Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School
Minutes
AAHS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday July 11, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Location
1414 2nd Ave N
Directors Present
C. French (remote), G. Kim, J. Smith, L. Pineda (remote), R. Smith (remote), S. Underwood, T. Mills (remote), T. Russell (remote), T. Wright (remote)
Directors Absent
M. Sims, P. Wilson
Guests Present
M. Robinson, P. Allen (remote), R. Morris, mrobinson@alaahs.org
I. Opening Items
A.
Roll Call & Establishment of Quorum
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Adoption of the Agenda
D.
Approve Minutes from June 13, 2024 Meeting
II. Financials
A.
June 2024 Financials
B.
Teacher Bonuses
C.
Audit
D.
EPA Clean Bus Grant $400K
III. Committee Reports
A.
Facilities Committee Report
Fountain of Life wants to amend the lease.
Meeting is next Tuesday to sit and discuss with the church.
Mr. Underwood - Great groundbreaking and it was fun.
B.
Nominating Committee
IV. Chief Executive Officer's Report
A.
School Updates
Mr. Morris talked about the future expansion of the school at the airport.
Talk about the plan of a 300 student middle school and the shorter school zone.
Our first solo flight academy was successful with our first two students completing their first solo flight
B.
Grant Updates
C.
Upcoming Events
V. School Director Report
A.
School Director's Report
Mrs. Allen spoke about the AAHS Family Hub
S. Cauthen - Teach high level science and be the instructional coach for the staff
Summer Boost and AMT was canceled due to low student participation.
Credit recovery and 21st Century are still in session.
100% staffed
VI. Public Comment
A.
Andrea Turner-Long ---- Play the recorded
Andrea Turner-Long ---- Play the recorded
C. Punzi ---- Play the recording.
J. Flournoy ----Complained about Summer Boost.
Does not make sense to accept the grant.
Does not include expenses to maintain the electric buses.
Mr. Morris want to wait until November. Send back until we receive additional funding.
Mr. Robinson said the next round is awarded in November and the money we have has to be allocated to other things. We will wait and deny the grant.
Amendment to the motion to accept the grant to change it to deny.
Motion made to not accept the grant by:
2nd by: RJ Smith