Academy of Collaborative Education
Minutes
Facility/Development Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday July 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Committee Members Present
Amy Marcus (remote), Davy Mize, Joellen Freeman (remote), Karen Roberson, Richard Cannon (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Rob Turner
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Facility/Development
A.
Status of 6th grade expansion across street upstairs at Grace Church and what will be needed to get it ready for school year.
III. Other Business
A.
PVO Work Day
Davy has organized a PVO Workday for this Saturday.
Parents will wipe down walls, begin patching walls, hang acoustic tiles in the sensory room, hang shelves, and hang hooks for backpacks.
The following Saturday, parents will return to paint.
Joellen spoke with Father Don at Grace Episcopal Church regarding a three-year lease with ACE for the top floor of the church's facility for 6th- to 8th-grade students.
Father Don believes there is already an E-Occupancy, but Joellen will confirm this on Wednesday.
Father Don, Joellen, and possibly Gene Galligan will meet on the 23rd to further discuss the lease.
Joellen also spoke with Zack and Michael from ProVision, who are working up a quote for the delayed egress on seven doors and cameras. The library door on the bottom floor will also have a delayed egress and cameras outside.
The Grace lease may require the installation of fire sprinklers on the top and bottom floors, which the CSP grant can reimburse.
We will need to brainstorm more to devise a workable plan for drop-off and pick-up.
Joellen discussed plans for the Grace lease with Sarah Turner, who would like to use a different architect for this project.
Sarah has one that she has worked with many times before that she would like to use.
This project is expected to be completed by mid-September.
Until then, 6th-grade students will be housed in the existing sensory room and therapy room.
The hiring process for an assistant principal will begin soon.
But for now, Joellen and Katie will move across the street with the 6th-grade students.