Chattahoochee Hills Charter School

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Thursday June 25th, 2020 @6:00 PM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Giff Beaton present member On Time At Adjournment
Kapinga Mukenge present secretary 5 Minutes Late At Adjournment
April Ledom present member On Time At Adjournment
Kanethia Henderson present member On Time At Adjournment
Deborah Cureton not present member
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.

PTO President Report

PTO report

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.

School Leader Report

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

  • Presentation on end of year dashboard.
  • Update on Townhall survey status from parents
  • What our virtual option will look like?
  • Next steps (executive summary published + FCS decision on June 29th)

Governance Committee Report

Report on Board member recruitment process + status of policy review process.


Motions:

Move to nominate the following candidates...

We currently have a slate of 6 candidates, 3 returning for their second term (Jessica, Peter, and Giff) and 3 new candidates (Michelle Vaughan, Martine Robinson, and Brent Vegliacich).


Board end of year assessment

Our strategic plan goal is that by 2022 100% of our board meets our board expectations. Currently we're at 66% (6 of our 9 members) meets all of our expectations.


FY21 draft school leader goals.


Policy Review Calendar for FY21: Motion- Move to accept the FY21 policy review calendar

Attached is a draft policy review calendar (some of which will also become a policy creation calendar) for our board as we update our policies and procedures.

Nominate and accept the slate of candidates to join the CHCS Governing Board as new/returning members: Michelle Vaughan (parent), Martine Robinson (parent), Brent Vegliacich (community member), Peter (returning), Giff (returning), and Jessica (returning) for the upcoming fiscal year (FY21).

By: Samuel Wakefield Seconded by: April Ledom

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Move to accept the Policy Review Calendar

By: Samuel Wakefield Seconded by: Giff Beaton

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

People and Culture Committee Report

Update on progress towards policy review + org chart update


FY21 Org Chart Approval: Motion: move to approve the FY21 org chart

Attached is a final draft org chart, recommended by the people and culture committee, pending full board approval.


Staffing updates: Motion to approve the candidates proposed for hire



Finance Committee Report

Financial report

Paycheck protection program (PPP) update

Academic Excellence Committee Report

Update on status of school year re-opening plan

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

Personel contracts

Motion to move into Executive Session at 7:30 PM

By: Giff Beaton Seconded by: Samuel Wakefield

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Motion to come out of Executive Session at 8:37PM

By: Samuel Wakefield Seconded by: Giff Beaton

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 approve the organizational chart as written.

By: Kanethia Henderson Seconded by: Giff Beaton

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Motion to approve the slate of new hires

By: Samuel Wakefield Seconded by: Shadeed Abdul-Salaam

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Motion to extend the Principal's contract for FY 20-21

By: Samuel Wakefield Seconded by: Giff Beaton

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:08 pm

Motion to adjourn

By: Giff Beaton Seconded by: Shadeed Abdul-Salaam

There was no notable discussion on the motion.