Approval of 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 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.

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.

Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order 7:08pm by the Board Chair.

Approval of Minutes

Faculty Report

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

Update from the Board and management on staff holiday planning. Still working on getting feedback from staff about the holiday planning activities they would like. Finance Committee will take the feedback from staff and plan accordingly.

Principal Report

Discussion and Review of 2019 Charter School Annual Report (Management Report) - VOTING ITEM

Monthly Report (attached) - iReady diagnostics reading and math

Communications Report

1.Uniform Updates

Refreshed New Logo and legibility on uniforms 

Fulton County Public Schools no longer on logo, editing issues with vendors 

2. Mascot 

1st mascot winner- not fully integrating and merging changes into final design due to production complexities.

Propose to move to second designer per voting results.

3.TMSA Website  and Donation Portal

a. There are issues with Edilio and Website firewall issues; Website functionality and capacity is not fully built out properly, Appears that old website migration was just put on a new platform 

c. “SUPPORT US” Tab:

Edilio versus 4agoodcause (donation portal vendor) 

i. 4agoodcaus ($8,000 Annually Estimate- $7,099 Annually) $49 , $.49 per transaction; 40/month, FY2020 Flat Rate- 1000 Transactions $609; 

My School Bucks Donation portal will not support the giving campaign compared to 4agoodcause.

We will participate in GA Gives for 2019-2020- We will engage the TMSA Community

Basecamp 

We will sunset Bascamp due to the cost associated with and the lack of users. It is underutilized

Survey Results 

1. 240 Survey Parent Responses Received and 29 Staff responses.(Conducted: June/July 2019).

Communications Committee will continue to gain clarity next year to determine trends and engage Governing Board committees to help address low scoring areas paired with the strategic plan. The Committees will determine tracking metrics to improve area.

Governance Committee Report

This report is submitted by the governance committee chair

Election of Committee Chairs - Voting Item

Need to ratify current acting chairs for all committees.

• Farrah Brown- Communications Committee Chair
• Latrice Lyle- ASPC Chair
• Bridgett Bell- Finance Committee Chair
• Heather Wells- Governance Committee Chair

Finance Committee Report

1. PTO Report

• Checking balance is $5,699.75
• Savings balance is $5,378.26
• The Cherrydale fundraiser revenue is $2,694
• November 12, 2019 at 6PM is the next PTO Meeting.
• Chocolates and spirit wear sales are ongoing.

1. FY19 Audit-The audit is clean and no material issues exist.
2. FY20 Financials-We are tracking budget vs expenses on a monthly basis.
3. Approve banking option and payroll account.
4. We were awarded two capital improvement grants. (1) $30,000 - fence and lighting upgrade in storefront and (2) $40,000 - assessment for basement utilization.

President’s Report

Discussion and Review of 2019 Charter School Annual Report (Board Chair Report ) - VOTING ITEM

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:09 pm