Pataula Charter Academy, Inc (Serving Pataula Charter Academy and Spring Creek Charter Academy)
Minutes
December 2025 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Location
PCA Inc. Central Office
Directors Present
G. Flowers, G. Whalen, J. Apke, K. Gilbert, L. Hixon (remote), R. Lane
Directors Absent
J. Duncan, J. Earp, N. Johnson
Ex Officio Members Present
C. Weathersby, K. Holley
Non Voting Members Present
C. Weathersby, K. Holley
Guests Present
C. Boyd, H. Worsley, L. Adkinson
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Agenda
D.
Approve Minutes
E.
Approve Executive Session Minutes
F.
Public Comment
II. Superintendent Report
A.
PCA - Operational CPF Dashboard
B.
SCCA - Operational CPF Dashboard
SCCA is on target to meet on Operational CPF with a score of 100. We have not received the Monitoring report from the Commission at this time.
C.
Enrollment Updates
Open Enrollment for the 2026-2027 SY has begun. Marketing plans are underway.
- PCA enrollment variance is expected to earn an "approaching standards" on the CPF, based on
October 2025 FTE count. As of Dec. 1, enrollment is 564 with 65 on the waiting lists.
- SCCA enrollment variance is expected to earn an "approaching standards" on the CPF, based on
October 2025 FTE count. As of Dec. 1, enrollment is 473 with 53 on the waiting lists
III. CFO/Business Director Report
A.
Pataula - FY 2026 Amended General Operating Budget
The Finance Committee reviewed the PCA FY 26 Amended General Operating Budget. This is the first presentation of the Amended Budget. The Budget reflects a surplus of 309,000 for PCA. The final presentation and vote for approval is scheduled for January.
B.
Pataula - FY 26 Amended Budget Public Comment
There was no public comment written or otherwise for Pataula's FY 26 Amended General Operating Budget.
C.
SCCA - FY 2026 Amended General Operating Budget
The Finance Committee reviewed the SCCA FY 26 Amended General Operating Budget. This is the first presentation of the Amended Budget. The Budget reflects a surplus of 93,000 for SCCA. The final presentation and vote for approval is scheduled for January.
D.
SCCA - FY 26 Amended Budget Public Comment
There was no public comment written or otherwise for Spring Creek's FY 26 Amended General Operating Budget.
IV. Governance Committee Report
A.
Annual Board Retreat
The annual Board retreat is scheduled for January 23 in Tallahassee at Hotel Duval. Please confirm with Cheryl if you will be staying multiple nights.
B.
New Board Member Structure
With the separation of the two schools' incorporation status, the new bylaws state that there will
be one member on each school's board who is not on the other's board. We must vote on who
those people will be from our existing board members. We will begin having separate meetings for each school in January, but they will continue to be on the same day, back-to-back
C.
Board Officers for new Separate Boards
With the separation of the two schools incorporation status and the appointment of dedicated Board members, the Governance Committee is recommending that the current Board officers remain the same for both boards.
V. VI. Ad Hoc Facility Committee
A.
Spring Creek - Facility Update
Cheryl and Grayson attended the TEFRA Hearing and Decatur County Commissioner approval on December 9th. Everything is on track for the bond validation hearing in January and a Superior Court proceeding in February to finalize all of the legal procedures. We should be able to close on the bond in March. We are set to begin construction immediately following.
VI. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting Report
The Academic Excellence Committee met Dec. 4 to thoroughly review CCRPI scores.
She shared CCRPI Local Comparison Projections. However, these are not official until we get final results from the SCSC.
PCA is on target to meet on Operational CPF with a score of 100. We have not received the Monitoring report from the Commission at this time.