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Brevard Academy

Minutes

Governance and Policy Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday January 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM

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

Abe Pallas, Jennifer Iden, Lisa Busche (remote), Michael Terry, Michelle Peterson, Ted Duncan

Committee Members Absent

Jennifer Kelly

Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened

Michael Terry, Michelle Peterson

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Abe Pallas called a meeting of the Governance and Policy Committee of Brevard Academy to order on Tuesday Jan 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

II. Policies and Actions for BOD Approval

A.

Policies for BOD Approval

Michelle Peterson arrived at 8:34 AM.

III. Other Business

A.

Review Old Business

We reviewed the Preschool Agreement. 

  • Is it fair to all?
  • Does it provide readiness for kindergarten?
  • Does this further disadvantage students who can't get spots in preschools or who attend/live outside of TC?
  • Can we have multiple agreements?
  •  Add a purpose to the policy.  Be clear in why we are doing this.

 

Performance Framework Review

  • We are up to date on all required submissions.  The one outstanding submission is the Transportation Grant (which we are not eligible to submit).

Dr. Pallas informed the committee that the BOD created an Ad Hoc Policy committee to review BOD member selection and orientation to better align policy and practice. 

Michael Terry arrived at 9:05 AM.

IV. Closing Items

A.

Set Next Meeting Date

February 4 at 8:30 am.

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:09 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Abe Pallas

This meeting is a public meeting of the BA-CFA Policy Committee in public for the purpose of conducting the School Corporation’s business and is not to be considered a public community meeting.