Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order at 6:22 p.m. by Michelle Vaughan, beginning with the pledge of allegiance.

Approval of the 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.

Approval of the Minutes

The meeting minutes of the previous board meeting should be reviewed and approved by a quorum of the board.

Public Comment

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. Each member of the public may sign up to comment at the meeting, and will be allotted two minutes. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. 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.

Mr. Muhammad, Head of Schools/Michelle Vaughan, Foundation Board

• The PTO hosted the annual Fall Festival November 8
• The Foundation Board is hosting Movie on the Farm December 6; this will be a free event for all students; hot cocoa and popcorn will be provided free of charge; food truck vendor will be onsite to provide food for an additional charge
• Movie locations on the campus and movies will be finalized later this week

School Leader Report

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

• CHCS has partnered w/ Fulton County Water works-students hiked the trail and were able to do water sampling
• Hosted members from the Governor Kemp's team and hosted the chair of GA charter schools
• Volleyball team runner up to champions; surprise celebration held on campus for the scholars
• Hosted FCS Charter Schools administrators (November 15) 
• Secured the Georgia Outdoor Learning Demonstration (GOLD) Grant for $4321
• Career Day 11/20
• Upcoming Events: Movie Night sponsored by the Foundation Board (Dec. 6), Professional Development Day (Dec. 6), Doughnuts with Dad (Dec. 13)
• CHCS featured in the video from the Georgia Legislation (Georgia Charter Schools Association) to promote charter schools
• Students planted seeds for various crops in collaboration with the Ecoslay and Ponics partnership 
• School-wide field trip to the Tellus Museum coming up in December

Committee Reports

Governance Committee-the names of six potential candidates have been submitted for potential governing board members; one candidate has responded thus far

Academic Excellence Committee-Testing updates: diagnostic assessments have been completed in i-Ready; 1st and 6th grade are meeting expectations for time spent on i-Ready; Exceptional Education classroom updates: new classroom will be a self-contained classroom; currently looking for a certified teacher for the new class; still in the process of identifying all of the classroom needs for the new Exceptional Education class; Science fair: middle school science fair will be held on November 18; elementary school science fair will be held on November 20; Special Recognition: the administrative team was celebrated for using bullseye (system for providing feedback to teachers); walk throughs are being conducted to monitor instructional practices  

People and Culture-reviewed the plan for campus tours detailing what potential groups can expect for the Professional Development on December 6

Fund Development Committee-discussed current and ongoing fundraisers, fundraiser monies will go into fundraising account, think of business members who would like to partner with the school; list of fundraising priorities created

Finance Committee-HR updates: looking for the Exceptional Education teacher-no one found with the criteria thus far; potential candidate through a staffing agency; should we agree on potential candidate, we would need to review as a new contractual agreement; the Data Clerk position has been posted as a full-time onsite employment opportunity; Financial Updates: budgeted deficit of 26K for October; bond payment was paid out twice this month to increase cash flow; as long as all money is accounted for with the bond holder in December, this is fine; 49 days cash on hand; reviewed the agreed upon procedures; Classroom updates: new code updates regarding installation of modular unit; currently having to explore different options to be in compliance with codes; potential plan is to place a modular unit for the leadership office (Building D & E); Building A2 would then become the resource room; Modular unit scenarios: 1) the cost for the mobile office unit is 1.9k/month with an installation fee of 6k; 2) the cost of a cabin would be 20k (one time) in same location-would have to do HVAC, dry way; tabling voting on the updated financial policies

Meeting Adjournment

If not further business, the Chair ask for a motion to adjourn the meeting.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:21 PM