Pataula Charter Academy, Inc (Serving Pataula Charter Academy and Spring Creek Charter Academy)
April 2025 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Location
PCA Inc. Central Office
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 March 2025 Board Meeting on March 24, 2025 | |||||
| E. | Approve Executive Session Minutes | Vote | |||
| F. | Public Comment | ||||
| G. | Executive Session - FERPA | Vote | |||
| H. | Executive Session - Personnel | Vote | |||
| II. | Superintendent Report | ||||
| A. | PCA Teacher Hires for 25/26 SY | Vote | |||
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- Jaimi Hingson - Elementary |
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| B. | SCCA - New Gifted Teacher Position | Vote | |||
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- We would like to add a Gifted Teacher Position at SCCA for the 25/26 SY. This will increase the amount of pull-out gifted services we can provide. |
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| C. | SCCA Teacher Hires for 2025-2026 SY | Vote | |||
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- Pam Oliver - MS teacher - Jonelle Baskette - Special Ed Teacher - Alan Beckett - PE/football coach |
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| D. | SCCA Para Hire for 25/26 SY | Vote | |||
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- Brad Bell |
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| E. | SCCA Resignation | FYI | |||
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- Jenni Downs is resigning effective at the end of her 24-25 SY contract. |
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| F. | SCCA Termination | Vote | |||
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- Recommendation to terminate the employment of Marcellous Deshun effective immediately. |
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| G. | PCA/SCCA 25/26 School Year Curricula Approval | Vote | |||
| H. | PCA - Operational CPF Dashboard | FYI | |||
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- On target to meet on Operational CPF |
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| I. | SCCA - Operational CPF Dashboard | FYI | |||
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- On target to meet on Operational CPF |
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| J. | Enrollment Updates | FYI | |||
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- The lotteries for the 2025-2026 SY were held in January. PCA has 587 tentatively enrolled (11 short of full) with 89 on the waiting list. SCCA has 518 tentatively enrolled (34 short of full - high school) with 101 on the waiting list. |
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| III. | CFO/Business Director Report | 6:00 PM | |||
| A. | PCA INC - Intrafi Agreement | Vote | |||
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Approval to enter into an agreement with the Bank of Edison and Intrafi |
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| B. | PCA Monthly Financial Reports | FYI | |||
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monthly financial reports through February 2025 |
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| C. | PCA - FY 26 General Operating Budget - final presentation | FYI | |||
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final presentation of Pataula's budget for FY 2026 |
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| D. | PCA FY 26 Budget - public comment | FYI | |||
| E. | PCA FY 26 General Operating Budget Approval | Vote | |||
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Adoption of Pataula's FY 26 budget |
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| F. | Pataula - Fence vendor approval | Vote | 5 m | ||
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Approval for fencing as part of our safety grant funds |
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| G. | SCCA - Monthly Board Reports | FYI | |||
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Review monthly financials through February 2025 |
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| H. | SCCA - FY 26 General Operating Budget - final presentation | FYI | |||
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final presentation of the FY 26 budget for SCCA |
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| I. | SCCA FY 26 Budget - Public Comment | FYI | |||
| J. | SCCA - FY 26 General Operating Budget Approval | Vote | |||
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Adoption of SCCA's FY 26 budget |
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| K. | SCCA - Activity Bus Purchase Approval | Vote | |||
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approval to purchase two pre-owned multifunction activity buses including 60 month warranty for $177,970 from American Bus Sales . This was the only vendor that was able to quote used buses to closely match the buses that are in PCA INC fleet |
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| IV. | Governance Committee Report | 6:05 PM | |||
| A. | Board Conflict of Interest Policy Amendment | Vote | |||
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- amended to reflect changes in HB1122 required by July 1, 2025 - Limits restrictions on Governing Board membership to include only "executive level" employees of local boards of education as opposed to ALL employees of local boards. |
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| B. | Required Annual Board Training | FYI | |||
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Governance Training Dates –
Athens – The Classic Center April 22, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. - New Governing Board Member Training* April 23, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Training for All Governing Board Members
*New board members will complete 2 additional hours of training through virtual, asynchronous sessions. |
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| C. | Annual Board Self-Assessment | FYI | |||
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Complete the annual Board Assessment on BoardOnTrack by May 9. |
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| V. | Ad Hoc Superintendent/CFO Evaluation Committee | ||||
| A. | Superintendent/CFO Evaluation Policy | Vote | |||
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- As part of Succession Planning this process has been reviewed by the Ad Hoc Committee and will be formalized with a policy. The evaluation process for the 2024-2025 SY will be starting soon. |
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| VI. | VI. Ad Hoc Facility Committee | ||||
| A. | SCCA - Architect approval | Vote | |||
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Approval to hire architect to design new construction that will accommodate horizontal growth |
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| VII. | Closing Items | ||||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||