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Atlanta Unbound Academy

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AUA Monthly Board Meeting

Date and Time

Sunday March 14, 2021 at 2:00 PM

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Directors Present

A. Williamson (remote), C. Ramsey-Brown (remote), J. Funderburk (remote), J. Green (remote), M. Brogdon (remote), S. M (remote)

Directors Absent

L. Belvitt, S. Lyles, S. Riddick

Guests Present

A. Chipman-Leeks (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

A. Williamson called a meeting of the board of directors of Atlanta Unbound Academy to order on Sunday Mar 14, 2021 at 2:00 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Approve Minutes

M. Brogdon made a motion to approve the minutes from AUA Monthly Board Meeting on 02-21-21.
C. Ramsey-Brown seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Finance

A.

Finance Committee Report

  • Monthly Financials
    • Feb income 
      • Higher QBE allotment
      • Mid-term allotment
    • Aligned with expenses for the month 
    • Audit currently in process
    • In process working through a year 2 budget 
  • EdTec Proposal discussion

III. Academic Excellence

A.

School Leader Report

  • School Leader Report
    • School Data 
      • 91 enrollment
        • 63 Kinder
        • 28 6th grade
          • 7 6th graders on wait list 
      • Attendance
        • Withdrawing students that haven’t showed up for X amount of days 
    • Upcoming Events
    • State testing and planning 
      • ANET 
        • 2nd assessment (first GA school to partner with ANET) 
          • Have to see how it aligns with GA milestone
        • Cycle 1
          • Math 40%
          • ELA 43%
        • Cycle 2
          • Math 45%
          • ELA 41%
        • Only 4 schools opted to take ELA
          • ELA - ranked 1/4 
          • Math - ranked 5/18
      • GA Milestones
        • It’s up to the parents if they want to do the assessment
          • Schools cannot mandate
          • School has to have opp 
        • Test must occur in person 
        • Covid parameters with testing
          • Testing drive? 
          • Vaccination?
          • Testing?
        • GA Milestones Scheduled - 2nd week of May

B.

AUA expansion to High School Discussion

  • Data - the longer they stay at AUA the more they grow academically 
  • Parents/Students have asked about HS 
  • Charter is written as a K-8 model
    • We would need to add an amendment to our original charter 
School Expansion Committee: Sherida, Audrey, Shayla

C.

Fall 2021 Learning Model

  • Discuss 'full time' versus 'hybrid' learning model for Year 2
  • Discuss timeline to vote on the decision 
  • Make decision by March 28th meeting
  • Enrollment and Recruitment 
    • Increased targeted ads

IV. Fundraising

A.

Updates and Planning

  • Updates and Planning 
    • Summary of February campaign 
    • Next steps for Juneteenth campaign
      • Explore different concepts
        • Entrepreneurial or tech space
        • Arts 
      • Thoughts around auctioned experiences 
      • Corporate level sponsorships

V. Facility

A.

Facilities Committee

  • Identify 1-2 people to support the facilities committee 
    • Combine with expansion committee??
    • Interest in committee - Candace, Lynn

B.

Facility Vendor Proposals

  • Facility Vendor Proposal 
    • Discuss Level Field proposal
    • Discuss The Charter Facility Team proposal
    • Candace - motion to vote for facilities vendor 
    • Sherida - suggests more time
    • Submit meeting request to legal organ 
      • Have meeting on same date of audit
    • Meeting on March 28th
      • Add 2nd date maybe March 30th

VI. Governance

A.

Board Nominations

  • Board Nominations
    • Discuss the nomination and election process
    • March 15th - April 15th submit list of nominations
      • Change April 1st - May 1st 
      • Attend May board meeting
      • Interviews in mid may
      • Offer/onboarding in June 
      • Probation period - before vote becomes official 
    • Send nominations to Audrey by May 1st
    • Nomination committee - led by the secretary
    • Formal application 
      • Questions 
        • Who they person is, goals/hopes for 
      • Job descriptions
    • Current board & terms 
      • 2 year terms 
        • Currently listed as an annual term 
        • Technically term is up in June
        • Submit own letter of intent within nomination period
        • Submit a letter to nominate someone to be your successor. 
    • Use next 2 weeks 
      • Submit intent to remain or leave the board - March 28th
    • Vote on amending bylaws
      • April 1st - nomination period 
      • Vote on time period for nominations during next meeting in 2 weeks 
    • Job description for board members 
    • Number of board members
      • Advisors to the board
      • Committee members
        • Not board of directors but get more ppl from community involved 
    • Create nomination committee (Candace) 
    • Job description
      • General board member
        • Has a description we can use 
      • Officer job description
        • Current board members creates the job description

VII. 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 4:17 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. Ramsey-Brown