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

H. Lust called a meeting of the board of directors of Miles Ahead Charter School to order on Thursday Jul 20, 2023 at 7:38 PM.

C.

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

None. 

D.

Approve Minutes

T. Reese made a motion to approve the minutes from June 2023 Board Meeting Minutes. MACS June 2023 Board Meeting on 06-17-23.
E. Miller seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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

A. Lee arrived at 7:50 PM.

Board members asked clarifying questions to Aloma and she answers them regarding proframing and cost. 

C. Browne-Roberts made a motion to Approve the proposal from Radical Scholars for MACS SY 23-24.
C. Menifee seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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

E. Miller made a motion to Pay $30,000 for cabling infrastructure for MACS.
C. Browne-Roberts seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Travel Policy

E. Quackenbush made a motion to Vote on Travel Policy to look into city’s travel policy and to adopt it as our own.
A. Turner seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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

  1. 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 
       
  2. Topics for Next Board Meeting
    • Shift to Governing Board 

C.

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,
C. Browne-Roberts