The Main Street Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday October 30th, 2018 @7:00 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Tuesday October 30th, 2018 @7:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 31 minutes long meeting. Present: Erin Rodgers, Jessica Monti, Tha Vin, Britton Batemon, Chandra Graves, heather Wells, Rebecca Dearolph, Cheryl Parker, Virginia Smith, Bridgett Bell Not Present: Dr. Kelly Johnson, Farrah Brown, Jennifer Fine, Dr. DeAndre S. Pickett

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. Faculty Report
  3. Principal Report
  4. Approval of Agenda
  5. Approval of Minutes
  6. Public Comment
  7. PTO Report
  8. Finance Committee Report
  9. Academic & School Performance Committee Report
  10. Governance Committee Report
  11. Communications Report
  12. President’s Report
  13. Future Business
  14. Executive Session
  15. Re-Convene regular Board Meeting

The committee considered 13 motions, of which 12 passed, and 0 failed:

  1. Amend the agenda to include action item in Governance Committee Report (passed)
  2. Amend the Agenda to go into executive session (passed)
  3. Approve Agenda as Amended (passed)
  4. Approve the minutes of the September 25, 2018 Board meeting (passed)
  5. Approve minutes of September 27, 2018 special called Board meeting. (passed)
  6. To accept and approve three waivers to be included in the 2018 Annual Report Form and to authorize submittal to GA DOE (passed)
  7. Approve the increase in the Holiday Party Board contribution from $1000 to $2000. (passed)
  8. Approve a new Theft/Crime Insurance Policy increasing coverage from $100,000 to $500,000 (passed)
  9. Approve amending the By Laws for TMSA to remove the Teacher Rep and PTO Rep from being ex-officio members. (tabled)
  10. To elect Dr. Kelly Johnson as interim chair of the Academic & School Performance Committee (passed)
  11. To incorporate the Communications Strategy document, as presented, into the 2018-2019 Student-Parent Handbook and other Handbooks (passed)
  12. To approve the Board going into executive session to address personnel issues (passed)

  13. To adjourn executive session and resume the regular Board meeting (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 9:15PM