Miles Ahead Charter School

MACS Board Meeting

Published on October 16, 2023 at 10:06 AM EDT
Amended on October 19, 2023 at 12:24 PM EDT

Date and Time

Thursday October 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM EDT

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 7:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   1 m
  C. Confirm amount of people who signed up in advance for Public Forum   2 m
  D. Approve Meeting Agenda Vote Henry Lust 3 m
  E. Approve Minutes from September 16, 2023 Approve Minutes Henry Lust
     
II. Treasurer's Report 7:37 PM
   
  A. Monthly Treasurer's Report/ Review of Monthly Forecasts FYI Dorian Laguerre 10 m
   

Board Meeting Presentation: 

 
III. Committee Updates 7:47 PM
  A. Committee Updates Discuss 10 m
   

Committees:

  1.   Academic
  2.   Development
  3.   Finance
  4.   Governance

  

Committee updates from Committee/Taskforce Leads

ALL Committees Please Be Prepared To Give an Update 

 - Organization ... Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary

 - Annual Meeting Schedules (in BoardonTrack?)

 - Committee Plans

 
IV. Executive Director Updates 7:57 PM
  A. Executive Director's Updates Discuss Kolt Bloxson 25 m
   
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/19HVXOzEurC1e5TvKfdXgFc7Ag8QDzwxILNHNZqaQWiM/edit?usp=sharing

 

 


 

 
V. Items to Vote On 8:22 PM
  A. Staffing Recommendations from Kolt Vote Kolt Bloxson 5 m
   

Hiring Suggestions:


 

Kindergarten: Promote Stefanie Kovacs, current Paraprofessional, to Co-Teacher with Sofia Tobon. 


 

First Grade: Hire Syrus Henry as a Special Education Paraprofessional. 


 

Second Grade: Transition Carolyn Poole to Special Education Paraprofessional and hire a Full Time teacher. Ms. Poole will remain in her class to support the new HR teacher, and serve as the Special Education Paraprofessional for students within that classroom. 


 

Special Education: Hire Syrus Henry and transition Carolyn Poole to complete the Special Education department. The department now includes Justin Williams, Aniya Howard, Syrus Henry, and Carolyn Poole. 


 

 
  B. Marketing Contract from SchoolMint Vote Kolt Bloxson 5 m
   

SchoolMint Contract review for Marketing


 

 
  C. Banking with Georgia's Own Credit Union
   

Adding Georgia's Own as a Banking Institution for MACS. 

 
VI. Meeting Discussion Topics 8:32 PM
  A. MACS 5-Year Strategic Plan FYI Henry Lust 2 m
   

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UFR2VYFZcRV10Y880yNC1DbtKCruvHuv5XCEQ7t_Hfs/edit?usp=sharing

 
  B. Bus Company - SmartKids Transportation Discuss Kolt Bloxson 5 m
  C. Facility Discuss Kolt Bloxson 5 m
  D. Charter Schools Growth Fund CEO Retreat Takeaways Discuss Kolt Bloxson 5 m
  E. Board Chair Followups FYI Henry Lust 5 m
   

Requested: The Miles Ahead Charter School Governance Board is interested in participating in the Governance Support Specialist Program during the ’23-’24 school year.

 

Enrolled: QBE Funding & School Budget Development, Nov. 27 & Nov. 29 ... (Cost: $300 ... Scholarship Requested)

REGISTER NOW 

 

Interested In Attending the 2024 Georgia Charter Schools Conference? ... Let Me Know ... There is a Cost: 

  1. March 11-13, 2024
  2. Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria
  3. REGISTER NOW 

 

FY24 SCSC Governance Training

Part One:

In-Person Session Information:

November 8, 2023 – Macon, GA

February 6, 2024 – Athens, GA

April 17, 2024 – Atlanta, GA

 

April 17th Enrollments:

Henry Lust

Ashlee Lee

Ed Miller

 

Part Two:

Part two will consist of numerous asynchronous virtual sessions that board members can choose from in order to complete their remaining 6 governance training hours. Board members will receive a link to these trainings directly from SCSC staff after the first in-person session and will have until April 30, 2024 to access and complete their asynchronous sessions. After that date, board members will not be able to access the sessions and will need to seek alternative training for any unfulfilled training hours.

 
VII. Closing Items 8:54 PM
  A. Public Forum - Opportunity for Submitted Questions from Public FYI Ashlee Lee 5 m
  B. Announcements FYI 1 m
  C. Adjourn Meeting Vote