Chattahoochee Hills Charter School

Governance Committee

Regular Meeting - Thursday November 7th, 2019 @6:00 PM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Kanethia Henderson not present member
Jessica Pressley-Willis present member On Time At Adjournment
Patrick Muhammad present member On Time At Adjournment
Samuel Wakefield present chair On Time At Adjournment
April Ledom not present member
Marvin Polk present member On Time At Adjournment
Dr. Funderbirk present member On Time At Adjournment

Approval of Agenda

Approve the agenda as submitted

By: Jessica Pressley-Willis Seconded by: Samuel Wakefield

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Discussing the Chatt Hills Way

Goals: - Get to a 4 star or above climate rating - retain 90% of families - retain high performing staff members The Key Question: What is the right initiative to get us to these goals?


Defining the Chatt Hills Way (for students)

  • Act with Integrity
  • Speak Life
  • Plant Positivity
  • Impact the World


Defining the Chatt Hills Way (for teachers)

  • Passionate
  • Inventive
  • Informed
  • Dedicated


Defining the Chatt Hills Way (for parents)

  • Lifting Legacy
  • Energizing Engagement
  • Harvesting Trust
  • Watering Wellness


How do we want to roll this out to our community?

  • State of the schools address (could this happen around our Jan 9th board mtg date?)
  • Continuing the Friday morning meetings (10am)


How should we test this?

  • talking with first year parents
  • putting this in front of student council


Next steps by the Dec governance committee meeting

  • Continue the Friday meetings
  • State of the school- Jan 9th
  • Student assembly
  • Teacher
  • Create the updated one pager 


Discuss a staffing strategy

What should be our approach to recruitment, retention, compensation, and development?


Should we have a standing working group/committee focused on this? We will make a recommendation to the board next week.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:29 pm

Motion to adjourn

By: Jessica Pressley-Willis Seconded by: Patrick Muhammad

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Approval of Minutes from Oct 1, 2019

Approve the minutes as submitted

There was no notable discussion on the motion.