SLAM ATLANTA

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Thursday May 23rd, 2019 @6:30 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Thursday May 23rd, 2019 @6:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 27 minutes long meeting. Present: Karen Womack, Eboni Chillis, Pardes Sulaiman Not Present: Daniel McKayhan, Kelly Pierce, Altrenesha Ervin

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. Approval Agenda
  3. Public Comment
  4. Approval of Meeting Minutes
  5. School Leader Report
  6. Financial Auditor Selection
  7. SLAM Atlanta Financial Health - Alina Chester
  8. Updated Hiring Policies
  9. New 2019-2020 School Calendar
  10. Monitoring Letter Discussion
  11. Academica Update
  12. Approval of Architect Proposal for Fire Proofing of the 2nd floor
  13. SLAM Foundation Update
  14. Executive Session
  15. Return to Public Meeting
  16. Announcements
  17. Meeting Adjournment

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

  1. Approve agenda with following changes:

Update dates of Meeting Minute approval to 3/27/19 and 4/24/19 meeting minutes (not 4/4/19)

Move “Approval of Architect Proposal for Fire Proofing of the 2nd Floor” to after Academica Updates

Update Monitoring Letter Action to say: Approval of Disciplinary Hearing Policy (to add to Parent/Student Handbook), Approval of updated Parent Right to Know and Public Notices (e.g. FERPA, PPRA). (passed)

  1. To approve meeting minutes from 3/27/19 and4/24/19. (passed)

  2. to accept 2018-2019 budget with modification/update to reflect the reclassification of SLAM Foundation loan to a ​recoverable grant of $175k. (passed)

  3. Approve updated:

    • Disciplinary Hearing Policies (to be included in the ​Parent/Student Handbook)
    • Approve Revised policies for Anti-Discrimination and Parent Legal Notices (passed)

  4. To return to the public meeting. (passed)

  5. to adjourn the public meeting. (passed)

  6. Motion to select Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC as the financial auditor. (passed)

  7. To approve updates to section 2-5 Hiring Policies of the Employee Handbook, removing proof of immunizations​ and TB test. (passed)

  8. New school Calendar (passed)

  9. Approve the proposal from Paul Mussman Architech's for work in conjunction with fire proofing the 2nd floor (passed)

  10. to leave the public meeting and enter into executive session. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 9:49AM