Miles Ahead Charter School
Minutes
July 2023 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday July 20, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Directors Present
A. Lee (remote), A. Turner, C. Browne-Roberts (remote), C. Menifee (remote), E. Miller (remote), E. Quackenbush (remote), H. Lust (remote), J. Browning (remote), J. Toussaint (remote), T. Reese (remote), U. Sayers (remote)
Directors Absent
D. Laguerre II
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
A. Lee
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Confirm amount of people who signed up in advance for Public Forum
D.
Approve Minutes
II. Treasurer's Report
A.
Monthly Treasurer's Report/ Review of Monthly Forecasts
Reviewed the month of June 2023 Treasury Report .
III. Committee Shareouts
A.
Committee Shareouts
Updates:
Community engagement will transition to the Family and Community Crew–a meeting will be held prior to the board meeting
Be on the lookout for nurse candidates, We are looking to hire a part time nurse to be 25 hours or less. Please refer anyone looking for parttime work to Kolt.
IV. Monthly Pre-opening Tracker Check-in
A.
Upcoming Pre-opening Tracker Items
Henry updated the board the we will no longer Review the Preopening Tracker since all items have been completed and we are now an operational school.
V. Guest Presentations
A.
Aloma from Radical Scholars Presentation-Curriculum and Budget
Board members asked clarifying questions to Aloma and she answers them regarding proframing and cost.
B.
Brittany Williams from Heritage Homeschoolers of Cobb County
Aimbriel from Heritage Homeschoolers proposed them using the indoor and outdoor playground spaces at MACS.
Henry asked about noise level impeding on MACS students learning while the space is used.
Board members asked additional clarifying questions.
Heritage Homeschoolers: Using the shared Playspace
-attorney opinion
-time of day
-investment or exchange for usage
-bathroom/ emergency issue
-policy for use of space
-chat comments were of concern for safety
The need for clear guidelines and policies was raised with more time needed to determine our decisions . This was tabled for further discussion.
VI. Kolts Korner
A.
Kolt's Korner
Discussion about meals
-Using 5400.00 as a No Hungry Child Fund- board agreed
-Charging 7.50 per day-board agreed
VII. Meeting Discussion Topics
A.
Required Cabling For The School for Internet Access
B.
Travel Policy
C.
CPF Tracker
Tabled for next meeting.
D.
Board Retreat- September 9th @ 9am at MACS
Tabled for next meeting.
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Public Forum - Opportunity for Submitted Questions from Public
B.
Announcements
- Next Steps for Board Members
- Board Member support with operations July 31 - August 4, if everyone could spare either a morning(7:15 - 8:00) or an afternoon (2:45 - 3:30).
- Board Retreat- September 9th at 8 am
- Topics for Next Board Meeting
- Shift to Governing Board
None.