Final

Butler Academy

Board Meeting

Published on February 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM EST

Date and Time

Wednesday February 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM EST

Location

701 S 5th St,

Hartsville, SC

29550

Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 19 · 5:30 – 7:30pm
Time zone: America/New_York
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Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
   


Reading of the Mission Statement:
Our mission at Butler Academy is to create an enthusiastic culture of learning in which every scholar is expected and positioned to succeed academically. We realize this mission by emphasizing the social, and emotional,  well-being of our scholars, families and staff

  
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes 3 m
    Approve minutes for BA Board Meeting on December 18, 2024  
II. VP of Operations updates 5:34 PM
  A. Enrollment updates Discuss Venesa Reyes 10 m
  B. Calendar update Vote Venesa Reyes 5 m
III. Development 5:49 PM
 

Updates from VP of Development

  
  A. Fundraising updates FYI Lenora Lefew 10 m
   

Updates on pending on new grant proposals

Updates on PayPal and e-Tapestry

  
IV. President Updates 5:59 PM
  A. Upper School Development FYI Jerome Reyes 10 m
   

Local partnerships

School visits

Scheduling

  
  B. Fashion week for 8th graders FYI Jerome Reyes 5 m
  C. Charter updates Discuss Jerome Reyes 10 m
  D. Federal updates and Executive orders Discuss Jerome Reyes 15 m
V. Governance Committee 6:39 PM
  A. Board Expansion Discuss Kathryn Flaherty 10 m
   

Intentional recruitment of individuals for appointed seats/ invite for elections

Federal compliance, may have some overlap with president updates

Suggest meeting monthly for remaining of academic year

  
VI. Scholar Experience 6:49 PM
  A. Power made Practical Immersion program FYI Samantha Wilson 5 m
VII. Finance 6:54 PM
  A. Review Financials Discuss Dan Buryj 10 m
VIII. Facility 7:04 PM
  A. High School plans Discuss Jerome Reyes 15 m
   

Short term plans- working closely with Coker on finalizing space. 

Long term plans- summary of call with Level Field and where to go from here.

  
IX. Executive Session 7:19 PM
  A. Upcoming CEO/VP of Operations evaluation Discuss Kathryn Flaherty 15 m
X. Other Business
XI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote