The Main Street Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday November 30th, 2021 @7:00 PM

Meeting Agenda

Approval of Agenda 5 minutes

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.

Actions:

  1. Approve the agenda as presented.

Approval of Minutes 15 minutes

The Governing Board met on Tuesday October 26th, 2021 @7:06 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 35 minutes long meeting. Present: Satonja Gilbert Scott, Kristin Jackson, Heather Wells, Farand Dolland, Chanel Recasner, Kim Walker, Bridgett Bell, Mitch Foster II, Kristal Ramirez
Not Present: Jennifer Fine, Gayla Graves, Terra Person, Brittany Dunn, Carla Wagner

The members considered the following items:
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Public Comment
4. Academic & School Performance Committee Report
5. Principal Report
6. Faculty Report
7. Finance Committee Report
8. Communications Report
9. Governance Committee Report
10. President’s Report
11. Future Business

The committee considered 8 motions, of which 7 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Approve the agenda. (passed)
2. Approve the minutes as presented. (passed)
3. Amend governing board policy to remove the board president as a required member of ASPC. (passed)
4. Approve reducing after school program fees to no more than 5% lower than the 2019-2020 rates. (passed)
5. Agree to pay the part-time employees during the closure for the week of October 18, 2021 - October 22, 2021. (tabled)
6. Approve an additional $6,000 for the stipends budget item to be used for retention and signing bonuses for SPED teachers and paras. (passed)
7. Approve an additional $1,400 stipend for the music and band teacher. (passed)
8. To pay the part-time employees during the school closure for October and November 2021. (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 8:26PM

Actions:

  1. Approve the minutes as presented.

Public Comment 10 minutes

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. Each member of the public may sign up to comment at the meeting, and will be allotted two (2) minutes. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. Our meetings are open to the public and public record. As such, if your comment is about a private matter, please contact the board via email, or speak to the board chair privately.

Principal Report 15 minutes

The school leader reports on the status of the school.


Attachments

Academic & School Performance Committee Report 15 minutes

Faculty Report 10 minutes

Finance Committee Report 30 minutes

FY21 FINAL AUDIT LETTER & AGREED UPON PROCEDURES

SAVINGS OPTIONS 

FY22 BUDGET UPDATES & CHANGES

  • Facility Grant and Cares Act III

BUDGET EXPENDITURE CHANGES

PERSONNEL CHANGES 

FACILITIES UPDATES - Eve

PTO Financials - No Update this Month

Giving Tuesday - Lisa

Actions:

  1. Executive Director authorized to follow Fulton County regarding special education stipends, e.g. which personnel are eligible.
  2. Authorize Executive Director to issue stipends and mid-year compensation changes as soon as practicable following receipt of funds from Fulton County as funded by Cares ACT III.
  3. Set TMSA hourly wage minimum to $16.00 per hour, as funded by Cares ACT III.
  4. Affirm SOM role as permanent effective 30 days after initial employment.

Communications Report 5 minutes

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, is #GivingTuesday at TMSA. Accepting donations at https://bit.ly/2021TMSAGivingTuesday

Governance Committee Report 20 minutes

President’s Report 15 minutes

Future Business 5 minutes

This is to add new business to next month’s agenda.