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J. Toussaint & EdTecnshared the following reports.

Treasurer's Report:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OPpBQqQvFpQ3zjHFa330Oem-BIjzBuWy/view?usp=

October 2025 YTD::

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i5vNViXiH63Td2NMLt7qzH-acxe5KYR8/view?usp=sharing

Updates from Committee/Taskforce Leads

Committees:

•   Academic
  • T. Marzette noted the committee met today and they are working with Morgan on Academic dashboard
•   Finance
  • See Treasurer's report above. 
•   Governance
  • T. Reese noted they met on 1st Thursday. Working on a policy tracker for all policies - pdf and word versions. Once completed, it will be shared with the board
  • Next meeting with be in January

Taskforces:

• Development  
  • L. Brown noted Giving Tuesday is fastly approaching. Taskforce is working on a solicitation letter to send out to donors.

No update shared.

• Kolt thanked the board for timeoff the month of October. 
• We have a new MACS website! It is a HUGE upgrade and we are excited about it! 
• 3 Month at a Glance Scope of Success (HERE). The tracker for November through January has shifted based upon outcomes from October. KBP will discuss more but members should review the items list especially planning for: Giving Tuesday (December 2). Planning for Meeting with Morgan regarding Board member training geared towards MACS (target for January) 
• By the End of November: Academic Goal: All standards based Benchmarking for K-5 will be completed. This data will be reviewed during December against MAP Growth data. By Dec. 17, we will have first semester standardized and growth data for review. 
• Fundraising Goal: Our MACS community raised just over $20,000 from Double Good! Woo hoo! We still have Giving Tuesday for corporate, Board, and other donations. Be sure to push it out and be prepared for your Board contributions on this day. 
• Governance Goal: We completed monitoring on time! Woo hoo! Now, we want to focus on policy, dashboard, or Board member development. 
• December is our half way mark pit stop, and it is full of great ways to engage! We would love for Board Members to come see our Holiday Program December 12 (starting at 12:00pm) and see what our ExPedition Day teachers have organized. Also, join us for our Employee Holiday Dinner December 18 at The Oliver Tree in HIram. So many great ways to celebrate how MACSnificent we are 
• Shout Outs! 
  • Henry, Jennifer, Angel and everyone else who did a little (or a lot extra) while I was away! Thank you endlessly! 
  • LaTrecia who KILLED IT during our Double Good fundraiser! The funds keep on coming!
• Real Men Read: Our Academics Team is launching our monthly Real Men Read campaign to support the visibility of reading. We are looking to have at least 14 men join us monthly to ensure every classroom has a reader 
  
   

Amend MACS's Charter To Add An Additional Year To Account For The School’s Initial Pre-Opening Deferral.

MACS's governing board must formally vote to request to amend the school’s charter contract to add the additional year. The school must then send those meeting minutes to the SCSC along with the formal request. From there staff will formulate a recommendation to take to the full SCSC board for a vote.

We must send the materials directly after the November 20th meeting, and the SCSC should be able to get MACS added to their December 10th agenda.

Board Meetings Schedule for 2025-2026 ... 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lyc4mJctCih6TmqmP-rBQIdVQxukf-tY1oxjGUPdsg8/edit?usp=sharing

Governance Training For 2026 ...

State Charter School Governance Training Policy:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rIx5pvI2BM-dCTz02nT3Dp7TLKE_1D7-/view?usp=sharing

• Morgan Felts Will Conduct the 6 Hour Governance Training For All Board Members.
• New Board Members (1-2 years on the Board) will attend the February 11th Session (4 hours)
  • Loudermilk Conference Center
  • 40 Courtland St NE
    Atlanta, GA, United States
• New Board Members will have to complete 2 hours of virtual training

1. New Board Members / February 11th (4 hrs.)
2. New Board Members / Virtual Training (2 hrs.)
3. ALL Board Members / Saturday January 17th, 9:30am-4:30pm (should be done by 3:30pm)/ With Morgan Felts (6 hrs.) If you are unable to make this date, then you must enroll in the Atlanta Governance Class on February 12th when enrollment opens up.
    

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!

MACS 2025-2026 Board Structure:

• Board Officers:
• Board Chair: Henry L. Lust
• Board Vice-Chair: Tracy Reese
• Board Secretary: Uso Sayers
• Board Treasurer: Jennifer Toussaint Williams

• Board Committees:
  • Academic Excellence
    • Dr. Joel Hazard (6/30/2026)
    • Jordan Troutman (6/30/2026)
    • Taccara Marzette (6/30/2027)
    • Candidates:
      1.  
  • Finance
    • Jennifer Toussaint 
    • Lamont Schumpert (6/30/2026)
    • Dr. Jasmine Foster (6/30/2027)
    • Candidates:
      1.  
  • Governance
    • Tracy Reese (6/30/2026)
    • Uso Sayers (6/30/27) 
    • Henry L. Lust (6/30/27)
    • Candidates:
• Board Taskforces:

1. Development

• Angel Turner (6/30/2026)
• Latriecia Brown (6/30/2027)
• Candidates:
  1.  

The board will transition to an Executive Session to discuss Real Estate and Personnel.

No items to vote on from Executive Session

• Board training on January 17th
• Working with Kolt and team on website compliance - final review will be done in January
• Working on policy infrastructure tracker for Governance Committee and Academic Dashboard for Academic Committee
• Debt to Asset Classification and Budget Approval Checklist being developed for Finance Committee

Message from one of the families about Ms. Thomas, Kindergarten teacher. Parent texted to share appreciation for the drastic growth in daughter's reading since August.

No discussion

No meeting in December