Chattahoochee Hills Charter School

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Thursday February 13th, 2020 @7:00 PM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Giff Beaton not present member
Kapinga Mukenge present secretary On Time At Adjournment
April Ledom present member On Time At Adjournment
Kanethia Henderson present member On Time At Adjournment
Deborah Cureton present member On Time At Adjournment
Shadeed Abdul-Salaam present member On Time At Adjournment
Peter Vantine present Treasurer On Time At Adjournment
Jessica Pressley-Willis present chair On Time At Adjournment
Patrick Muhammad present Non-voting Administration On Time At Adjournment
Samuel Wakefield present member On Time At Adjournment

Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order, beginning with the pledge of allegiance.

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.


Teacher request to meet Fulton County pay scale.

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.

Move PTO report after School leader

By: Samuel Wakefield Seconded by: Peter Vantine

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Approval of Minutes from Jan 9, 2020

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

Approve the minutes as submitted

By: Giff Beaton Seconded by: Samuel Wakefield

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

School Leader Report

The school leader reports on the status of the school.


Updates on Strategic Plan progress using dashboard- Principal Monthly Dashboard


Presentation by Dr. Maya Taylor from South Fulton Arrow steam based program for youth.


Key Takeaways and ideas such as "Chattagritrips" from the Agri/nutrition team that went to the GA grown symposium (USDA grant supported)


Plan to have a team represent CHCS National culture and agriculture conference coming up in June


Teacher National recognition


Staff and Teacher of the year selection and nominations


Review of academic performance data per grade level and trends


March 7th Job Fair at CHCS as well as Saturday school to provide additional support to students lagging in certain areas.











PTO report

PTO President report


Family and parents dance on March 7th, 2020

Skate night on February 14th

Black Party


PTO report

PTO President report


Family and parents dance on March 7th, 2020

Skate night on February 14th

Black Party


Governance Committee Report

  • Progress updates on strategic plan
  • Board Member Expectations Tracker- evaluating our progress
  • Formally reviewing and voting on a few compliance elements of our FCS compliance check-list (agreed upon procedures + GADOE report and academic form)
  • Update on board member recruitment and selection process to launch in March
  • Update on meeting with our authorizer and recommendations to the board regarding next steps
  • Topics for Exec session- Updating charterboards, committee meeting cadence, using our google drive
  • Discuss the agreed upon procedures


Academic Excellence Committee Report

Academic Excellence committee report


Meeting between Academic Excellence Committee and each Dean on February 25th.


Principal and staff getting certified in subject that align with our Tri-Foci.





People and Culture Committee Report

  • Update on progress made with staff and family retention
  • Update on next steps for teacher selection process
  • Discussion and vote on teacher contract



3 Strategic Plan outcomes to reach by 2021:

  • Achieve a 4 star or higher climate rating
  • Maintain staff satisfaction and staff retention of high-quality staff members at 90%
  • Retain 90% of our families each year


The people and culture committee is charged with implementing the Chatt Way for 3 Stakeholders groups: Students, families and staff members. 


For staff this spring we are focused on 5 key priorities: recruitment, selections, development, compensation, and retention.


Next meeting on February 18th at OZ Pizza

Development Committee Reports

Development committee report


Get additional financial information about the implementation of the learning landscape initiative at CHCS.



Finance Committee Reports

Review of monthly financial reports

Motion to approve the financial monthly report by April Ledom and Deb Cureton. Motion to approve budget adoption timeline by April Ledom and Deb Cureton. Motion to approve additional rents by Peter Vantine and Samuel Wakefield.

By: April Ledom Seconded by: Deborah Cureton

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

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.

New Business

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

Executive Session

Motion to go into Executive Session at 8:40pm by April Ledom and Samuel Wakefield.


Motion to come out of Executive session at 9:43pm Kanethia and Shadeed

Motion to accept the agreed upon procedures and continue to implement as a board by Samuel Wakefield and Shadeed Abdul Salaam

Approve the teacher contracts subjects to the attorney approval with the 3 proposed edits by Samuel Wakefield and Kanethia Henderson

By: Samuel Wakefield Seconded by: Shadeed Abdul-Salaam

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Meeting Adjournment

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

Motion to go into Executive Session by April Ledom and Samuel Wakefield.

By: April Ledom Seconded by: Samuel Wakefield

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Motion to adjourn meeting at 9:46pm by Kanethia Henderson and Shadeed Abdul Salaam

By: Kanethia Henderson Seconded by: Shadeed Abdul-Salaam

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:11 am

Motion to adjourn

By: Kanethia Henderson Seconded by: Samuel Wakefield

There was no notable discussion on the motion.