Brevard Academy

Minutes

Monthly Governance and Policy Meeting

November Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday November 9, 2023 at 8:30 AM

Location

Director's Office

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 For the this committee:

  1. Ensure Academic Success for Every Student
  2. Recruit, Hire and Retain Highly Effective Personnel
  3. Engage Our Communities

Committee Members Present

Jamie Atkinson, Jennifer Kelly, Lisa Busche

Committee Members Absent

Jennifer Iden, Michael Terry, Michelle Peterson, Ted Duncan

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Jamie Atkinson called a meeting of the Governance and Policy Committee of Brevard Academy to order on Thursday Nov 9, 2023 at 8:32 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

Jamie Atkinson made a motion to approve minutes from October meeting.
Jennifer Kelly seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Jamie Atkinson made a motion to approve the minutes from October Governance and Policy Committee Meeting on 10-12-23.
Jennifer Kelly seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Policies for Approval

A.

Approval Folder

Sex Offender Policy: the committee is advising that there be no option for registered sex offenders to come to campus and that if conferences are needed, a virtual or off-site option could be a solution. 

 

Volunteers: policy just needs to be edited per comments left on the document.

 

Parents Bill of Rights: also looks good, just needs to be edited with highlighted and formatting issues.

 

 

III. Policies for First Read

A.

First Read Folder

Adult Code of Conduct: the committee advises that the policy be formatted and sent to the board for first read.

 

Non-Title IX: replacing Head of School with School Director

IV. Policies for Review

A.

Review Folder

Grading Policy Adjustments: Jen is concerned about the wording of "approaching standards," can the addition of "or is making progress but has not yet met standard."

 

Honor Roll Policy: needs to be updated for correct grades (5-8), and needs to be updated with the updated grading system, the committee advised to have grades 5-8 teachers review policy draft after updated.

 

Curriculum: can school nurse be added to the list of individuals that girls younger than 5th grade may be able to speak to in section 5 about biological reproductive health? 

 

Internet Safety Policy: committee did not see the need for any changes at this time.

 

 

 

 

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:21 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Jamie Atkinson

B.

Announce Date of Next Meeting

The committee would like to discuss a possible different day of the week in the spring semester.