The Main Street Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday July 26th, 2022 @7:00 PM

Meeting Agenda

Welcome and Call to Order 1 minutes

Approval of the Agenda 1 minutes

Actions:

  1. Approve the agenda as presented.

Approval of Minutes 15 minutes

The Governing Board met on Tuesday June 28th, 2022 @7:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 42 minutes long meeting. Present: Satonja Gilbert Scott, Heather Wells, Farand Dolland, Chanel Recasner, Kim Walker, Brittany Dunn, Bridgett Bell, Carla Wagner, Kristal Ramirez
Not Present: Kristin Jackson, Jennifer Fine, Mitch Foster II

The members considered the following items:
1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of the Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes from May 31, 2022
4. Public Comment
5. Principal Report
6. Academic & School Performance Committee Report
7. Faculty Report
8. Finance Committee Report
9. Communications Report
10. Governance Committee Report
11. President’s Report
12. Future Business
13. Amend the Agenda
14. Executive Session

The committee considered 8 motions, of which 8 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Approve the agenda as presented. (passed)
2. Approve the minutes as presented. (passed)
3. Authorize the Executive Director to distribute the Governor's Stipend as follows: all teachers ($2,000), all leadership ($2,000), all support staff ($1,000), all part-time staff ($500), and resigned staff ($0). If an employee resigns before December 31, 2022, the funds will be deducted from the employee's final paycheck. (passed)
4. Increase instructional budget from $300,000 to $450,000. (passed)
5. Motion to Approve the identified Officers for the Upcoming 2022-2023 Year (passed)
6. Amend the agenda to include an executive session. (passed)
7. motion to hire Chad Owes as incoming Executive Director (passed)
8. To leave ES (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 10:55PM

Actions:

  1. Approve the minutes as presented.

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

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

Academic & School Performance Committee Report 10 minutes

This report is submitted by the ASPC Chair.

Report from Finance Committee 15 minutes

The Finance Committee met on Tuesday July 19th, 2022 @6:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 0 hours and 56 minutes long meeting. Present: Mitch Foster II, Dr. Chad Owes, Virginia Smith, Kimnese Abdul-Salaam, Ishmael Abdul-Salaam
Not Present: Laura Calloway, Brittany Dunn, Kim Walker, Tequila Douglas

The members considered the following items:
1. Report from Finance Committee
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Financial Review

The committee considered 4 motions, of which 4 passed, and 0 failed:
1. approve as submitted. (passed)
2. Approve the agenda as submitted (passed)
3. Authorize the Executive Director to amend to Fulton County FY23 Salary Scale for teaching and non-teaching staff. (passed)
4. Increase Principal's and Executive Directors spending authority to $25,000 for budgeted items, and amend board policy to issue corporate credit cards to each. (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 8:01PM

Actions:

  1. Authorize the Executive Director to amend to Fulton County FY23 Salary Scale for teaching and non-teaching staff. (passed in finance)
  2. Increase Principal's and Executive Directors spending authority to $25,000 for budgeted items, and amend board policy to issue corporate credit cards to each. (passed in finance)

Faculty Report 5 minutes

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

Communications Report 5 minutes

  • Supporting all back-to-school and recruiting initiatives
  • 2022 - 2023 Governing Board web page is updating, pending new board members
  • Pre-planning is underway to kick-off TMSA's inaugural Annual Fund at the 2022 Curriculum Night scheduled on September 1, 2022

Governance Committee Report 10 minutes

  1. Governance Committee Meetings
  2. Second Thursday, 6:00 pm.
  3. Commitment of New Committee Members
  4. Presentation of Candidates for the Board(Kenya M. Morris; Nkiruka Onyia; Shameka N. Smith; Kanetha Stephens; and Anthony Williams)


Actions:

  1. all presented potential candidates as new members of the TMSA Board.
  2. Approve bylaw amendments as presented.

President’s Report 10 minutes

This report is made by the governing board President.

Future Business 5 minutes