Final

Sankofa Montessori

Full Board Meeting

Published on March 25, 2024 at 10:35 PM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday March 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM EDT

Location

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Through a culturally responsive, child and family-centered Montessori education, Sankofa Montessori ensures that all of our students develop the knowledge, skill, and agency to have a life of purpose.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Adrienne Nash 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Kimberly Karacalidis 1 m
  C. Approve Previous Meeting Minutes Vote Kimberly Karacalidis 5 m
II. Committee Meeting Updates 6:37 PM
  A. Academic Committee FYI Andrea Allen-Thames 10 m
   
  • Testing
  • Hiring
  • Enrollment--adjusting enrollment numbers and financial implications
  • Montessori Training Program
  
  B. Finance Committee FYI Gregory Edward 15 m
   

 

  • Budget review (using internal real time spending tracker)
  • Finance proposal discussion
  • Discuss timeline of getting to approve the final budget for SY 24-25 by June 1, 2024
  
  C. Facilities Task Force FYI Fawn Sheffield 10 m
   

Updates on Phase II of construction

  
  D. Governance Committee Meeting Vote Kimberly Karacalidis 5 m
   
  • Grant award (CSP)
  • Sankofa Montessori has been awarded a CSP State Entity subgrant award (FAIN S282A220006) of $1.25 million by the State Charter Schools Foundation of Georgia (SCSF) to support the (opening and preparation for the operation of a new / opening and preparation for the operation of a replicated high-quality / expansion of a high-quality) charter school in Georgia. The Sankofa Montessori governing board accepts this federal subgrant with the conditions and requirements set forth in the CSP Subgrant Agreement with the SCSF.
  
III. Public Comment
 

The Board Chair or Vice Chair will let this section and keep time.Each guest will be given time to speak for 2 minutes. A guest may yield his/her time to someone else. 

  
IV. Executive Director's Corner 7:17 PM
  A. Updates Discuss Sarah Harvey 15 m
   

Current Staff Updates

Corrective Action Items Update

Strong Finish (What is on tap for the end of the year? What support is needed?)

  
V. Closing Items 7:32 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Kimberly Karacalidis 1 m