Westside Atlanta Charter School

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Thursday February 13th, 2025 @7:00 AM

Meeting Agenda

Welcome and Call to Order 1 minutes

The meeting will be called to order.

Approval of Agenda 1 minutes

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.

Actions:

  1. Approve the agenda for the current meeting

Approval of Minutes from Jan 9, 2025 5 minutes

The board will approve minutes from last month's meeting as circulated prior to the meeting and published on CharterBoards.

Actions:

  1. Approve the minutes from last meeting as submitted

Mission Statement 1 minutes

The meeting will begin with a reading of the school's mission statement:


Westside fosters a diverse, tight knit community of lifelong learners, giving each child an excellent academic experience that builds curiosity, critical thinking, and character.

Public Comment 10 minutes

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 to governance@wacs.us where the board can protect student privacy. We understand that after the public comment period, you may have questions/comments regarding topics that are discussed during the meeting. Please direct those questions to governance@wacs.us. The Board may not address comments/questions after the public comment period. However, we will work with the school administration to provide a prompt response to your email.


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. Any grievance directed to the attention of the board, should be sent to governance@wacs.us. We thank you for your cooperation. At this time, we would like to open the floor to public comment.


Community Council Report 5 minutes

Community Council Co-Chair gives an update.

School Leader Report 30 minutes

The school leader reports on the status of the school.


  • Enrollment / lottery update
  • Map/i-Ready mid-year results
  • Out Teach outdoor classroom proposal
  • Summer programming






Actions:

  1. Approve the proposal with Out Teach, as outlined, for the outdoor classroom space and future professional development through their organization.

Finance Committee Report 30 minutes

Finance Committee gives monthly report.


  • Monthly financials review
  • Discussion on timing of personnel budget approvals




Governance Committee Report 10 minutes

Governance Committee gives monthly report.

  • Facility use policy

Actions:

  1. Approve facility use policy as is with permitted use modifications to follow

Development Committee Report 10 minutes

Development Committee gives monthly report.

  • Boosterthon Fundraiser
  • Development Committee Calendar




Executive Session 10 minutes

Entering into executive session for purpose of discussing a periodic personnel evaluation.

Actions:

  1. Enter into executive session for the purpose of discussing a periodic personnel evaluation.