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Ivy Preparatory Academy · Governance Committee

Minutes: Regular Meeting

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 6:00 pm 1807 Memorial Dr. SE
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Attendance: 5 present

  • Dr. Charcia M. Nichols (NON-voting; Executive Director)
  • Dr. Nadine Duncan (board member)
  • Dr. William Epps (committee member)
  • Mr. RaShaun Kemp
  • Ms. Sarah Lampkin (board member)

  1. Welcome and Call to Order

    Meeting Called to Order - Committee Chair @ 1806


  2. Public Comments

    Public Comments

    None

     

  3. Governance Committee Work Session

    Committee work session

    • Chairman remarks - Dr. Epps and Mr. Kemp welcomed our visiting prospective board members: Anastacia Johnson & Jina Meadows
    • 2023-2024 Board leadership, membership
    • Dr. Epps rolling off committee in June
    • Recommended Nadine Duncan as incoming Governance board chairperson
    • Recommended Stephanie Twitty-Carmon as Vice Chairperson and Academic committee chairperson (Banyard and Nichols members)
    • Recommended Sarah Lampkin as incoming Governance committee chairperson (Kemp and Duncan members)
    • School enrollment
    • Dr. Nichols shared with the committee the data for scholar withdrawals and reasons for withdrawals which included families relocating, students going back into their zoned schools and some continued transportation challenges.
    • Committee suggested a deeper dive on exit survey to get more precise reasoning for students returning to zoned schools (i.e. sports, buses, educational rigor)
    • School reviews
    • Dr. Duncan led a discussion around Ivy's reviews on major school review sites which are overall poor. This is often the first place potential stakeholders and donors go to get a sense of the school. Some committee suggestions included:
    • Utilizing Mrs. Richardson who manages social media to help with improvement of our review scores online
    • Solicit POSITIVE reviews from current staff, scholars and shareholders via QR codes around school and in newsletter
    • Tie in around teacher appreciation or spirit week


    Motion Carried

    Recommended Nadine Duncan as incoming Governance board chairperson Recommended Stephanie Twitty-Carmon as Vice Chairperson and Academic committee chairperson Recommended Sarah Lampkin as incoming Governance committee chairperson

    Moved by Mr. RaShaun Kemp, seconded by Dr. William Epps (committee member)

    All members voted in favor

  4. Adjournment

    Motion Carried

    Adjourn meeting at 1931

    Moved by Dr. William Epps (committee member), seconded by Dr. Nadine Duncan (board member)

  5. The Meeting was Adjourned

    The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:47 pm

    Motion Carried

    Motion to adjourn

    Moved by Dr. William Epps (committee member), seconded by Dr. Nadine Duncan (board member)