The Meliora School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Location
Virtual
Directors Present
L. Shipp (remote), P. Flinch (remote), R. Goodwin (remote), Z. Mahmuda (remote)
Directors Absent
P. Jackson
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
L. Shipp
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
Z. Mahmuda
Guests Present
C. Keck (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Old Business
A.
DOO Hiring Update
B.
Facilities Update
Grace Snellville - currently working on LOI. Rodney will review once it is available. Biggest concern to work through - they need the rooms on Wednesdays (20x a year) so we would need to remove items on certain days. Thinking of potentially shifting to early close on Wednesdays where these conflicts exist.
Timelines - bring in attorney next week then enter into due diligence period. Cannot sign the contract until SCSC approves it.
C.
Enrollment Update
50 applications to date.
10 leads in past 3 days from ScholarLead.
Outreach from community task force to new leads / interested parties. Community task force to take on personal outreach. To be discussed in committee.
D.
Finance Update
Dr. Keck to forward draft budget to the full Board. Currently in review with finance committee. 6 year budget including CSP and RedefinED funding. Pretty conservative budget.
Needs from the rest of the board: give it a once over and if you see anything glaring, point it out to finance.
Next finance meeting will be focused on ensuring committee has all access and info they require and plan for paying Dr. Keck for work done to date and until the full contract is signed.
E.
Events Update
III. New Business
A.
Timelines for Deliverables Planning
Backwards planning on all submission to SCSC to allow for board review, comment period (and discussion) and then vote. Will be added to the pre-opening checklist tracker.
B.
SCSC Submission 01 Dec 2025
C.
Board On Track
Agree on solidifying where and how documents are shared, etc. by January 2026. Board is in agreement that we need to get organized.
First round interviews are happening this week. Offer 5 max spots for final interviews. Friday, Dr. Keck will send final interview updates to the Board. Final interviews - targeting 15 November 2025 at 2 pm. Location TBD. Two panel interviews - 30 min with Board 30 min with community task force, performance task. Zenat to update community task force and see if people are able to attend interviews.