Welcome and Call to Order

The Meeting will be called to order by the Vice Chair in place of our 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.

Executive Session

The Governing Board will move into Executive Session to discuss a confidential matter.

Principal's Report

Principal Hope Black provided a report to board members present including staff/hiring updates, enrollment number updates and demographic updates, upcoming event info, testing updates, curriculum updates related to the Georgia Dyslexia legislation HB 538/SB 48, our new after school program updates, and some general instruction updates.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report to board members present including community partnership and project updates, and general updates. Dr. Kelbaugh also provided updates from the TMS Foundation.

Finance Committee Update

Finance Committee Chair Ashley Rowland provided a report to the board members present. He reviewed the July 2024 Spending proposal budget to actual and the 2024-2025 Operating Budget and highlighted any variances. The Finance Committee has also advertised and held two public meetings on 8/16 and 8/20 to give an opportunity for questions about the proposed budget.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Trisha Cuda provided a report to board members including updates on current facilities committee projects such as roof repair projects, outdoor classroom project and landscaping projects.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Jamie Carroll provided a report on what this committee is working on currently like board recruitment, required training and reviewing our current by laws.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Chair Monique Dukes provided a report to the board members present about what her committee is working on including some diversity enrollment projects.

Board Chair Update

Board Vice Chair Cameron Lewis will make remarks on behalf of Board Chair Robin Reese.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:39 pm