Meeting Summary
The Governing Board met on Monday August 24th, 2026 @7:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 7 minutes long meeting. Present: Ms. KathyAnn Young, Mrs. Wanda McKay, Diane Mingo, Dr. Brian Merritt, Deborah Bridges Not Present: Lakia Shelton
The members considered the following items:
- Welcome Call To Order
- Approval of Agenda
- Approval of Minutes from Jul 22, 2026
- Head of School Report
- Academic Committee
- Finance Committee
- Public Comment
- Executive Session
The committee considered 13 motions, of which 13 passed, and 0 failed:
- Motion to approve the agenda as written (passed)
- Motion to approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
- 1-8-27-2026 Hire of Nina Joseph as Teacher at a total cost (salary+benefits) $69,589.20 (passed)
- 4-8-27-2026 Additional HMH Books at a total cost of $8,533.12 (passed)
- 32-8-27-2026 Vendor Payments over $5k at a total cost of $814,428.27 (passed)
- 33-8-25-2026 Salary adjustment for S. Caldwell at a total cost (salary+benefits) of $16,711.74 (passed)
- 34-8-25-2026 Vanetta Vincent Salary Adjustment at a total cost (salary+benefits) of $9,985.37 (passed)
- 35-8-25-2026 Salary Adjust for Ivan Vassal at a total cost (salary+benefits) of $2,652.76 (passed)
- 41-8-26-2026 Kelly Bird as Part-time Custodian at a total cost of $24,300 ($18/hr) (passed)
- 42-8-26-2026 Jermaine Byrd as Part-time Custodian at a total cost of $26,178 ($19.39/hour) (passed)
- 43-8-24-2026 15 Dell Pro 14 PCI 1425 (Dell Technologies) at a total cost of $15,336.60 (passed)
- Motion to enter into Executive Session to discuss legal matters at 8:06 p.m. (passed)
- Motion to return to General Session from Executive Session at 8:22 p.m. (passed)
The meeting adjourned at 8:22PM