Pataula Charter Academy, Inc (Serving Pataula Charter Academy and Spring Creek Charter Academy)
February 2023 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Location
PCA Inc Central Office Board Room
Agenda
| Purpose | Presenter | Time | |||
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| I. | Opening Items | 6:00 PM | |||
| A. | Record Attendance | ||||
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | ||||
| C. | Approve Agenda | Vote | |||
| D. | Approve Minutes | Approve Minutes | |||
| Approve minutes for January 2023 Board Meeting on January 23, 2023 | |||||
| E. | Approve Executive Session Minutes | Vote | |||
| F. | Public Comment | ||||
| G. | PCA Parent Appeal - Region Basketball | Vote | |||
| H. | Executive Session - Personnel | Vote | |||
| II. | Superintendent Report | ||||
| A. | Special Education Director approval | Vote | |||
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- Brandi Adams |
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| B. | Retirements | FYI | |||
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PCA Inc. - Kathy Martin will be retiring at the end of her contract. She intends to come back 49% in her current position of Federal Programs Director. SCCA - Dianne Houston will be retiring at the end of her contract. She intends to come back 49% as Intervention Teacher. *We are not asking the Board to make either of these positions part-time in case we want/need to hire for full-time sometime in the future. |
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| C. | PCA Principal Resignation | FYI | |||
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- Reagen Beamon is resigning at the end of her 2022-2023 contract. Assistant Principal, Christina Boyd, will move into the Principal position. The admin team will discuss how we want to restructure to determine what position we will hire for. |
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| D. | PCA - Add new positions | Vote | |||
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- Last year we combined an AP position with Counselor. We would like to split that back out into two positions. - Request to add a full-tim Gifted teacher for Gifted resource classes. *Both of these positions have been included in the preliminary budget, which still includes a healthy surplus. |
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| E. | PCA 2023-2024 Teacher Hires | Vote | |||
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- Eric Thomas - Adam Benton |
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| F. | PCA Para Resignations | FYI | |||
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- Helen Poke - Brooke Peak |
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| G. | PCA Paraprofessional Hire | Vote | |||
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- Renee Turner |
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| H. | SCCA Assistant Principal | FYI | |||
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- Samantha Leverette was chosen for the new Assistant Principal position at SCCA. |
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| I. | SCCA - Eliminate Leadership Coach position beginning 2023-2024 SY | Vote | |||
| J. | SCCA - Add Special Education Teacher position for 2023-2024 SY | Vote | |||
| K. | SCCA Resignations | FYI | |||
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The following teachers are resigning at the end of their 2022-2023 contracts: - Kitty Davis - Melissa Poitevant - Tina Thompson The following para is resigning at the end of the 2022-2023 SY: - Summer Confer |
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| L. | SCCA 2023-2024 Teacher Hires | Vote | |||
| M. | PCA - SCSC FY23 Monitoring | FYI | |||
| N. | SCCA - SCSC FY23 Monitoring | FYI | |||
| O. | PCA - Operational CPF Dashboard | FYI | |||
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- On target to meet on Operational CPF |
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| P. | SCCA - Operational CPF Dashboard | FYI | |||
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- On target to meet on Operational CPF |
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| III. | CFO/Business Director Report | ||||
| A. | Pataula Monthly Financial Reports | FYI | |||
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Reports through December 2022 - CPF Predictor, bank reconciliations and actuals |
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| B. | Pataula - Fiber connection - Vendor selection | Vote | |||
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Pataula received technology grant funds from the office of rural education and we are using to add fiber connection from the school to the athletic complex. This will help us install wifi devices and cameras. The school recommends using Action Alarm for this install at a cost of $26,000. We received two quotes for this. |
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| C. | Pataula - Exterminator Expense | Vote | |||
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The school is seeking approval to spend $6400 for prevention efforts. The vote will be to spend $6400 with Arrow Exterminators. |
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| D. | Spring Creek Monthly Financial Reports | FYI | |||
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Reports through November 2022 - bank reconciliations, CPF Predictor and Actuals |
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| IV. | Governance Committee Report | ||||
| A. | Board Retreat - Strategic Planning | FYI | |||
| B. | PCA INC Strategic Planning Vendor Selection | Vote | |||
| C. | FY23 Board Self-Assessment | FYI | |||
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- Be sure to complete the assessment if you have not already done so. The report will be used for strategic planning and/or annual goal setting. |
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| D. | PCA INC - Wellness Policy | Vote | |||
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The attached change removes the meeting requirement date from the wellness policy - the previous policy stated the committee would meet 4 times a year and that is not feasible. The new policy mandates a meeting once a year. |
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| V. | Academic Committee Report | ||||
| A. | January 2020 Academic Committee Meeting Report | FYI | |||
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- The committee reviewed 2021-2022 CCRPI scores, 2021-2022 Academic CPF Determination, and Winter MAP Data |
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| VI. | Ad Hoc Superintendent/CFO Evaluation Committee Report | ||||
| VII. | Closing Items | ||||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||