Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Tuesday September 25th, 2018 @7:11 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 56 minutes long meeting. Present: Erin Rodgers, Dr. Kelly Johnson, Jessica Monti, Farrah Brown, Jennifer Fine, Tha Vin, Bridgett Bell, Britton Batemon, Chandra Graves, Rebecca Dearolph, Cheryl Parker, Virginia Smith Not Present: Dr. DeAndre S. Pickett, Heather Wells

The members considered the following items:

1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes from Aug 28, 2018
3. Public Comment
4. Future Business
5. President’s Report
6. Communications Report
7. Governance Committee Report
8. Academic & School Performance Committee Report
9. Finance Committee Report
10. Principal Report
11. PTO Report
12. Faculty Report
13. Approval of Agenda

The committee considered 10 motions, of which 8 passed, and 0 failed:

1. Approve the minutes with amendment noting that Principal Parker was in attendance (passed)
2. Approve the Agenda (passed)
3. Approve the Annual Letter of Assurances for School Year 2018-2019 to Fulton County Schools (passed)
4. Approve $2500 expense for Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) to perform a detailed review of TMSA's Re-charter petition. (passed)
5. Approve a $3000 expense to purchase GCSA's Policy Manual to provide templates for required and recommended TMSA Governing Board policy documents. (passed)
6. Approve the election of Bridgett Bell as the Governing Board Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair. (passed)
7. Approve the election of Farrah Brown as Governing Board Secretary. (passed)
8. Approval to amend by-laws to clearly delineate that PTO rep, teacher rep and ex-officio members are non-voting members and do not have to qualify for all compliance procedures. (tabled)
9. To approve submittal of $100,000 Lowe's Grant. (tabled)

10. Approve funding for the rental of temporary lighting and restroom facilities for the athletic field in an amount not to exceed $4500. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 12:26PM