Miles Ahead Charter School
Minutes
Miles Ahead Charter School Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday August 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Location
Directors Present
H. Lust (remote), H. Robinson (remote), H. Smith (remote), J. Foster (remote), J. Hazard (remote), J. Toussaint (remote), K. White (remote), L. Cox (remote), U. Sayers
Directors Absent
A. Booker, L. Brown
Guests Present
Heather Robinson (remote), 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 June 27, 2026
No discussion
II. Treasurer's Report
A.
Treasurer's Report
Jennifer Toussaint shared the Treasurer's Report.
The fiscal year-end report, for period ended June 30, 2026 was shared.
Link to Treasurer's report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19jF6tKyKBjeO1FSyWnAJw6NNMXcra49q/view
Financials for the month of July 2026 and August 2026 will be shared at the September Board meeting
III. Committee Updates
A.
Committee Updates
Committees / Taskforce:
- Academic
- Dr. Joel Hazard provided the committee update. The committee met with Kolt to discuss committee expectations including professional development for teachers action plan to improve assessment scores, special education students, and students with low attendance
- MAP data showed that scholars are improving; it was noted that the longer students are at MAC, the more improved their assessment scores are
- The Committee will be meeting with Kolt every other month
- State implemented Math Matters Matt HB 1030 focused on Math Instruction; requires 4th and 5th grade students receive at least 60 mins Math instruction daily
- Finance
- See Treasurer's report above. Nothing additional shared.
- Governance
- Dr. Henry Smith indicated he shared some comments on areas for Governance to Kolt. No additional updates.
Development Taskforce
- MACS Fundraising Goals 2026-2027 ... $60,000
- Must Be A Complete Team Effort ... ALL HANDS ON DECk!
- Food truck night was a success. Vendors give MACS 10% of sales. Will be doing Food Truck days at least once monthly
- Received a donation of $15K
IV. MACS PTO (Parent Teacher's Organization) Update
A.
MACS PTO Update
No PTO members in attendance.
V. Executive Director Updates
A.
Executive Director's Updates
Kolt shared a few updates via newsletter. Highlights include:
Miles Ahead Charter School earned an 87.5 on our CCRPI progress points!
Miles Ahead Charter School outperformed the State of Georgia in Progress Points.
Grew more than 10 total points from year 1 to year 2 according to Georgia's CCRPI metrics.
Above the 60th percentile on NWEA's Measures of Adequate Progress (MAP) in both ELA and Mathematics.
Detailed newsletter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11jiG28Pk2yAWTDzllLJJ2DTm_AFqGH1kFda6lXzA-lE/edit?tab=t.0
VI. Items To Vote On
A.
MACS FY2027 May and June Public Budget Meetings Minutes
MACS FY2027 May and June Public Budget Meetings Minutes
Vote
Henry Lust
2 m
To correct the records, the May and June Public Budget Meeting Minutes Needs To Be Approved.
MAY:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zhxW57lU_BjJY5RorZhXjNbDKQgu2lMC/view?usp=drive_link
JUNE:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZvohXId_PPu8vYsROnSTlnmvoxVNsnZ0/view?usp=drive_link
No discussion
B.
Reduction In Force Policy
No discussion
C.
FMLA Policy
Discussion points shared by Dr. Henry Smith asking whether the resignation requirement for the up to 6 weeks of medical leave for part time employees can be updated to review case by case based on operational needs rather requiring resignation.
D.
Code Of Conduct Policy
Dr. Henry Smith emailed discussion points that will be reviewed
E.
Attendance Policy
No discussion
F.
FTE/Schedule Optimization Package
21 Cobalt reviewed full time equivalency/schedule for optimization and submitted a budget for the engagement. The engagement is expected to yield revenue and 21 Cobalt would receive a commission of the funds received.
This service is included in the services currently being provided by Crossing Dot.
No discussion
G.
Update 2026-2027 Board Officers and Directors
MACS 2026-2027 Board Structure:
- Board Officers:
- Board Chair: Henry L. Lust
- Board Vice-Chair: Latriecia Brown
- Board Secretary: Uso Sayers
- Board Treasurer: Lewis Cox
- Board Committees / Taskforce:
- Academic Excellence
- Joel Hazard - Chair
- Katherine White - Vice-Chair/Secretary
- Henry L. Lust
- Finance
- Lewis Cox - Chair
- Jasmine Foster - Vice-Chair/Secretary
- Anita Booker
- Henry L. Lust
- Development Taskforce
- Latriecia Brown - Chair
- Henry L. Lust
- Governance
- Dr. Henry Smith - Chair
- Uso Sayers - Vice-Chair/Secretary
- Henry L. Lust
- Academic Excellence
No discussion.
VII. Review and Discussion Topics
A.
Board Chair Followups
No board chair follow-ups
B.
Executive Session
No need for executive session
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Public Forum - Opportunity for Submitted Questions from Public
No public forum comments
B.
Announcements
No announcements
C.
Next Board Meeting: Saturday September 19, 2026 @ 9:00am via Zoom
Note to board members - the September board meeting will not be held in person. It will be a Zoom meeting.
No one signed up for public forum