Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School
Minutes
AAHS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Friday June 23, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Location
This meeting has been completely moved to Zoom.
Thank you
Directors Present
C. French (remote), C. Knight (remote), G. Kim (remote), M. Sims (remote), P. Wilson (remote), T. Mills (remote), T. Russell (remote)
Directors Absent
J. Smith, J. Walker, L. Pineda, R. Smith, S. Underwood, T. Wright
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
C. French, M. Sims, T. Russell
Guests Present
M. Robinson, P. Campbell (remote), R. Morris, R. Raney (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Roll Call & Establishment of Quorum
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Adoption of the Agenda
D.
Approve Minutes
Quorum not met. Will hold off on voting until next meeting.
II. Chief Executive Officer's Report
A.
School Updates
Ruben went over enrollment numbers for new and returning students for this coming fall. We are at 184 for 9th-11th as of today. Our current summer camp enrollment is at 49 students.
Ruben has been accepted to the 23-24 Leadership Birmingham class and is a finalist for the exclusive Pahara Fellowship.
Staffing: AAHS has 3 positions remaining to fill with 1 offer pending.
Partnerships: We have new partnerships with Southwest Airlines and Kaiser Aircraft. Discussion with Tuskegee about a partnership/campus expansion.
Student internships and opportunites this summer include: Internships with Lockheed Martin, accumulating flight hours, Auburn AIR, Summer Boost and many more.
B.
Funding
Recent grants and funding coming from Alabama Power, Yazz, EBSCO, ALSDE, and Summer Boost.
III. Facility Update
A.
Facility Update
Phillip Campbell with New Schools Partners briefed the board on the timeline of our temporary facility renovation for the summer.
IV. Financial Report
A.
Resolution 23-02: Financial Budget Revision
Financial Budget for 2022-2023 was amended to include large grants we received, like 21st Century, and large foundation donations. This is a common routine revision made to reflect funding not anticipated. Presented by R. Raney.
Tabled vote due to quorum not met.
Quorum met.
Roll Call | |
---|---|
T. Wright |
Absent
|
G. Kim |
Aye
|
C. Knight |
Aye
|
L. Pineda |
Absent
|
M. Sims |
Aye
|
C. French |
Aye
|
T. Mills |
Aye
|
T. Russell |
Aye
|
J. Smith |
Absent
|
R. Smith |
Absent
|
P. Wilson |
Aye
|
J. Walker |
Absent
|
S. Underwood |
Absent
|
Roll Call | |
---|---|
M. Sims |
Aye
|
T. Wright |
Absent
|
G. Kim |
Aye
|
T. Russell |
Aye
|
C. Knight |
Aye
|
J. Smith |
Absent
|
S. Underwood |
Absent
|
P. Wilson |
Aye
|
J. Walker |
Absent
|
L. Pineda |
Absent
|
C. French |
Aye
|
R. Smith |
Absent
|
T. Mills |
Aye
|
B.
Treasurer's Report
Roll Call | |
---|---|
J. Walker |
Absent
|
C. Knight |
Aye
|
R. Smith |
Absent
|
T. Mills |
Aye
|
J. Smith |
Absent
|
T. Wright |
Absent
|
T. Russell |
Aye
|
M. Sims |
Aye
|
S. Underwood |
Absent
|
C. French |
Aye
|
P. Wilson |
Aye
|
L. Pineda |
Absent
|
G. Kim |
Aye
|
Quorom not met, agenda not voted on.