Brevard Academy
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday June 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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:
- Ensure Academic Success for Every Student
- Actively Engage Stakeholders to Strengthen and Enrich Our Communities
- Recruit, Hire and Retain Highly Effective Personnel
- Use Resources Effectively and Be Fiscally Responsible
- Provide Effective and Innovative Learning Environments
Directors Present
Brandon Smith, Jamie Atkinson, Mark Franklin, Paul Cooper, Tyree Griffin
Directors Absent
Abe Pallas, Jennifer Silva, Mark Campanini
Ex Officio Members Present
Ted Duncan
Non Voting Members Present
Ted Duncan
I. Work Session
A.
Work Session
II. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Meeting Agenda
D.
Approve Minutes
E.
Approve Minutes
F.
Pledge of Allegiance
III. Regular Meeting Business
A.
Good News
- All end-of-year activities went smoothly.
- Remediation and Retesting has begun.
- Mountain Roots is on campus.
- We are fully staffed for the 2025-2026 school year.
- Americorps has been reinstated.
B.
Opportunity for Public Comment
No public comment.
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Finance
The budget report is showing a surplus for the end of the year- despite changes and purchases.
Paul Cooper will be looking for the board to approve the closure of the First Citizens account and transferring those funds to First Bank.
The committee will also be looking to add the purchasing of a work truck to the encumbered spreadsheet, as well as increasing the amount in the USDA reserve account by $108,000 by using unencumbered funds.
B.
Governance and Policy
Ted Duncan review several policies that need to be update to the changes with new laws, that include updating the nepotism policy.
There was a short discussion on the varying opinions and questions around the use of AI in the classroom.
C.
Development/Fundraising
Ted Duncan shared there will a new theme for annual giving day- Give of your time, Give of your treasure, or Give of your testimonial. There was a discussion around finding a match donor for Giving Day and potentially providing a link for restricted giving.
D.
Long-Range Planning
Work session discussion includes potential agenda items.
E.
Academic Excellence Update
No update.
F.
Facilities
Summer cleaning is going well!
The committee will be asking for approval to use safety grant funds to install phones in all the classrooms and will be asking for approval to begin the build out of the resource room being funded by Blue Ridge Health.
Paul Cooper is working with a civil engineer to confirm the location of the modular and working with the City of Brevard.
V. Director Report
A.
Director Report
Ted Duncan will be asking for approval from the board to add an additional 1:1 in the budget for an incoming student, and will be striking the AIG plan from the director requests.
VI. Items for Board Approval
A.
Committee Consent Items
VII. Other Business
A.
Announcement of Next Meeting
Board planning retreat will take place on July 7th from 10am to 3pm.
July 7th Retreat Date Agenda Items:
- consider diving deeper into Board on Track generated assessments
- fundraising
- board recruitment and development (including orientation) to include increasing the board size
- identifying needs to build a stronger board and committees
- what can the school director identify that the board could be supporting him on more intently
- strategic fund development
- annual school director assessment
- marketing plan review + raising awareness & sence of community and interest in the school
Ted Duncan reviewed the staff survey.
The board reviewed the OnTrack Board Score presented by Board on Track.