Westside Atlanta Charter School

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Thursday August 8th, 2019 @7:00 AM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Julius Farrington not present secretary
Donovan Potter not present member
Hannah Heck present vice-chair On Time At Adjournment
Kim Day not present member
Chuck Johnston present member On Time At Adjournment
Monica Allen present member On Time At Adjournment
Tyler Skelton present member On Time At Adjournment
Katrina Mitchell not present member
John Phelps present member On Time At Adjournment
Terrell Gilbert present chair On Time At Adjournment
Douglas McRae present member On Time At Adjournment
David Davis present member On Time At Adjournment

Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order.

Motion to call the meeting to order

By: Terrell Gilbert Seconded by: Hannah Heck

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Approval of Agenda

Deferred to the September meeting

School Leader Report

  • No more free and reduced lunch in APS (district-wide eligibility); still waiting confirmation about how FRL will be calculated school by school.


  • Follow-up: confirm the total families spent last year on meals to potentially seek that amount for annual fund (William to follow up) 

     

  • Delana introduced new staff Tia Harrington


  • Mr. Kyle will return to job-share the P.E. position with Coach K


  • Follow up: request to have update in the new few months of Encore program and to look into implementing family satisfaction survey on the program


  • Review Milestone Data


  • Delana presented Strategic Plan Implementation Proposal from NorthStar
  • Question about 1.2 and 1.7, to be addressed in follow up emails


  • Follow up: This will be reviewed in finance and education committee and will move to be approved in September    


  • TERRELL LEFT at 8:02 AM   



Finance Committee Report

  • William reported on July Monthly report
  • Follow up: overview of Annual Fund   
  • William highlighted $60k of giving to annual fund since last report (unrestricted giving)
  • Auditors currently at the school
  • Tyler highlighted at the end of July ($800k invested) that the amount above $800k was swept into account (total of $14k)  



Development Committee Report

o  Next Meeting is August 29 at 8:30 AM

Governance Committee Meeting

o  Annual Board Social is Scheduled for September 22

o  Full Board Training is scheduled for October 22


o  Hannah reminded board members about conflict of interest and code of ethics forms

  • Follow up: requested board members to re-complete for the 2019-2020 school year and ask them to submit electronically by the end of the week

Motion to re-affirm Class B Directors - Tyler, Chuck, Monica, Donovan, Douglas

By: Hannah Heck Seconded by: Monica Allen

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Education Committee

  • End-of-Year Executive Director & School Review and Policy Change
  • Deferred to September meeting

Public Comment

No public comment


Executive Session

Entering into executive session for purpose of discussing facility negotiations.

Move to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing facility negotiations

By: Hannah Heck Seconded by: Douglas McRae

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 10:16 pm

Motion to adjourn

By: Terrell Gilbert Seconded by: Douglas McRae

There was no notable discussion on the motion.