Centennial Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Monday September 9th, 2019 @5:30 PM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Egbert Perry present chair On Time At Adjournment
Renee Glover present vice-chair On Time At Adjournment
Demetrius Patterson present member On Time At Adjournment
Rewa Berry present member On Time At Adjournment
Walt Higgins present member On Time At Adjournment
Howard Grant not present member
Joseph Handy not present member
Lauren Koontz not present member
Christopher Burke present member On Time At Adjournment
Maurice Baker present member On Time At Adjournment
Virginia Sheppard present member On Time At Adjournment
LaKrista Jordan present secretary On Time At Adjournment
Panya Lei Yarber-King present member On Time At Adjournment
Tequila Lamar present ex-officio On Time At Adjournment
Chaundra Gipson not present member

Welcome Call to Order

Chair or delegate presiding

Chair's Remarks

Monitoring changes at ABOE & the superintendent non-renewal of contract

Asking Ms. Lamar to look at all goals in depth to report and tightly track starting tonight.

Must show meaningful results this year. We have to demonstrate success now.

Coxe-Curry Homework Review

Personal Connectivity Worksheet, blank forms provided.

Also given sample letter to start the conversation.

Next steps, members should add names to the blank forms; addresses ok too.

Public Comment

None given.

Finance Committee Report

Huddled on 9/6 with Lamar and Raymo.

For October, full committee meetings will start and independent audit will be presented.

Policies/Procedures/Systems improvement plan will be added to the committee work plan (action for Raymo).

Eric P --> comments on facilities plan. will have meetings to settle on the long term plans due to delays from the original wireframe.

Governance Committee Report

Training hours can be checked online

More coming in December - training topic tbd

100% compliance on turning in forms


Academic Accountability Committee Report

Handouts provided on 2018-2019 year end results. More covered in the IHOS report.

Head of School Report


Changing format to be a letter and highlight one goal per meeting.

Approval of Agenda & Previous Meeting Minutes

Quorom required to proceed with motion


SUMMARY OF MINUTES FROM 8/12/19:

The Governing Board met on Monday August 12th, 2019 @5:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 42 minutes long meeting. Present: Egbert Perry, Renee Glover, Demetrius Patterson, Rewa Berry, Walt Higgins, Howard Grant, Joseph Handy, Christopher Burke, Maurice Baker, LaKrista Jordan, Panya Lei Yarber-King, Tequila Lamar

Not Present: Isaac Sparks, Lauren Koontz, Virginia Sheppard


The members considered the following items:

1. Welcome Call to Order

2. Approval of Agenda & Previous Meeting Minutes

3. Board Training - Coxe Curry

4. Chair's Remarks

5. Executive Session Call To Order


The committee considered 4 motions, of which 4 passed, and 0 failed:

1. Adopt agenda (passed)

2. Adopt last meeting minutes (passed)

3. Recommend Chaundra Gipson as a member to the board. (passed)

4. To go into Executive Session to discuss Matter of litigation (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 7:32PM

Approve the minutes

By: Christopher Burke Seconded by: Demetrius Patterson

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Approve agenda

By: Demetrius Patterson Seconded by: Renee Glover

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Review Parking Lot Items

Koontz board seat. Need delegate named (Owner: Governance))

GCSA to recommend to Advocacy group help with getting CCRPI results earlier (Owner: R. Glover)

Add names for Coxe Curry and turn in to Mrs. Lamar (Owner: All Board)

Add a board goal to track number of legend graduates from high school (Owner: Accountability)

Add board goal to track Kindergarten intake from partner pre-schools (Owner: Accountability

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:11 pm

Motion to adjourn

There was no notable discussion on the motion.