Welcome and Call to Order

The Meeting will be called to order by the Chair.

Mission: The mission of The Museum School of Avondale Estates is to inspire students, teachers and the community to collaborate to develop strong critical thinking, interpersonal and academic skills in our students, which will prepare them for real-world success.

Core Values: Responsibility, Respect, Cooperation, Sustainability, Creativity, Kindness

Public Comment

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. Please do not use specific student, teacher or administrator names in your comments as 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. Email Executive Director, Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh at Katherine.kelbaugh@themuseumschool.org for Zoom access to the meeting.

Public comment (no longer than one page) should be submitted via email to Katherine.kelbaugh@themuseumschool.org. Your comments must be received by 10:00 am on the day of the meeting. Only those emails received during the allotted time will be read aloud and broadcast. Emails received outside of the allotted time will be included in the Public Comments record for the next meeting.

Approval of Agenda

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.

Approve Previous Meeting Minutes

Approve the previous meeting minutes.

Principal's Report

Principal Hope Black provided a report to board members present. She reviewed the most up to date school demographics and also reviewed hiring updates. Principal Black also reviewed upcoming event dates and encouraged all board members to attend as many school events as possible. She also highlighted the participation needed in the Georgia Student Health Survey, gave some information related to cafeteria updates and upcoming Milestones preparation. She also reviewed some recent staff accomplishments.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to the board members present. Dr. Kelbaugh presented some updates for the upcoming Enrollment Lottery process and shared multiple data points to help the BOD decide on the weighted lottery that will be applied for Economically Disadvantaged applications. She also shared our Cognia success stories and updates on that process as well as a timeline for the road trip visits related to the NAIM Road Trip project. Dr. Kelbaugh also shared some updates from the TMS Foundation and upcoming event information for fundraisers.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Ashley Rowland provided a report to the board members present. He reviewed the school financials from Decmber 2023 and January 2024 and also shared updates to the Finance Committee's portion of the strategic plan.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Jade Yang provided a report to the board members present including updates on current Facilities Projects. These projects include a survey of the school campus, a proposal from Shades of Green landscaping company, an RFP for future roof repairs and updates to the security system.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Richard Piercy provided a report related to the updated board member agreement and preparations for the Spring Board Retreat and required training.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Chair Monique Dukes provided a report of what the committee is working on including a Recruitment plan, reviewing Winter MAP data, updates from various DEI projects and the diversity training for the Spring Board Retreat.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Januan Ivy made some short remarks ahead of the Executive Session.

Executive Session

Board Members present will move into Executive Session to discuss a confidential matter.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:23 pm 2/20/24