Miles Ahead Charter School
Minutes
MACS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday May 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Location
Directors Present
A. Turner (remote), H. Lust (remote), J. Hazard (remote), J. Toussaint (remote), U. Sayers (remote)
Directors Absent
J. Foster, L. Brown, T. Marzette, T. Reese
Guests Present
K. Bloxson, kolt
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 Last Board Meeting
No discussion
II. Treasurer's Report / Jennifer Toussaint Williams
A.
Share The Treasurer's Report
Jennifer Toussaint, Treasurer, shared the Treasurer's Report for May 2026:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pu0t3x9sRe-9qaGJc7d4qZ40cKrbRK2U/view
Discussion points/highlights:
- Continued to meet financial commitments without default, despite shortfall
- Contracted 21Cobalt to perform an operational audit; results to be shared during June 2026 board meeting; hopeful there will be efficiencies gained/shared
III. Committee Updates
A.
Committee / Updates
Academic Committee
- Nothing to report; will be reviewing testing data with the Executive Director and will share details during the June 2026 board meeting.
- Plans for 2026/2027 will be discussed with the Executive Director
Financial Committee
- Please see Treasurer's report
Governance Committee
- Meetings held on May 7th and May 14th
Development Taskforce
- No updates; plans to meet in the coming weeks and plans to meet with Ms. Coleman
IV. MACS PTO (Parent Teacher's Organization) Update
A.
MACS PTO Update
No members of the PTO joined.
V. Executive Director Updates
A.
Executive Director's Updates
Academic updates will be provided during the Board Meeting.
Kolt has been accepted into the Leader in Me Program and will be at the Harvard School of Education
Looking forward to results of 21Cobalt's operational audit
VI. Items To Vote On
A.
Approve the Updated MACS Policies
Policies will be processed through Grammarly to ensure no grammatical errors
B.
Bridge Loan
No discussion
VII. For Your Consideration ...
A.
School Bus
The board discussed incorporating the cost of a school bus in the 2026-2027 budget. The total cost of the bus would be split between parents and the school so the school will be responsible for $60K.
VIII. Review and Discussion Topics
A.
Board Chair Followups
Joe, Tracy, and Uso will need to complete training by June 30th. They are working on training currently.
B.
2025-2026 MACS Board
Three potential board members are being interviewed.
C.
Executive Session
No discussion
D.
The Board will Transition out of Executive Session and Vote as necessary.
No discussion
IX. Closing Items
A.
Public Forum - Opportunity for Submitted Questions from Public
No public forum attendees or submissions
B.
Announcements
No annoucements
C.
Next Board Meeting: June 27, 2026 In Person @ MACS @ 9:00AM
Reminder we will have budget hearing #2 prior to the next board meeting and we need quorum
No one signed up for Public Forum