Final

Brevard Academy

September Board Meeting

Work Session and Regular Meeting
Published on September 11, 2024 at 3:36 PM EDT
Amended on September 17, 2024 at 9:46 AM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday September 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT

Location

Brevard Academy Music Room

Mission:

The Mission of Brevard Academy is to prepare its students to achieve academic excellence through the Core Knowledge Sequence. Through a partnership involving students, teachers, and parents the school strives to create citizens with strong moral character and active intellectual inquiry.

Vision:

Brevard Academy: A Challenge Foundation Academy (BA-CFA) a K-8 public charter school develops and encourages motivated, intellectually curious students who are skilled in critical thinking, individual expression, and problem-solving. From their diverse backgrounds, students accept our challenge to pursue personal and academic excellence. Through this pursuit, they become confident members of their community who lead by serving others.


 

Strategic Goals:

  1. Ensure Academic Success for Every Student
  2. Provide Effective & Innovative Learning Environments
  3. Recruit, Hire and Retain Highly Effective Personnel
  4. Use Resources Effectively & Be Fiscally Responsible
  5. Engage Our Communities

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:00 PM
  A. Public Work Session Discuss Ted Duncan 30 m
   
  • Board Bios and Demographics
  • Committee Meetings
  • Board Goals and Review of Strategic Plan
  
II. Regular Meeting Business 5:30 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order FYI Jamie Atkinson 5 m
   

Call Meeting to Order and Chair Remarks

  
  B. Record Attendance FYI Jennifer Silva 2 m
  C. Pledge of Allegiance FYI Jamie Atkinson 1 m
  D. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Jennifer Silva 1 m
    Approve minutes for August Board Meeting on August 21, 2024  
  E. Student Spotlight FYI Ted Duncan 10 m
   

Safety Patrol

  
  F. Staff Spotlight FYI Ted Duncan 10 m
   

School Resource Officer Jenny Light

  
  G. Opportunity for Public Comment FYI Mark Campanini 10 m
   

To be recognized by the Chair, an individual needs only to sign in (5 minutes) prior to the meeting being called to order.  Each speaker is allowed three minutes unless otherwise specified by the Chair (individuals shall not yield minutes to other individuals). You may supplement or submit public comments electronically or handwritten to the School Director or Board Chair.


*Please note that it is a violation of law to discuss personnel and private matters in a public meeting.  It is also a violation of law to make slanderous remarks or to cast false accusations in a public meeting.*

  
III. Committee Reports 6:09 PM
  A. Finance FYI Paul Cooper 10 m
  B. Governance and Policy FYI Abe Pallas 10 m
  C. Facilities FYI Tyree Griffin 5 m
  D. Development FYI Jennifer Silva 10 m
   

Update on Giving Day

Live2Lead Brevard

  
  E. Long Range Planning FYI Jamie Atkinson 10 m
   

The April Board Meeting is scheduled for Spring Break.  This date will need to be adjusted.

 

Please make any additions/corrections/feedback to the attached document by 10/4/2024.

  
IV. Director Report 6:54 PM
  A. Director Report FYI Ted Duncan 10 m
   
  • Director Report
  • School Improvement Plan
  
  B. Important Upcoming Dates FYI Ted Duncan 1 m
   
  • September 20
    • Teacher-Workday--No School for Students
    • Blood Drive on Campus
  • September 25
    • Parent-Teacher Conferences--No School for Students
    • Giving Day
    • Giving Day Celebration, 5:00-7:00 pm at Sideways Brewery and Farm
  • October 3-4
    • 6th Grade Earthshine Field Trip
  • October 4
  • October 15
    • Group Picture Day
  • October 16
    • October Board Meeting
  
V. Items for Board Approval 7:05 PM
 

These items will require Board Action.

  
  A. Committee Consent Items Vote Jamie Atkinson 10 m
   
  1. Finance
    1. School Bus Leasing/Purchase
    2. Additional Instructional Assistant
    3. New Budget Lines
      1. STEM Building--Facilities
      2. 4th-8th Grade Science Supplies--Books and Supplies (move $3,000.00 from Misc. Supplies).
  2. Governance/Policy
  3. Facilities
    1. Chickens on Campus
    2. Clothes Bin
  4. Development
  5. Long-Range Planning
    1. Committee Meeting Dates
  6. Director Requests
    1. Carese Patton--EC 1:1 EC Assistant
  
VI. Other Business 7:15 PM
  A. Follow Up to Questions for Prior Board Meeting FYI Ted Duncan 5 m
   
  • Blue Ridge Health Safety and Traffic Questions
  
  B. Strategic Planning and Discussion Discuss Jamie Atkinson 10 m
   

Strategic Goals:

  1. Ensure Academic Success for Every Student
  2. Provide Effective & Innovative Learning Environments
  3. Recruit, Hire and Retain Highly Effective Personnel
  4. Use Resources Effectively & Be Fiscally Responsible
  5. Engage Our Communities
  
  C. Announcement of Next Meeting FYI Mark Campanini 1 m
VII. Closing Items 7:31 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Jamie Atkinson 1 m

This meeting is a public meeting of the BA-CFA Board in public for the purpose of conducting the School Corporation’s business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There will be time for public participation as indicated on the agenda.