Sankofa Montessori

Full Board Meeting

Published on September 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday September 25, 2024 at 6:30 PM EDT

Location

Meeting ID: 601 495 1069

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   Andrea Allen-Thames 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Andrea Allen-Thames 3 m
    Approve minutes for Full Board Meeting on August 28, 2024  
II. Academic Excellence 6:35 PM
  A. Sankofa in Action FYI Andrea Allen-Thames 5 m
  B. Committee Highlights FYI Andrea Allen-Thames 15 m
   

School-wide Goals

Staffing 

Attendance

Student Culture Data

Academic Data

MAP Testing 

Inventive Features

Task Force Update

Any Additional Comments/Insight from ED

 
III. Finance 6:55 PM
  A. Committee Meeting Highlights FYI Gregory Edward 10 m
   

August Financial Report 

Audit Update

Any Additional Comments/Insight from ED

 
IV. Facility Task Force 7:05 PM
  A. Highlights and Updates FYI Andrea Allen-Thames 5 m
   

Any Additional Comments/Insight from ED

 
V. Governance 7:10 PM
  A. Policy Updates Vote Adrienne Nash 15 m
   

Update to Conflict of Interest (Added to Bylaws)

 

Board Members:

 

Will not act in his or her official capacity in any matter where he or she, his or her immediate family member, or a business organization in which he or she has an interest has a material financial interest that would reasonably be expected to impair his or her objectivity or independence of judgment; 

 

Will not Solicit or accept or knowingly allow his or her immediate family member or a business organization in which he or she has an interest to solicit or accept any gift, favor, loan, political contribution, service, promise of future employment, or other thing of value based upon an understanding that the gift, favor, loan, contribution, service, promise, or other thing of value was given or offered for the purpose of influencing that board member in the discharge of his or her duties as a board member; 

 

Will not Use, or knowingly allow to be used, his or her position or any information not generally available to the members of the public which he or she receives or acquires in the course of and by reason of his or her position for the purpose of securing financial gain for himself or herself, his or her immediate family member, or any business organization with which he or she is associated; 

 

Will not Be an officer or serve on the board of directors of any organization that sells goods or services to that state charter school


 

Edits to Community Handbook

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_2ZjH82TQMhnTG2GN6pWc79_AFhyNipkolaMmBsM-kg/edit

 

 
VI. Public Comment 7:25 PM
  A. Community Talk Discuss Andrea Allen-Thames 30 m
   

Each guest will be given 2 minutes to share questions/concerns/comments.  He/she may yield his/her time to another guest.  A Board member will give a 30 second warning to ensure that guests complete their current thoughts.    

 

Please note that this time is not for detailed responses.  It is a time for the Board and the Sankofa Administration to hear from the Community.  

 

 

 
VII. Closing Items 7:55 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Andrea Allen-Thames 1 m