Miles Ahead Charter School
Minutes
MACS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Saturday September 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Location
This meeting is in-person at MACS as per our agreed schedule to have an in-person Board Meeting on the 3rd month of the quarter @ 9AM. Zoom is available for those with conflicts.
Directors Present
C. Menifee (remote), D. Laguerre II, E. Miller, H. Lust, J. Hazard, J. Troutman, L. Schumpert, T. Reese, U. Sayers
Directors Absent
A. Turner, E. Quackenbush, J. Toussaint
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
E.
Approve Minutes from August 15, 2024
U. Sayers abstained from voting because she did not have the chance to review the minutes.
II. Treasurer's Report
A.
Financial Reporting
July Ending Bank Balance; $361,144.77
Checks $64,869.85
Other withdrawals $401,589.18
Deposits $402,995.60
August ending balance: $297,681.34
Cash Balance : $378,493.44
The Grants Summary was also reviewed.
III. Committee Updates
A.
Committee Updates
Academic - No updates
Development
- Board's contribution to MACS will be coming up in November.
- Erin is no longer on the Development committee. She is focused on the Academic committee.
Finance - See Treasurer's Report and Finance Committee Meeting (09/12/2024) minutes
Governance - No updates
IV. MACS PTO (Parent Teacher's Organization) Update
A.
MACS PTO Update
No updates at this time
V. Executive Director Updates
A.
Academic Updates
We have our Georgia milestone scores as well as our fall map data.
Summary of the data:
- More performing students in the developing category (level 2)
- Around 1/4 of our students in proficient or distinguished
- However, some of the students (5th grade) whose data are included in the assessment did not return. They either went to other schools or moved.
- Measures to work with students whose scores were concerning are in classrooms with less than 22 students. Additionally, 5th grade class has two teachers, fourth grade has one experienced teacher, third grade has a teacher fellow as well as the support teachers from additional staff from exceptional child department.
- We're trying to be strategic to meet the needs of scholars.
- We've also started the TAG (Talented and Gifted) program.
- When it comes to fall map data, we're trending really well overall for math.
- ELA data is more of a spread in fifth grade. Again, some of those students in that category did not return,
Overall, good first year baseline data when it comes to milestones and we're trying to be very intentional when it comes to small group instruction 3rd through 5th grade. Making sure that class size is smaller and that we have strategic teaching happening for those scholars in those grades. When it comes to the overall map data, we're trending in the 55th percentile for math, and 54th percentile for reading. Over 1/4 of our scholars are in the 60th percentile or better.
Kolt's recommendation is to develop DRC benchmarks earlier in the year to closely monitor student based growth and achievement.
VI. Items to Vote On
A.
Part-time Coach For Title Funds
B.
Conflict Of Interest Policy ... Vote ... Complete, Sign
A reminder for each board member to review, sign, and return to Kolt.
VII. Review and Discussion Topics
A.
Review MACS State Charter
With the current school year, the board discussed if changes to the charter was warranted. None were warranted at this time.
B.
Review MACS By-Laws
With the current school year, the board discussed if changes to the by-laws was warranted. None were warranted at this time.
C.
MACS 4-Year Strategic Plan
With the current school year, the board discussed if changes to the 4-Year Strategic Plan was warranted. None were warranted at this time.
D.
Board Chair Followups
There are no updates to the Board structure.
Name Tags - Board would like to order Name Tags for the purposes of identification when attending functions.
E.
Executive Session (If Required)
Executive session was not warranted at this time.
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Public Forum - Opportunity for Submitted Questions from Public
There were no Public Comments submitted.
B.
Announcements
Next week is Fall Break. We are still going through the audit. Dorian is studying for the CPA.
There were no Public Comments submitted.