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.

No Public Comments were received and none were made.

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.

Finance Committee Report

Finance Committee Chair and Treasurer Ashley Rowland provided the Treasurer Report. No major budget discrepancies exist and the school continues to operate with positive net income and healthy cash on hand in appropriate accounts.

Facilities Committee Report

Facilities Committee Chair Jade Yang provided her report, including:

• Outdoor Classroom status update
• Roof update

Governance Committee Report

Richard Piercy, Chair of the Governance Committee, submitted the following candidates as The Nominees to the Board, after having interviewed a record number of candidates, and allowing the Board and the Governance Committee having a chance to review and consider, and come to a consensus on the following nominees:

Lequinta Bryant-Wilkins

Travis Hill

Chelsea Harris

Collectively, “The Nominees”

Richard Piercy, Chair of the Governance Committee, submitted the following Officer Slate for 2024-2025 School Year TMS Board of Directors Exectutives:

2024-2025 Officer Slate

Chair - Robin Reese

Vice Chair - Cameron Lewis

Treasurer - Ashley Rowland

Secretary - Sara Dewitt

Collectively, “The Officer Slate”

Richard Piercy, Chair of the Governance Committee, submitted the following Chair Nomination for 2024 for 2024-2025 School Year TMS Board of Directors Executives:

2024-2025 Committee Chair Slate

Diversity - No Change (Monique remaining chair)

Finance - No Change (Ashley remaining chair)

Governance - Jamie Carroll

Facilities - Trisha Cuda

Collectively, “The Chair Nomination”

The following Board Members were recognized for their service to the school:

Kelly Swinks

Sterling Johnson

The following departing Board Members were elected as members of the Advisory Council:

Kelly Swinks

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Chair Monique Dukes provided a report.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Januan Ivy made remarks, including honors to Kelly Swinks, former Board Chair and new member of the Advisory Council.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:07 pm