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Atlanta Unbound Academy

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Atlanta Unbound Academy Monthly Board Meeting

AUA Board Meeting

Date and Time

Sunday April 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Location

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Directors Present

A. Williamson (remote), E. Wells (remote), K. White (remote), S. M (remote), T. Thomas (remote)

Directors Absent

D. Farr, J. Funderburk

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. M called a meeting of the board of directors of Atlanta Unbound Academy to order on Sunday Apr 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Approve Minutes

E. Wells made a motion to approve the minutes from Atlanta Unbound Academy Monthly Board Meeting on 03-16-25.
T. Thomas seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Finance

A.

FINANCE Update

  • Finance Updates
    • Cash Flow Concerns
      • cash flow
      • Budget hearing
      • Rent expectations
        • Facilities financing options
        • Group called civic builders
        • Grants
          • Taylor has been applying to different grants
            • Successful with smaller micro grants
          • Applied for additional loans and grants 
            • Board - any loans or grants we can have access too 
            • In-Kind donations 
              • School supplies
              • Buy snacks 
              • Ways to delete different line items 
              • Lunch for teacher appreciation week 
              • Line Item
        • Not in a financial position to begin building on phase 2
      • Juneteenth
        • Moving forward 
        • Preparing materials, will be ready for May AUA board meeting
        • Package staff testimonials 
    • Fundraising
      • Connect with orgs that are in alignment with our work 
    • Budget Hearing
      • 1st budget hearing - 1pm before may meeting
      • 2nd budget hearing - 2pm before June meeting
        • Vote  during June meeting 

III. School Update

A.

School Updates

  • Enrollment
    • 13 students away from enrollment goal
    • Space to grow
  • Testing
    • Doing state testing and Iready
      • So far it’s looking food
  • Single Site School
  • Voting on the goals
    • Charter contract - mission specific goals 
      • Academic goals 
      • Vote on updated goal
        • Revise goals into 3 academic goals with program we use, Iready 
        • Leveraged historical data
        • Attendance typically 90%; goal is 70%
        • EOY goal
  • Staff 
    • Staffing offers
    • Paraprofessionals
    • Salary scale increase 
      • Currently on lower end
      • Under school district 
T. Thomas made a motion to Update our academic specific goal to reflect tailored goals connected to the curriculum we use to assess academic growth, IReady.
A. Williamson seconded the motion.
  • Vote
    • Motion: Terrell, Audrey
    • Motion: We motion to update our academic specific goal - Approve updating the academic specific goals provided by Alaina. Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 3. (include specific language)
      • Votes passes unanimously 
      • Terrell, Eric, Kason, Sherida, Audrey
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

IV. Govenance

A.

Governance Updates

  • Governance Training
    • Confirm attendance with SCSC
    • SCSC group of approved training providers
      • Board on Track  - has governance training online
  • Strategic Planning 
    • June - fun day 
      • Top Golf?
      • Tournament for June in ATL 
    • July - full day governance retreat 
      • Policies, rules (open records, legal requirements), committees 
      • Consultant who covers strategic planning 
        • Help with Planning for the future - 5 yr plan
        • Sherida reached out to Monique - can she donate her time to help us with strategic planning 
        • Ed from RedefinED
        • Arthy consider being a board member - or donate time to help with strategic planning
        • Heather may be able to support with strategic planning; on certified trainings for board list
      • Considering candidates for the board

B.

Facilities

  • Consider 1 modular unit on campus - middle school or specials
    • 4-6 classrooms and 2 bathroom
    • Potentially $20k - $40k for 1 modular 
      • Can pull fuel and electricity from school 
  • Only have enough space for this school year
    • 330 students would be out max
      • In the charter the max is 400-something
    • We need more students to break even
  • Rental Opportunities
    • Working on a lease 
    • Policies for using our facilities
      • We’ll do an electronic vote 
  • Sanctuary
    • The person leasing can pay for improvements 
  • Private company seeking to use school building

V. Public Comment

A.

Public Comment Asked For

Public comment asked for, no public comment received. 

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 3:48 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
A. Williamson