Westside Atlanta Charter School

Governance Committee

Governance Committee Meeting - Tuesday November 5th, 2024 @8:30 AM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governance Committee met on Tuesday November 5th, 2024 @8:30 AM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 6 minutes long meeting. Present: Ashley Pruitt, Hannah Heck Not Present: Sumhr Giboney, Chenelle Morton, Jessica Weissinger

The members considered the following items:

The committee considered 0 motions, of which 0 passed, and 0 failed:

The meeting adjourned at 8:28PM


  • Circulate parking lot ideas to full board and a survey 
  • Feedback on the retreat , room for improvement, survey 
  • Follow up with Alyson for minutes
  • Organizational trust
  • Website : board tab , documents tab , link to charter , purpose of the board  ( Hannah ) , add Tiffany to website and remove Sumhr 
  • Tiffany voting on  sign matters  ( send to her for  review )  
    • Board agenda conflict interest) 
    • Conflict of interest (
    • Code of ethics
  • Separate survey after board meeting ( Ashley ) 
    • Current board calendar 
    • Board member needs from committee 
  • Tiffany onboarding ( document) 
    • Formal onboarding process
  • How to be a board member on the website ( Mallie ) 
  • What are we looking for in a board member ( survey ) 
  • Alyson  about references ( any other persons ) 
  • Committee
  • Church  ( Hannah )
    • New agreement sent 
    • church pays $3500 
    • $500 ( cleaning supplies ) 
    • Update on agreement 
  • Facility use agreement paused 
    • Suspend for now
  • Annual Diversity report 
    • December board meeting 
  • Board calendar 
    • Review 
  • Re circulate board calendar - are these the right things to measure based on current mission 
  • Strategic plan review
    • Meeting with Dr. Tanner to determine the approach moving forward 
    • Strategic Goals ( check in  with Douglass, end of the year of the review ) 
    • School year
    • Nov /  December  ( Jessica , Douglas ) 
  • Annual Board member engagement update 
    • Update// Measurable 
    • School year ( fiscal year)  
    • Every May ( 100% participation ) 
  • Board member recrutiment 
    • January recruitment goals
    • Recommendations for new members 
  • Onboarding Tiffany ( December ) 
    • Hannah Mentor 
  • Alyson Board retreat  minutes ( Ashley)