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Atlanta Unbound Academy

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AUA Monthly Board Meeting

Date and Time

Sunday September 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Location

AUA monthly board meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday of every month via Zoom. You can find more information on the Atlanta Unbound Academy website, atlantaunboundacademy.org.

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Directors Present

A. Williamson (remote), J. Funderburk (remote), J. Green (remote), L. Belvitt (remote), M. Brogdon (remote), M. Childress (remote), R. Pompey (remote), S. M (remote), S. Riddick (remote), T. Jones (remote)

Directors Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

M. Brogdon called a meeting of the board of directors of Atlanta Unbound Academy to order on Sunday Sep 19, 2021 at 2:07 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Approve Minutes

M. Childress made a motion to approve the minutes from AUA Monthly Board Meeting on 08-08-21.
M. Brogdon seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. FY21 Audit Approval

A.

Findings

Finances Committee 
  • Table finance pieces and review on next meetings
  • Treasurer
    • Monique has offered to serve as treasurer for the board

III. Finance

A.

FINANCE Policy Update

  • Language we like to amend policy 
  • Review audit overview
  • Audit approval 
    • The board has to review and approve 

B.

Acquisition of Credit Card for school

  • Open AUA credit card
    • Points or benefits attached to CC
    • CC has to go through treasurer to get it set up

IV. Academic Excellence

A.

School Leader Report

  • Only accepting 7th grade
  • FTE starting on Sept 23rd - Oct 24th
    • We get more than 1 FTE for Sped students
  • Attendance 
    • SCSC goal - 75%
    • School goal - 90%
      • August - 91%
      • Virtual students have a much higher rate than in person
      • Seeing more covid absences 
        • How many are excused vs not excused 
  • Academic Data 
    • Rough data - should be finished diagnostic test next week
    • Retesting
  • Covid
    • 21 students reported positive
    • 11 staff members tested negative
  • Virtual Learning (11% of the school’s populations) - 20 student

B.

FY22 Monitoring Visit

  • Insurance Benefits 
    • Board must vote on AUA's insurance policy for hourly staff 
      • Must vote on policy and update in AUA handbook 
  • Options
    • Option 1 - offer insurance full percentage 
    • Option 2 - offer insurance partial percentage
    • Option 3 - don’t offer insurance 
  • Employee Handbook
    • Policy amendment to employee handbook
      • Doesn’t highlight hourly employees healthcare benefits 
  • Insurance Coverage
    • Criteria or threshold
      • 40+ hours
      • Over 50 employees, we have to offer benefits to anyone over 30 hours per
A. Williamson made a motion to Motion to offer hourly AUA employees health benefits.
S. M seconded the motion.
Motion: To amend policy to create threshold of insurance coverage for hourly employees to 40+ hours

 

 

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
A. Williamson
Aye
M. Brogdon
Aye
M. Childress
Aye
T. Jones
Aye
J. Funderburk
Aye
R. Pompey
Aye
J. Green
Aye
S. M
Aye
S. Riddick
Aye
L. Belvitt
Aye
S. M made a motion to vote on the level of insurance we provide hourly AUA employees.
S. Riddick seconded the motion.
  • Motion to vote on the level of insurance we provide to hourly AUA employees with option 1 or option 2
    • Option 1: full (medical, dental, vision) 
    • Option 2: partial
  • Audrey - full
  • Lynn - full
  • Melissa - full
  • Monique - full
  • Sherida - full 
  • Travis - full 
  • Ryan - full 
  • Shayla - full 
  • Jonathan - full 
  • Unanimous decision
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
M. Brogdon
Aye
A. Williamson
Aye
J. Funderburk
Aye
S. M
Aye
S. Riddick
Aye
J. Green
Aye
L. Belvitt
Aye
T. Jones
Aye
R. Pompey
Aye
M. Childress
Aye
A. Williamson made a motion to Amend the April minutes to include the name of each policy we voted on.
M. Childress seconded the motion.
  • SCSC needs the name of each policy
    • Motion to amend april board mins 
    • Motion - Audrey 
    • Second motion - monique
      • Unanimous yes
    • (suicide policy, bullying policy, employee handbook, student handbook, special education policy- these are the actual policies that need to be named
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
A. Williamson
Aye
R. Pompey
Aye
J. Funderburk
Aye
M. Childress
Aye
J. Green
Aye
S. Riddick
Aye
L. Belvitt
Aye
M. Brogdon
Aye
S. M
Aye
T. Jones
Aye

V. Facilities

A.

Facilities Update

Option 1
Option 2
Budgeting/Funding will be greatly impacted based on option selected 
  • Bond financing vs. CDFI funding
  • Debt capacity 
  • Plan for growth 
  • Covid impact on construction
J. Green made a motion to Move forward with submission of earnest money of $15K.
M. Brogdon seconded the motion.
Motion to vote for board approval to move forward on property earnest money of $15K
  • Lynn - yes
  • Melissa - yes
  • Shayla - yes
  • Monique - yes
  • Sherida - yes
  • Ryan - yes
  • Travis - yes
  • Jonathan - yes
  • Audrey - yes 
  • Motion passed unanimously
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Riddick
Aye
L. Belvitt
Aye
M. Childress
Aye
J. Funderburk
Aye
T. Jones
Aye
A. Williamson
Aye
J. Green
Aye
S. M
Aye
M. Brogdon
Aye
R. Pompey
Aye

VI. Governance

A.

LKES Schedule and next steps for the year

Discuss during next board meeting

B.

Committee Alignment

Discuss during next board meeting

C.

Board Committees

Discuss during next board meeting

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 4:03 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Funderburk