Ivy Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Thursday January 17th, 2019 @6:00 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Thursday January 17th, 2019 @6:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 46 minutes long meeting. Present: Jason Allen, Victor Tate, Kanethia Henderson, Dr. Charcia Nichols, Terra Gay Not Present: Elisha Gray, Mary Shepherd, Dr. William Epps, John Cherry

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. Governance Rule and Meeting Guidelines
  3. Ivy Mission and Vision
  4. Approval of Agenda
  5. Review of Previous Board Meeting Minutes
  6. Academic Sessions
  7. Finance Session
  8. Public Comment
  9. Governance Session

The committee considered 16 motions, of which 16 passed, and 0 failed:

  1. To approval the agenda with amendment to adding Executive Committee report under the Governance Section (passed)
  2. To accept December 13, 2018 and January 10, 2019 previous board meeting minutes (passed)
  3. To change title of Director of Business Services to Director of Human Resources (passed)
  4. To purchase teacher laptops from Microsoft (passed)
  5. To explore the option of contractual grant writer from January to June 2019 to guarantee a $350K portfolio starting next month (passed)
  6. To accept 2 board policies (Man-Made/Natural Disaster and Scholar Code of Conduct) (passed)
  7. To accept December 2018 financials (passed)
  8. To accept Chief Financial Officer’s report (passed)
  9. To accept January 10, 2019 Finance Committee minutes (passed)
  10. To amend the By-laws in a timely manner to reflect the number of officers on the board (passed)
  11. To accept Proposed Policy Review Rollout Calender (passed)
  12. To accept January 10, 2019 Governance Committee minutes (passed)
  13. To accept 4 board policies (Drug, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse, Board Policy Development, Hiring and Evaluation of Immediate Family Members, Head of Schools Relations and Media Protection Policy) (passed)
  14. To accept Committee and Task Force (passed)
  15. To accept new Director of Operations (passed)
  16. To accept and move forward with Board Leadership Succession Planning (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 8:06PM