Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order at 6:07 PM by Michelle Vaughan.

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 aprove 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.

a.    PTO report –

                                              i.    Membership drive

                                            ii.    100% staff participation

                                           iii.    Want board member participation at 100%

                                           iv.    $25 packages, $50, and $100

                                             v.    Hoodie and crew neck sale will start soon

                                           vi.    Biscuit sales to start soon

                                          vii.    PTO meeting last Tuesday, decent attendance

                                        viii.    Raffle at meeting to incentivize parent participation at the meetings

b.    Parent concerns

                                              i.    Growing concern about the police presence during school commute

                                            ii.    Students feeling targeted and harassed

                                           iii.    There is no in school zone signs to let parents know where the school zone ends

                                           iv.    Ashley – concerns about the police presence and the feeling of targeting

                                             v.    Parents feel that the presence is racially charged, it’s not a safety presence it’s a policing presence

c.    Foundation will be meeting second week in October

School Leader Report

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

Mr. Muhammad -

a.    Principal acknowledged the concerns of the parents

b.    74 tickets for the month of August

c.    Chatt Hills police facebook page indicated that they are aware of school being back in session

d.    Has been in communication with superintendent Looney, mayor, FCS charter contact, and police

e.    Principal will keep the parents informed and will be at the next city council meeting

f.     Concerns over a resident “hunting” during times in the area

g.    Fully staffed academically

h.    Looking for an after-school custodian and a lunch monitor(MWF)

i.     Staff members who are grieving

j.     New staff baby!

k.    Charter renewal will be turned in on Friday

l.     School field trip over 3 days to Perry Fair, leadership team will be in attendance each day. About 90% of the school will be in attendance

m.  Oct. 31^st –

                                              i.    Official ribbon cutting 1 pm

                                            ii.    Fulton county board will be invited

                                           iii.    Fall festival

n.    Nov. 7^th – Chatt hills experience day

o.    Title I meeting took place last week

p.    New farm animals have arrived

q.    Academically – excited about the second coaching cycle

r.     Buzz around campus is around instruction

                                              i.    Teachers are receptive and like the program

s.    Lost a couple of students, had a send off to see two twin off who had to leave chatt hills – lots of love from the students and family

Committee Reports

Updates from Committee Meetings:

Governance Committee

Fund Development Committee

People and Culture Committee

Finance Committee

Academic Committee

a.    Governance

                                              i.    Held a meeting last week

                                            ii.    Waste, fraud, and abuse complaint

                                           iii.    Being investigated and will let the public know

                                           iv.    FCS is asking for a calendar to be more aligned with FCS calendar, will allow teachers to attend kickoff meetings with FCS teachers

                                             v.    Updating grievance policy

                                           vi.    Fingerprinting for board members so that we are in full compliance

b.    Fund Development

                                              i.    Met last week

                                            ii.    More community sponsors

                                           iii.    Supporting PTO

                                           iv.    Fall festival

                                             v.    Fundraising ideas

c.    People and Culture

                                              i.    Met last week

                                            ii.    Administrative in nature

                                           iii.    Health check on staff

                                           iv.    Leveraging the focus group and survey data

1.    Staff

2.    Board

3.    Alum

d.    Finance

                                              i.    Met with Mr. Patterson on the 3^rd

                                            ii.    In final stages of audit

                                           iii.    On target financially

                                           iv.    Have received full funding for the school year

                                             v.    $4800 deficit but this is the norm for this time of year, will get money in next months funds

                                           vi.    No red flags at this point

                                          vii.    One more payment for bond (water)

e.    Academic

                                              i.    Met last Thursday

                                            ii.    Academic and instructional review and goals for the year

                                           iii.    Saw an increase in math

                                           iv.    Flat in ELA

                                             v.    Rise in Science in 5^th grade

                                           vi.    Social studies is up by 23%

                                          vii.    Action plan developed by the admin team

                                        viii.    iReady data and dyslexia screener was completed

                                           ix.    Priority 1 is strengthening academic rigor

                                             x.    Upcoming dates

1.    Hispanic heritage month

2.    Oct 2^nd 5-6:30 open house

3.    Perry fair

4.    Homecoming

Meeting Adjournment

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

Old Business

Review of any outstanding items carried over from previous meeting; any matters on previous agenda that were not reached; or matters that were postponed to the present meeting.

No new items for discussion

New Business

Introduction of new business for consideration. any member can introduce new items of business by making a motion and obtaining a second.

No new items for discussion

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:00 pm