DeKalb Brilliance Academy
Minutes
DeKalb Brilliance Academy Board Meeting
Date and Time
Sunday September 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Location
All meetings occur at the school's primary address: 2575A Snapfinger Road, Decatur, GA 30034.
Register to attend online at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqd-2uqTIiHNbQk4Rtf5l6MoBLdAEPBC29
If you have any trouble attending a board meeting, call or text our Head of School, Jocelyn Alter, at 404-618-2242.
Pre-Work:
- Review items for “consent agenda”: today's meeting agenda and previous board meeting minutes
- Review revised paid parental leave policy
- Review reimbursement resolution
Directors Present
B. Hartman, B. Howell (remote), B. Riley, C. Armour, Jr., C. Payton, D. Watters, J. Akpan (remote), M. Freeland (remote), M. Greene (remote), Q. Johnson, T. Egbuna, T. Ruffin
Directors Absent
J. Counts
Ex Officio Members Present
B. Miller (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
B. Miller (remote)
Guests Present
Breigh Sanchez (Guest) (remote), Felicia Kemp (Guest) (remote), J. Alter, Jennifer Riley (Guest) (remote), Kaylynn Wilson (Guest) (remote), Kevina Joshua (Guest) (remote), Misty Huerta (Guest) (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Public Comment
II. Consent agenda & meeting opening
A.
Approve Minutes
B.
Mission and Vision
C.
Board Commitments
III. Governance
A.
Governance Committee Update
Discussion:
- Q: How does this impact us legally if people join the faculty while they're pregnant?
- That's the point of the policy. If you've been here some time, then you get the full leave.
IV. Finance
A.
Finance Committee Update
Two questions about moving Board meetings: Move to 4th Monday from the 3rd Monday.
Finance meeting will move so the Board can review the previous month's financials instead of having a two month lag.
V. Facility
A.
Facilities Taskforce Report Out
Q: Why are we taking out a loan?
- The purpose of the loan is to take us out of the pre-development loan and cover the preliminary due diligence costs.
The content in the overview slide is a bit misleading
VI. School Leadership Report Out
A.
School Leader Report Out
Leadership covers multiple roles (Eva is the nutrition manager, programs director, etc.). This is something that most state charter schools have, and the only options are:
- Continue to burn out leaders
- Reduce teacher faculty and re-allocate resources to some of these roles
We don't have a set amount of money we need. THis needs to be defined and could help with partnerships conversations.
VII. Board Workshop
A.
Partnerships workshop
As a group, add to the silent auction item list and the corporate sponsor CRM.
Comment from Misty:
Thank you for all that you do for our scholars. We all really appreciate it.