The Kindezi Schools Board of Directors
Minutes
Executive Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Friday August 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Location
The Kindezi Schools
Committee Members Present
C. Austin (remote), R. Cagle (remote), S. Cash (remote), S. Westmoreland (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
A. Harrison (remote), D. Simon (remote), K. Gunn (remote), S. Echols (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Committee Updates
A.
Finance Committee Updates
B.
Academic Committee Updates
Dr. Kelly Gunn shared a summary of July's Academic committee presentation regarding this year's goal focus and becoming a trajectory changing organization.
C.
Governance Committee Updates
Rebecca Cagle provided an update on two prospective directors. One director will be moving to an in person connection and the other will be moving to an advancement support connection. The committee discussed different giving options to meet the annual give/get requirement for directors.
III. Upcoming Priorities
A.
Board retreat agenda
The committee landed on the following points for the board retreat agenda:
- Political landscape discussion
- Goals for the year and how the board will support the goals
- What are the high level priorities and metrics for success? When are the timing benchmarks that we will follow to gauge success?
- Board's role in strategic planning
B.
August Board meeting
The committee confirmed that the upcoming agenda is fine, as is.
IV. Organizational Updates
A.
Dr. Kelly Gunn's ED update
Dr. Gunn provided an org update that included:
- enrollment updates
- staffing vacancies
- trajectory changing school details
- home visit launch for SY 25-26
- political landscape
Carlton Austin provided a status update on the CFO transition as well as the annual audit being launched.