Miles Ahead Charter School
Minutes
MACS Board Meeting in Person
Date and Time
Saturday September 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Location
Location - In Person @ MACS:
4665 Macland Road, Building 300 Powder Springs, GA 30127
Optional Access:
MACS Board zoom Meeting
(LINK)
Meeting ID: 942 7716 1320
Passcode: 644023
Directors Present
A. Turner (remote), H. Lust, J. Foster, J. Toussaint (remote), J. Troutman, L. Brown, T. Marzette, T. Reese, U. Sayers
Directors Absent
J. Hazard, L. Schumpert
Guests Present
Jasmine Fuller, K. Bloxson (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance / Confirm Quorum
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Confirm amount of people who signed up in advance for Public Forum
D.
Approve Meeting Agenda
No discussion
E.
Approve Minutes from August 28, 2025
The Double Good campaign date is noted as starting in November in the meeting minutes but subsequent to the meeting the start date was changed to October.
II. Treasurer's Report
A.
Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer shared three reports. The Bank balance, budget to actual incomes statement, balance sheet, and cash flow were included in the reports shared.
QBE funding and status of grants were discussed.
Board members are encouraged to attend the Finance Committee Monthly meetings where financial information is discussed in detail.
III. Committee Updates
A.
Committee Updates
Academic Excellence Committee
- Jordan has attended training with Morgan Felts to obtain an understanding of committee requirements and how to support the Executive Director.
- Polled the board to see if there are pressing topics for the committee to discuss
- understanding of CCRPI scoring and how it is weighted and how we are assessed
- Academic dashboard is being created and will include MAP data throughout the school year so board members can see a snapshot of progress; during board meetings the plan will be discussed to highlight how the school plans to achieve growth across the year.
- the board is encouraged to attend the Academic Committee meeting where testing data will be discussed in detail.
Finance Committee
- Finance updates were provided during the Treasurer's report
Governance Committee
- Morgan Felts went over the compliance requirements and policies to be updated/created
- Personal Electronic Device and Student Information Exchange Policies were created and presented to the committee for review. The committee reviewed and approved the policy.
- Board member recruitment was discussed.
Development Task Force
- Main focus is the Double Good Fundraiser which is being kicked off on September 30th. There is a discrepancy in the date - some outlets list start date as September 30th and other list October 7th. The task force is leaning towards October 7th to allow all updates to be made.
- The Task Force leads will work to have an online donation website link available for those who do not want to purchase popcorn or may not want to donate through Double Good.
IV. MACS PTO (Parent Teacher's Organization) Update
A.
MACS PTO Update
No PTO updates
V. Executive Director Updates
A.
Executive Director's Updates
The Executive Director asked the Board to thank Ms. Reed for her assistance and welcome Ms. Foster to the board.
The Executive Director report was shared with the agenda and an overview presented during the meeting.
The plan for October during the Executive Director's leave was discussed.
VI. Items To Vote On
A.
Conflict Of Interest Document & Form
Page 6 and 7 of the document that was included with the agenda were updated due to a numbering issue.
VII. Review and Discussion Topics
A.
Board Chair Followups
Board Meetings Schedule for 2025-2026
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lyc4mJctCih6TmqmP-rBQIdVQxukf-tY1oxjGUPdsg8/edit?usp=sharing
Board meeting dates have updated and legal notice submitted - the November meeting is changed to the third Thursday.
Governance Training For 2026
State Charter School Governance Training Policy:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rIx5pvI2BM-dCTz02nT3Dp7TLKE_1D7-/view?usp=sharing
A board member is considered a new board member for the first two years on the board. The new board member training requirement apply for two years. New board members will attend the SCSC training in February AND the board training being hosted by Morgan Felts on a date to be determined.
- Morgan Felts Will Conduct the 6 Hour Governance Training For All Board Members.
- New Board Members will attend the February 11th Session
- Loudermilk Conference Center
- 40 Courtland St NE
Atlanta, GA, United States
- New Board Members / February 11th
- ALLBoard Members / TBS With Morgan Felts
Board On Track (BOT) Committees - if you have not met with Morgan Felts to ensure you have a firm grasp on BOT requirements, please do as ASAP!
B.
2025-2026 MACS Board
C.
Executive Session
Time 10:37
Exited executive session at 11:03am
D.
The Board will Transition out of Executive Session and Vote on Items as Necessary.
E.
Comments From Our Consultant: Morgan Felts / 21cobalt
No discussion as Morgan is not in attendance.
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Public Forum - Opportunity for Submitted Questions from Public
No discussion
No one signed up for Public Forum.