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Brevard Academy

Board Meeting

Work Session and Regular Meeting
Published on October 9, 2024 at 3:57 PM EDT
Amended on October 16, 2024 at 6:03 PM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday October 16, 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
   

Discussion of Board Items

  
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 September Board Meeting on September 18, 2024  
  E. Approve Special Meeting Minutes Approve Minutes Jennifer Silva 1 m
    Approve minutes for October Special Meeting on October 6, 2024  
  F. Student Spotlight FYI Ted Duncan 10 m
   

Brevard Academy Alumni Volunteers

  
  G. Staff Spotlight FYI Ted Duncan 10 m
   

Music Director--Derrick Gardner

Art Teacher--Jenny Geer-Hardwick

Derrick Dennis--Out of This World Educator

  
  H. 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 6:10 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

 

  
  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 11/4/2024.

  
IV. Director Report 6:55 PM
  A. Director Report FYI Ted Duncan 10 m
   
  • Director Report
  • School Improvement Plan--Board Approval*
  • Posting specific Family Fundraisers*
  
  B. Important Upcoming Dates FYI Ted Duncan 1 m
   

 

  • October 17
    • Quarter 1 Ends
  • October 18
    • No School Teacher Workday
  • October 21
    • No School--School Closed
  • October 24
    • Key Falls Inn--Brevard Academy Dinner, TBD
  • October 25
    • Coffee with the Counselors
  • October 26
    • HalloweenFest
  • November 1
    • PTO Coffee Fundraiser Begins
  • November 7
    • Math Night
  • November 11
    • Veterans Day--School Holiday
  • November 12
    • Brevard Academy--Dinner--Quixote's
  • November 19
    • CK Night--4th/5th Grade
  
V. Items for Board Approval 7:06 PM
 

These items will require Board Action.

  
  A. Committee Consent Items Vote Jamie Atkinson 10 m
   
  1. Finance
    1. School Bus Purchase
  2. Governance/Policy
    1. Board Member Selection - procedure for bringing on new members of the board
    2. Board of Directors - proposed revision Policy 1110, this discusses the number of Board Members that have children attending BA, and that this number should be around 25% or less.
    3. Board Committees - revised Policy 2230, to organize committees to review and investigate the purpose of informing and recommending action to the Board
  3. Facilities
  4. Development
  5. Long-Range Planning
    1. Addition of Brandon Smith to the Board
    2. Reschedule the April Board Meeting from April 16th to April 23rd
  6. Director Requests
    1. Hurricane Helene Displaced Student Enrollment
    2. Hire Sara Smith as a Part-Time Speech Therapist
  
VI. Other Business 7:16 PM
  A. 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
  
  B. Announcement of Next Meeting FYI Jamie Atkinson 1 m
VII. Closing Items 7:27 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.