The Main Street Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday January 25th, 2022 @7:00 PM

Meeting Agenda

Approval of Agenda 5 minutes

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.

Actions:

  1. Approve the agenda as submitted

Approval of the minutes from November 30, 2021 15 minutes

The Governing Board met on Tuesday November 30th, 2021 @7:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 25 minutes long meeting. Present: Satonja Gilbert Scott, Kristin Jackson, Heather Wells, Farand Dolland, Chanel Recasner, Kim Walker, Brittany Dunn, Bridgett Bell, Mitch Foster II, Carla Wagner, Kristal Ramirez
Not Present: Jennifer Fine, Gayla Graves, Terra Person
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The members considered the following items:
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Public Comment
4. Principal Report
5. Academic & School Performance Committee Report
6. Faculty Report
7. Finance Committee Report
8. Communications Report
9. Governance Committee Report
10. President’s Report
11. Future Business

The committee considered 9 motions, of which 9 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Approve the agenda as presented. (passed)
2. To amend the agenda in order to strike the 3rd motion presented by finance and approved by the board. (passed)
3. Approve the minutes as presented. (passed)
4. Executive Director authorized to follow Fulton County regarding special education stipends, e.g. which personnel are eligible. (passed)
5. Authorize Executive Director to issue stipends and mid-year compensation changes as soon as practicable following receipt of funds from Fulton County as funded by Cares ACT III. (passed)
6. Set TMSA hourly wage minimum to $16.00 per hour, as funded by Cares ACT III. (passed)
7. Affirm SOM role as permanent effective 30 days after initial employment. (passed)
8. Set TMSA hourly wage minimum to $16.00 per hour. (passed)
9. To strike action #3 under Finance which was approved by the board (Set TMSA hourly wage minimum to $16.00 per hour, as funded by Cares ACT III) and revised as a new motion. (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 8:02PM

Public Comment 10 minutes

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.

Principal Report 15 minutes

1. Adoption of the 2022-2023 school calendar.

Actions:

  1. Adopt option 1 for the 2022-2023 school year calendar.

Attachments

Faculty Report 10 minutes

This report comes from the staff elected faculty member to the board.

Academic & School Performance Committee Report 15 minutes

This report is submitted by the ASPC Chair.

Report from Finance Committee 15 minutes

The Finance Committee met on Tuesday January 18th, 2022 @6:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 32 minutes long meeting. Present: Kimnese Abdul-Salaam, Virginia Smith, Bridgett Bell, Mitch Foster II, Laura Calloway, Ishmael Abdul-Salaam, Kim Walker
Not Present: Brittany Dunn, Tequila Douglas

The members considered the following items:
1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Public Comment
5. Budget Updates
6. Personnel Recruitment Updates
7. Facility Improvements
8. Future Business

The committee considered 4 motions, of which 4 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Approval of minutes from November 11, 2021 meeting. (passed)
2. Approve the agenda as submitted. (passed)
3. Authorize executive director to implement FY22 Proposed Rate Reduction for the afters chool program temporarily through the end of the currents school year. (passed)
4. Authorize our executive director to pay part-time employees during emergency closings through the remainder of this school year. (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 7:02PM

Actions:

  1. Authorize executive director to implement FY22 Proposed Rate Reduction for the after school program temporarily through the end of the currents school year. (passed in finance)
  2. Authorize our executive director to pay part-time employees during emergency closings through the remainder of this school year. (passed in finance)

Communications Report 5 minutes

This report is submitted by Lisa Simon. 

  • TMSA Celebrated 100th Day of School on Monday, January 24, 2022. See tmsa.org and TMSA's official Facebook page for additional details. 
  • 2022 - 2023 Re-Enrollment Period concludes January 28, 2022
  • 2022 - 2023 Open Enrollment Period is February 1 - 18, 2022
  • TMSA Spotlight in the February 2022/Charter School edition of Atlanta Parent Magazine
  • Facebook and Instagram sponsored/paid advertisements Feb. 1 - 18 targeting zip codes 30337, 30349, 30344, 30212, and 30296 ($4,200 spend)
  • School Picture Day is planned for mid-February 2022
  • 2021 - 2023 Yearbook Committee is underway

Governance Committee Report 10 minutes

This report is submitted by the governance commitee chair.

President’s Report 15 minutes

  1. Board members in noncompliance of board requirements.

Actions:

  1. Remove Terra Person and Gayla Graves from the governing board for lack of statutory and compliance requirements.

Future Business 5 minutes

This is to add new business to next month’s agenda.