Missy Harrod brought up unexpected large expenses that were unforeseen - A/C units at Blazer Life Center and update Windows System for school that is about to be out of date. Chromebooks and Firewall must be purchased. Title 1 Budget will cover Chromebook costs.

Ray Muggridge reached out about the Dollar General building but no response yet to our questions.

Bus quotes being discussed and researched. Quotes being searched out.

Enrollment sits a 1,005 students and cap is at 1,050.  Strategic planning recommends BCCS increasing enrollment cap by 50 students possibly mid year. Nurse's clinic has been very busy.  Flu shots coming to campus 9/25/25.

New program Go504 to help manage 504 plans, meetings, etc. The new school counselor, Raquel Ewings-Murray has helped implement this.

Mary Sullivan is the new McKinney-Vento coordinator.

School level reports:

LaJuana Smith said that middle school is having "rap sessions" with herself and the school counselor. These are opportunities for the students to communicate things that are on their mind. These will happen monthly through December. Benchmark testing has been completed and grade level meetings to review data and discuss improvements have already begun. 504 meetings have already begun and overall middle school is doing well.

Dustin Green said that high school is also done with benchmark testing. All students now have chromebooks. High school is soliciting ideas from students on ways to reach out to and serve our community. High school art painted a mural on the outside of the elementary art building using the VR sets that were purchased for this reason.

Missy Harrod spoke for Meredith Powell and said that elementary is pleased with the data they are receiving and the reading rallies went very well. Those events raised money for the library.

Kelly Rucker introduced a new service called Cartwheel that will be made available to our campus beginning 11/1/25. This will be a virtual counseling service available to our students with 25 referrals per school year. They offer care coordinators for our families and also counseling to our teachers. A statewide grant from the state will pay for this. It will be received monthly for a total of $20,000 annually. This program bills both insurance and medicaid. The grant will cover non-insured costs for families. Participants will use Tina coalson's private testing room for appointments.

There are three spots that will be open for re-election/new members- Kate Von Glahn's (she resigned December 2024) and John Hilliard's who is not seeking re election. Rashelle Minix' spot is up for re election and she is willing to serve another term. The Governing Board asked Kate Von Glahn to serve on the nominating committee. Rashelle Minix and Brittany Shiver both said they were willing to serve on the committee as well. (After review, Sonya Williams will serve on the committee rather than Rashelle Minix due to her term coming up on re election.)

Missy Harrod consulted with the SCSC and the BCCS attorney regarding electronic voting for board members and was told that our by-laws do not currently allow this. The annual meeting will be held next month on October 28, 2025 at 6:00pm. Stakeholders will vote on a slate of nominees presented by the nominating committee. At least 10 stakeholders need to be present and vote according to the by-laws.

The SCSC and the BCCS attorney advised the board that most charter schools do not allow stakeholders to vote but seek nominations only from them. It was discussed about potentially amending by-laws to reflect this change for next school year's elections. This year's elections will continue on as planned. 

Conflict Of Interest forms were given out to board members and collected at the end of the meeting. Amber Manriquez and Shavonne Threatts will need theirs emailed to them since they were not in attendance.

Trainings will be in Macon and Atlanta. These are still not available for members to sign up for.

A draft of the potential model of strategic plan was presented to the board. This is an ongoing process for this year. Meetings are happening weekly with Admin.

John Hilliard stated that he would like to see the property records cleaned up and borders properly recorded. He would like to see that cost put into the new budget and make certain that it is handled.