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Brevard Academy

Board Meeting

Work/Training Session and Regular Meeting
Published on April 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday April 23, 2025 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. Actively Engage Stakeholders to Strengthen and Enrich Our Communities
  3. Recruit, Hire and Retain Highly Effective Personnel
  4. Use Resources Effectively and Be Fiscally Responsible
  5. Provide Effective and Innovative Learning Environments

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Closed Session 5:00 PM
 

To discuss the specifics of engaging in a contract.

  
  A. Call the Meeting to Order FYI Jamie Atkinson 1 m
  B. Record Attendance FYI Jennifer Silva 1 m
  C. Fundraising Contract Engagement Discuss Jennifer Silva 28 m
II. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Approve Meeting Agenda Vote Jamie Atkinson 1 m
  B. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Jennifer Silva 1 m
    Minutes for Board Meeting on March 12, 2025  
  C. Pledge of Allegiance   Jamie Atkinson 1 m
III. Regular Meeting Business 5:33 PM
  A. Student Spotlight FYI Ted Duncan 10 m
   

Middle School Students--Spring Field Trips

  • 6th Grade--Eartshine
  • 7th Grade--Charleston, SC.
  • 8th Grade--Washington, DC.
  
  B. Staff Highlights FYI Ted Duncan 5 m
   

Amber Wolfe--Benchmark Scores and EOG Preparation 

  
     
     
  C. Good News FYI Ted Duncan 5 m
   
  • Emily Page won our staff Golden Leaf.
  • All of our middle school spring trips were successful.
  • We are filming a promotional video for our counseling program.
  • We are getting great responses on our current teacher vacancies.
  • We have several staff members who will present at this year's NC Charter School Conference:
    • Jamie Conley
    • Ted Duncan
    • Jennifer Iden
    • Amber Wolfe
  • We will be a Summer Feeding Site for Transylvania County Students
  • We will offer a variety of sports camps this summer.
  
  D. 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.*

  
IV. Committee Reports 6:03 PM
  A. Finance FYI Paul Cooper 5 m
     
     
  B. Governance and Policy FYI Abe Pallas 5 m
   
  • Committee Report
  
     
  C. Development/Fundraising FYI Jennifer Silva 5 m
  D. Long-Range Planning FYI Jamie Atkinson 10 m
  E. Academic Excellence Update FYI Abe Pallas 5 m
  F. Facilities Discuss Tyree Griffin
V. Director Report 6:33 PM
  A. Director Report FYI Ted Duncan 10 m
   
  • Director Report
  
     
     
     
  B. Important Upcoming Dates FYI Ted Duncan 1 m
   

Important End-of-Year Dates

 

April 

  • 24--New Parent Orientation

May 

  • 5-9- Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
  • 13--Finding Nemo Jr., 6:00 pm--Newly Added
  • 14--Democracy Project Celebration (6th-8th Grade)--Newly Added
  • 16--Professional Development for Staff
  • 19-22- K-2 Benchmark Window
  • 20- Athletics Banquet, 6:00-8:00 pm
  • 23--Science EOG 5th and 8th Grade
  • 26--Memorial Day, No School
  • 27--Reading EOG, 3rd-8th Grade
  • 30--Math EOG, 3rd-8th Grade

June 

  • 2--Field Day
  • 2--8th Grade S'more Send Off
  • 3--8th Grade Graduation, 6:00-7:30 pm
  • 4--Kindergarten Graduation, 10:00-11:00 am
  • 5--1st-7th Grade Awards Assembly, 9:30-11:00 am
  • 5--Last Day of School
  
VI. Items for Board Approval 6:44 PM
 

These items will require Board Action.

  
  A. Committee Consent Items Vote Mark Campanini 10 m
   
  1. Long-Range Planning
  2. Facilities
    1. Stage Dedication Wording
  3. Policy and Governance
    • Honor Roll
    • Recess as Instructional Time
  4. Director Requests
    1. Last Day of School--1:00 pm dismissal
    2. EOG Retesting Plan
    3. Newly Hired Staff
      1. Elementary Teacher
      2. 7th-8th Grade Math Teacher--Thomas Watchler


 

  
     
     
     
     
VII. Other Business 6:54 PM
  A. Announcement of Next Meeting FYI Jamie Atkinson 1 m
VIII. Closing Items 6:55 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.