Miles Ahead Charter School

MACS Board Meeting

Published on November 12, 2023 at 11:18 PM EST
Amended on November 15, 2023 at 11:19 AM EST

Date and Time

Thursday November 16, 2023 at 7:30 PM EST

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. MACS PTO (Parent Teacher's Organization) Update 7:57 PM
  A. MACS PTO Update FYI Kelly Stevens-Bigby 10 m
V. Executive Director Updates 8:07 PM
  A. Executive Director's Updates Discuss Kolt Bloxson 25 m
   
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/19HVXOzEurC1e5TvKfdXgFc7Ag8QDzwxILNHNZqaQWiM/edit?usp=sharing

 

 
VI. Items to Vote On 8:32 PM
  A. Executive Director's Proposal to make Dec. 18 and 19 half days from 8:00-12:15pm. Vote Kolt Bloxson 5 m
  B. Executive Director's Proposed Changes to the Enrollment Policy. Vote Kolt Bloxson 5 m
  C. Food Service Vendor Vote Kolt Bloxson 2 m
   

Two companies responded but only one met the requirements ... School Gourmet

 
  D. Cancellation of December Board Meeting Vote Henry Lust 5 m
   

The Board is required to have 10 Board Meetings per year. We can therefore cancel the December Board meeting due holiday travel plans and we do not have any critical items requiring a vote in December.

 
  E. Kiddum Quote Vote Kolt Bloxson 7 m
VII. Meeting Discussion Topics 8:56 PM
  A. MACS 5-Year Strategic Plan FYI Henry Lust 2 m
   

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

 
  B. Facility Discuss Kolt Bloxson 5 m
  C. 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.

 

Board Chair Enrolled: QBE Funding & School Budget Development, Nov. 27 & Nov. 29 ... (Cost: Scholarship Approved)

 

There will be 6 Attending the 2024 Georgia Charter Schools Conference? ... Executive Director, Board Chair and 1 from each Standing Committee ... $225 per attendee:  Standing Committees let me know who from your committee will be attending so they can be enrolled.

  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

Uso Sayer

Tracy Reese

Jennifer Toussaint

Angel Turner

Erin Quackenbush

 

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.

 
VIII. Closing Items 9:08 PM
  A. Public Forum - Opportunity for Submitted Questions from Public FYI Ashlee Lee 5 m
  B. Announcements FYI 1 m
  C. Adjourn Meeting Vote