and Specialized Services Update from Two Staff Members
- Hannah and Najiyah
B.
Facilities
III. Finance
A.
Monthly Financial Report
Michael from EdTech presented monthly financial report.
Reviewed:
- Financial forecast - higher than Oct forecast
- Monthly cash balance - improvement from December and expected to continue with federal funding, not expected to hit 60 days as needed for green marks with SCSC
- 2024-25 grant drawdown summary
- Balance sheet
- SCSC monitoring
- audit findings
IV. Fundraising Committee
A.
Annual HeART Auction
Request for clean-up crew from non-fundraising committee members
V. Governance
A.
Board Training Reminder
Pushing for all to attend February 11th and 12th, depending on board tenure
B.
Board Commitments
VI. Other Business
A.
Furniture RFP
COO shared Ethos' RFP for middle school furniture
VII. Voting Matters
A.
Vision & Mission Update
Will vote to approve for SCSC renewal; there will continue to be community conversations to refine with possible amendments
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Boyd |
Aye
|
| M. Childress |
Aye
|
| T. Fick |
Aye
|
| L. Taylor |
Aye
|
| E. Raines |
Absent
|
| J. Giesler |
Aye
|
| M. Ball |
Aye
|
| T. Mitchell |
Aye
|