Welcome and Call to Order

Dr. Kelly Swinks called the meeting to order at 7:08 pm.

Mission: The mission of The Museum School of Avondale Estates is to inspire students, teachers and the community to collaborate to develop strong critical thinking, interpersonal and academic skills in our students, which will prepare them for real-world success.

Core Values: Responsibility, Respect, Cooperation, Sustainability, Creativity, Kindness

Public Comment

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. Please do not use specific student, teacher or administrator names in your comments as 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. Email Executive Director, Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh at Katherine.kelbaugh@themuseumschool.org for Zoom access to the meeting.

Public comment (no longer than one page) should be submitted via email to Katherine.kelbaugh@themuseumschool.org. Your comments must be received by 10:00 am on the day of the meeting. Only those emails received during the allotted time will be read aloud and broadcast. Emails received outside of the allotted time will be included in the Public Comments record for the next meeting.

No public comments were given.

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.

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

Approve the previous meeting minutes.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh provided a report.

1. Gifted Eligibility Challenge
2. TMS 403 (b) Exploration
3. College of Education partnerships:
4. Clayton College and State University
5. Middle Georgia State University
6. Principal Transition
7. Mr. Stewart Week
8. Half-Day Thursday Plannings with Hope
9. Sports Court Protection
10. Roof Repair
11. Opportunities for Museum School Staff Early Retirees
12. Strategic Plan Dashboard Presentation
13. Vote for bank signer updates
14. '23-'24 Lottery and Enrollment Data
15. '23-'24 Administrator's Calendar - Board Approval
16. Foundation Update

Finance Committee Update

Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair Andrew Tashiro provided the April report.

1. Decrease in QBE funding from Dekalb due to lower student enrollment numbers. We believe this runs counter to our charter agreement and is part of the ongoing litigation.
2. Variance in Personnel expenses due to the salary increases we approved last year. This trend will continue in future months.
3. Good expense management with no other material variances of note.
4. Healthy balance sheet with a sizable cash balance.
5. Tax return was officially submitted last week.
6. A big thank you to the Finance Committee for all their hard work in ensuring a successful and timely submission.

Facilities Committee Update

Facilities Committee Chair Jade Yang provided a report.

1. Revisiting Master Security Plan.
2. 9,000 sq ft Roof Repair increase.
3. Certified assessment of roof inspection.

Governance Committee Update

Governance Committee Chair Richard Piercy will provided a report.

1. GCSA Facilitated Spring Retreat over zoom on June 12th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
2. Interviews being conducted and putting together officer slate and proposed nominations for next meeting.

Diversity Committee Update

Diversity Committee Member Monique Dukes provided a report.

1. Jr. DEI Group will attend next committee meeting on June 6th.
2. Spring Map data will be presented.
3. Richard Piercy will provide a Governance update to Diversity Committee in July.

Board Chair Update

Board Chair Dr. Kelly Swinks made remarks.

1. Thanks to Principal Mike Stewart for leadership and years of service.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:09 pm

Principal's Report

Principal Mike Stewart provided a report.

1. Milestone data.
2. MAP data.
3. Hiring update.
4. Furniture order.