Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Tuesday September 26th, 2023 @6:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 3 hours and 4 minutes long meeting. Present: Attorney Kristie Battle (board treasurer), Mrs. Stephanie Twitty-Carmon (Board Vice Chair), Mr. Ronnie Banyard Jr (Board Chair), Ms. Leslie Purifoy Plunkett (board secretary) Not Present: Mr. RaShaun Kemp, Dr. William Epps (committee member)

The members considered the following items:

1. Ivy Preparatory Academy Governing Board Meeting Information
2. Welcome, Vision, And Mission
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Public Comment
5. School Leadership Reports - Academics, Operations and Finance
6. Report from Governing Board - Ronnie Banyard, Board Chair
7. Report from Finance Committee - Attorney Kristie Battle, Chair
8. Report from Academic Committee - Stephane Twitty-Carmon, Chair
9. Policy Review
10. Consent Items
11. Action Items
12. Information Items
13. Executive Session
14. Adjournment

The committee considered 11 motions, of which 11 passed, and 0 failed:

1. Motion to approve the agenda as presented. (passed)
2. Motion to amended the agenda for correction to the policy reviews. Scholar fees and fines should be Second Read not First Read. (passed)
3. Motion to adopt the Cellphone and Portable Electronic Devices policy for Scholars. (passed)
4. Motion to adopt the Academic Integrity policy for Scholars with the noted changes as presented. (passed)
5. Motion to adopt the School Ceremonies and Observances policy. (passed)
6. Motion to adopt the Scholar Fees, Fines and Charges policy. (passed)
7. Motion to approve the Academics and Operations Report from the Executive Director/Head of Schools. (passed)
8. Motion to accept the resignation of Rashaun Kemp from the Board of Trustees (passed)
9. Motion to move into Executive Session at 7:31pm to discuss a personnel matter. (passed)
10. Motion to exit Executive Session and return to general session at 7:47pm (passed)

11. Motion to adjourn at 7:48pm. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 10:14AM