Miles Ahead Charter School

Minutes

MACS Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday May 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Location

MACS Board zoom Meeting

(LINK)

Meeting ID: 942 7716 1320

Passcode: 644023

MACS Board zoom Meeting

(LINK)

Meeting ID: 942 7716 1320

Passcode: 644023

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

H. Lust called a meeting of the board of directors of Miles Ahead Charter School to order on Thursday May 28, 2026 at 8:04 PM.

C.

Confirm amount of people who signed up in advance for Public Forum

No one signed up for Public Forum

D.

Approve Meeting Agenda

J. Toussaint made a motion to approve the agenda.
U. Sayers seconded the motion.

No discussion

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

E.

Approve Minutes from Last Board Meeting

J. Toussaint made a motion to approve the minutes from MACS Board Meeting on 04-23-26.
U. Sayers seconded the motion.

No discussion

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

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

J. Toussaint made a motion to approve the seven policies on the slate.
A. Turner seconded the motion.

Policies will be processed through Grammarly to ensure no grammatical errors

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Bridge Loan

J. Toussaint made a motion to approve the 21Cobalt loan of 75K for 8% (61-90 days).
J. Hazard seconded the motion.

No discussion

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

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

U. Sayers made a motion to enter executive session at 8:45pm for real estate discussion.
J. Toussaint seconded the motion.

No discussion

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

The Board will Transition out of Executive Session and Vote as necessary.

J. Toussaint made a motion to exit executive session at 8:57pm.
A. Turner seconded the motion.

No discussion

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

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

D.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:59 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
H. Lust