The Main Street Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday February 22nd, 2022 @7:00 PM

Meeting Agenda

Welcome & Call to Order 1 minutes

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 submitted

Approval of Minutes 15 minutes

The Governing Board met on Tuesday January 25th, 2022 @7:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 0 minutes long meeting. Present: Satonja Gilbert Scott, Heather Wells, Farand Dolland, Chanel Recasner, Kim Walker, Brittany Dunn, Bridgett Bell, Mitch Foster II, Carla Wagner, Kristal Ramirez
Not Present: Kristin Jackson, Jennifer Fine, Gayla Graves, Terra Person

The members considered the following items:
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of the minutes from November 30, 2021
3. Public Comment
4. Principal Report
5. Faculty Report
6. Academic & School Performance Committee Report
7. Report from Finance Committee
8. Communications Report
9. Governance Committee Report
10. President’s Report
11. Future Business

The committee considered 6 motions, of which 6 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Approve the agenda as submitted (passed)
2. Approve the minutes as presented. (passed)
3. Adopt option 1 for the 2022-2023 school year calendar. (passed)
4. Authorize executive director to implement FY22 Proposed Rate Reduction for the after school program temporarily through the end of the currents school year. (passed in finance) (passed)
5. Authorize our executive director to pay part-time employees during emergency closings through the remainder of this school year. (passed in finance) (passed)
6. Remove Terra Person and Gayla Graves from the governing board for lack of statutory and compliance requirements. (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 8:16PM

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 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

  1. State of the School Address
  2. Wellness at TMSA

Actions:

  1. Approve the State of the School address.

Attachments

Academic & School Performance Committee Report 5 minutes

This report is submitted by the ASPC Chair.

Faculty Report 5 minutes

This report comes from the staff elected faculty member to the board.

Finance Committee Report 15 minutes

The Finance Committee met on Tuesday February 15th, 2022 @6:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 0 hours and 41 minutes long meeting. Present: Kimnese Abdul-Salaam, Virginia Smith, Bridgett Bell, Mitch Foster II, Ishmael Abdul-Salaam, Kim Walker
Not Present: Laura Calloway, Brittany Dunn, Tequila Douglas

The members considered the following items:
1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes from Jan 18, 2022
4. Future Business

The committee considered 3 motions, of which 3 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
2. Approve the agenda as submitted (passed)
3. Authorize Executive Director to extend Metrocorp contract up to $20,000. (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 7:07PM

Actions:

  1. Authorize Executive Director to extend Metrocorp contract up to $20,000.
  2. Authorize the Executive Director to engage an independent accounting firm to perform an efficacy assessment of the internal financial control environment, and an adequacy assessment of supporting materials to the general ledger, not to exceed $8,000 and to be commenced as soon as practicable.

Communications Report 5 minutes

This report is submitted by Lisa Simon. 


Governance Committee Report 10 minutes

This report is submitted by the governance commitee chair.

President’s Report 10 minutes

This report is made by the governing board President.

Future Business 5 minutes

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