Westside Atlanta Charter School

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Thursday December 8th, 2022 @7:00 PM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Jessica Weissinger present member On Time At Adjournment
Jonathan Baker present member On Time At Adjournment
Alyson West present member On Time At Adjournment
Rebecca Ellis present member On Time At Adjournment
Ryan Lee-James not present member
Julius Farrington not present vice-chair
Douglas McRae present chair On Time At Adjournment
Hannah Heck not present member
Sumhr Giboney present secretary On Time At Adjournment
Ashley Pruitt present member On Time At Adjournment
Chris Tuten present member On Time At Adjournment
Royce Collins not present member

Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order.

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 the agenda as submitted

By: Douglas McRae Seconded by: Alyson West

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Public Comment

The WACS Board would like to welcome students, parents, staff and community members. In order to facilitate an efficient meeting, if you would like to offer comments please limit your remarks to the public comment period of the agenda. We would ask that sign up on the sign up sheet and limit your comments to 3 minutes. Finally, we ask that you not include comments that reference individual students (other than your own). If you need to reference a specific student, you may do so in writing where the board can protect student privacy. If you have a grievance, we would ask that you follow the board policy of starting first with the lowest level of authority as that is almost always the place where change can happen most effectively. We thank you for your cooperation. At this time, we would like to open the floor to public comment.


Community Council Report

Community Council Co-Chair gives an update.

Grade level meet-ups.

2023 Staff Back to School breakfast in January

Community Council meeting + Parent Workshop in January

Fundraising for Teacher Appreciation events

School Leader Report

  • The school leader reports on the status of the school, led by Ms. Goodson and Ms. Cooper.
  • Enrollment updates
  • Charter renewal updates
  • Analysis of recent Project Based Learning
  • Gratitude Feast, 118 families!

Finance Committee Report

  • Monthly Financial Update
  • QBE Adjustments
  • Discuss staff retention bonuses


Approve the staff retention bonuses.

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Governance Committee Report

Governance Committee gives monthly report.

January new board member event

Annual training hours due in June


Development Committee Report

Development Committee gives monthly report.

End of year giving initiative

Motion to move to Executive Session to discuss employee compensation

By: Douglas McRae Seconded by: Jessica Weissinger

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Motion to exit Executive Session to vote on the retention stipends.

By: Douglas McRae Seconded by: Sumhr Giboney

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Motion to approve the 2022 retention stipends for faculty and staff.

By: Douglas McRae Seconded by: Jessica Weissinger

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:57 pm

Motion to adjourn

By: Jessica Weissinger Seconded by: Douglas McRae

There was no notable discussion on the motion.