Miles Ahead Charter School

MACS Board Meeting

Published on January 10, 2024 at 3:25 PM EST
Amended on January 28, 2024 at 7:22 PM EST

Date and Time

Thursday January 18, 2024 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 November 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. SCSC Governance Support Program - Gregg Stevens
 

GSS.Program.Description.FY24

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10MIMG8ES3OU8lDqP4ElBIriCo9QVkARp/view?usp=sharing

 
V. MACS PTO (Parent Teacher's Organization) Update 7:57 PM
  A. MACS PTO Update FYI Kelly Stevens-Bigby 10 m
VI. 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

 

 
VII. Items to Vote On 8:32 PM
  A. Banking @ Georgia's Own Credit Union (GOCU) Vote Henry Lust 5 m
   
  1. Finance Committee Requests Post Approval to Open a Savings Account at Georgia's Own Credit Union (The Credit Union Automatically Opens A Companion Savings Account when a Checking Account Is Opened). Bylaws Requires Board Approval To Open a Savings Account.
  2. Finance Committee Recommends We Open A Second Savings Account At GOCU, a High Yield Savings Account.
  3. GOCU Is Our Bank for saving "Overflow" Funds from Our Truist Account so we keep a reasonable balance in the Truist Account ... Around $250,000. 
  4. Our Treasurer Transferred An Initial $25,000 to the GOCU Savings Account from the Truist Account. He will manage the balancing of funds held in the various accounts, therefore needs approval to potentially transfer large sums of money in excess of $50,000 at a time.  He will report the transfer activity and the bank balances to the Board Monthly.
 
  B. FY 25 Projections and Staff Proposals / Vote Vote Kolt Bloxson 10 m
     
  C. 2024-2025 Calendar review for vote. Vote Justin Browning 5 m
  D. Kolt’s recommendations in addition to Cobb’s Calendar: Vote Kolt Bloxson 5 m
   
  1. First Day of School Aug 5
  2. Professional Learning Day October 14
  3. Professional Learning Day March 17
  4. Last Day of School May 23
 
VIII. Meeting Discussion Topics 8:57 PM
  A. MACS 5-Year Strategic Plan FYI Henry Lust 2 m
   

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

 
  B. FY24 Monitoring Results - Action Teams Needed To Resolve Issues Discuss Henry Lust 10 m
   

Operations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10SYo_BkVT1PGumdYEviS9A0Nh8WnGL49/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111271138890830228698&rtpof=true&sd=true

 

Fiscal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10SYo_BkVT1PGumdYEviS9A0Nh8WnGL49/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111271138890830228698&rtpof=true&sd=true

 
  C. Board needs to develop Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Policies for MACS Discuss Kolt Bloxson 5 m
   

Consider the policies from other schools a starting point.

 
  D. Facility Discuss Kolt Bloxson 5 m
  E. Board Chair Followups FYI Henry Lust 5 m
   

FY24 SCSC Governance Training (Note: 3 Board Members did not complete all required 12 hrs in 2023)

 

Part One:

In-Person Session Information:

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

Celine Brown-Roberts

 

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.

 
IX. Closing Items 9:24 PM
  A. Public Forum - Opportunity for Submitted Questions from Public FYI Ashlee Lee 5 m
  B. Announcements FYI 1 m
  C. Adjourn Meeting Vote