Agenda: Regular Meeting

Welcome - Board Chair

• Meeting Call to Order - Board Chair
• Roll Call - Board Secretary

Vision and Mission - Board Vice Chair

Vision: The Ivy Preparatory Academy for Girls at Kirkwood cultivates female leaders who manifest change in the world.

Mission: The Ivy Preparatory Academy for Girls at Kirkwood fosters a culture of collaboration, passion for learning, integrity and servant leadership in an environment designed especially for girls.

So that there is agreement between board members on the agenda, and the amount of time spent on the meeting, the board shall vote to approve an agenda for the meeting. To the best of its ability, it will follow that agenda, and allow for the chair to move the board through the agenda as specified.

Public Comments - Board Secretary

Transparency: Board meetings are a public forum to provide transparency into the governance of the school. Engagement from the community is strongly encouraged and vital to that governance.

Time Limit: A total of 30 minutes shall be set aside for public comment.  Each speaker will have a maximum of 3 minutes to speak.  A speaker may not sign up to speak more than once during the same public comment period.

Board Action: Board members shall not provide responses nor engage in direct conversation with speakers during public comments. The board will direct the Head of Schools or the Chief Financial Officer to engage in responding at a later time as necessary and appropriate.

Civil Discourse: Speakers are encouraged to maintain decorum and present their comments in a civil manner.  The Governing Board reserves the right to request any speaker engaging in personal attacks, or the use of obscene or derogatory language, to restate their position in a manner more appropriate for a school environment.

Academics and Operations Report - Head of School

Finance Report - Chief Financial Officer

School Leadership Reports for Academics, Operations, and Finance are located in the Ivy Google Drive.

The Finance Committee met on Tuesday February 25th, 2025 @5:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 7 minutes long meeting. Present: Mrs. Laticia Sharp (NON-voting; Chief Financial Officer), Ms. Heather Gaylord, Dr. Tunisia Cornelius (Board Member), Dr. Tunisia Cornelius (Community Member)
Not Present: none

The members considered the following items:
1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Finance Committee Work Session
4. Policy Review
5. Adjournment

The committee considered 3 motions, of which 2 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Approve the agenda as submitted (proposed)
2. Motion to approve the agenda as submitted. (passed)
3. Motion to adjourn at 6:00pm (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 6:03PM

The Governance Committee met on Tuesday February 18th, 2025 @5:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 10 minutes long meeting. Present: Dr. Charcia M. Nichols (NON-voting; Executive Director), Ms. Leslie Purifoy Plunkett (board secretary), Mrs. Stephanie Twitty-Carmon (Board Vice Chair)
Not Present: none

The members considered the following items:
1. Welcome & Roll Call
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting
4. Governance Work Session
5. Final Comments
6. Next Month's Meeting

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

The meeting adjourned at 6:05PM

The Governing Board met on Tuesday January 28th, 2025 @6:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 45 minutes long meeting. Present: Ms. Leslie Purifoy Plunkett (board secretary), Dr. Tunisia Cornelius (Board Member), Ms. Danielle Harrington (Board Member), Mrs. Stephanie Twitty-Carmon (Board Vice Chair), Ms. Heather Gaylord, Dr. Tunisia Cornelius (Community Member)
Not Present: none

The members considered the following items:
1. Welcome, Vision, And Mission
2. Ivy Preparatory Academy Governing Board Meeting Information
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Public Comment
5. School Leadership Reports - Academics, Operations, and Finance
6. Report from Academic Committee
7. Report from Finance Committee
8. Report from the Governance Committee
9. Report from Governing Board
10. Policy Review
11. Action Items
12. Information Items
13. Executive Session

The committee considered 6 motions, of which 6 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Approve the agenda as submitted (passed)
2. Motion to approve Media Protection and Telecommuting policies with edits from GBI audit findings. (passed)
3. Motion to approve Executive Director's Report - January 2025. (passed)
4. Motion to approve CFO Financial Report - December 2024 Financials (passed)
5. Motion to move into Executive Session at 7:07pm (passed)
6. Motion to move back to general session of Governing Board meeting at 7:34pm. (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 1:35PM

The Governing Board closed its meeting as permitted by the Open Meeting Act of Georgia. 

Discuss personnel matter