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Miles Ahead Charter School

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Public Budget Hearing #2

2027 Budget

Date and Time

Saturday June 27, 2026 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, H. Lust, J. Hazard, J. Toussaint, L. Brown, T. Reese, U. Sayers (remote)

Directors Absent

J. Foster, T. Marzette

Guests Present

Anita Booker, Hnery Smith, K. Bloxson, Katherine White, Lakisha Cox, Lewis Cox, M. Felts (remote), gstevens@21cobalt.com (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

H. Lust called a meeting to order on Saturday Jun 27, 2026 at 9:04 AM.

C.

Review 2027 MACS Budget

Kolt presented the 2026 - 2027 Budget linked below.

 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v32gCUUVZBeg_FprJLa3TIwo1W1LfRZF/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109936900597113791632&rtpof=true&sd=true

 

  • Expanding to 6th grade
  • FY 27 Enrollment 320 students vs FY 26 Enrollment of 281
  • Free & reduced lunch 192
  • Budgeted Income: $4.98M
  • Budgeted Expenses: $4.81M
  • School Day Bus added back for $60,000; families would be paying their contribution to meet the total of $120K. 
  • Facility Threshold lifted back to $450,000, negotiations for the reduction of both space and lease is ongoing
  • Contracted teachers went down - No Radical Scholars and No Music. These are family & scholar favorites but the reality is that with Calder Foundation funds sunsetting this year at $100,000 we lost the investment in those funds.
  • Fundraising and Donation has also been increased- we had success in the first semester with Double Good! We should be running 2 fundraisers of that capacity per year, and donations (give or get from members) should also increase

D.

Public Comments

None

II. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:27 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
H. Lust