Green Dot Public Schools Tennessee
Minutes
GDPST Board of Directors' Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday April 13, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Location
We will meet at Fairley High School in room 122. For those unable to join in-person, please join via the zoom link below.
Topic: GDPST Board of Directors Meeting
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https://greendot-org.zoom.us/j/84655211685?pwd=VEhoM04yeXo0ZGNDKzVrL0s4cHU1UT09
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Directors Present
A. Allen, P. Egwuekwe (remote)
Directors Absent
C. Simmons, L. Neal, M. Thiry, O. Aquil
Guests Present
J. Hamilton, J. Rodgers, M. Utley
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Public Comment
D.
Mission Moment
Chief of Staff, Marysa Utley, highlighted Bluff City High School and the community engagement activities w/ stakeholders this past month.
II. GDPST New Potential Board Member Candidates
A.
Candidate Introduction
The Board allocated a couple of minutes for each GDPST New Potential Board Member Candidate to speak and give an introduction.
- Pedro Velasquez Executive Director- Lifedoc
- Tamika Young Human Resource Manager NIKE
- Pastor Terrell Monger
III. Strategic Priorities Updates
A.
Strategic Priority Updates
Fairley Re-Authorization Update
Jocquell Rodgers, Executive Director of GDPST gave the board members an update on the progress of Fairley High School in regard to reauthorization with MSCS.
Thank you to the Fairley High Community for actively supporting us with reauthorization with MSCS.
MSCS Board of Education Meeting is on 4/25 @ 4pm.
B.
Enrollment Update
GDPST Chief of Staff Marysa Utley presented the GDPST Board of Directors with a 23-24 student enrollment update and discussed the March Madness Enrollment competition final results.
C.
Development Update
GDPSN Development Team representative Cecilia Walker presented the GDPST Board of Directors with a development update. The development update included fundraising, individual giving, and partnership updates. The presentation also highlighted the recent Slingshot tour at Wooddale Middle School, Fairley High School, and Bluff City High School.
IV. GDPST Board Business
A.
Board Next Steps
Based on the feedback from the GDPST Board of Directors, the GDPST Board retreat date has been confirmed for April 29, 2023.
The Board has allocated 10 minutes for public comment. Speakers will be allocated 3 minutes to speak.
If you would like to provide public comment, please use the "raise hand" function on Zoom. We will call on you and unmute you so you can provide public comment. Please identify yourself at the beginning of your comment for the record.
Mr. Nicoris Black - Communication errors and conflict of interest w/ school leader.
Mr. David McIntrye - Conflict of interest w/ communications.