Westside Atlanta Charter School

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Thursday October 20th, 2022 @7:00 PM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Jessica Weissinger present member On Time At Adjournment
Jonathan Baker present member On Time At Adjournment
Alyson West present member On Time At Adjournment
Rebecca Ellis present member On Time At Adjournment
Ryan Lee-James present member 20 Minutes Late At Adjournment
Julius Farrington not present vice-chair
Douglas McRae not present chair
Hannah Heck present member On Time At Adjournment
Sumhr Giboney present secretary On Time At Adjournment
Ashley Pruitt not present member
Chris Tuten present member On Time At Adjournment
Royce Collins not present member

Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order.

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.

Motion to approve the adoption of today's agenda.

By: Sumhr Giboney Seconded by: Jessica Weissinger

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Public Comment

The WACS Board would like to welcome students, parents, staff and community members. In order to facilitate an efficient meeting, if you would like to offer comments please limit your remarks to the public comment period of the agenda. We would ask that sign up on the sign up sheet and limit your comments to 3 minutes. Finally, we ask that you not include comments that reference individual students (other than your own). If you need to reference a specific student, you may do so in writing where the board can protect student privacy. If you have a grievance, we would ask that you follow the board policy of starting first with the lowest level of authority as that is almost always the place where change can happen most effectively. We thank you for your cooperation. At this time, we would like to open the floor to public comment.


Finance Committee Report

Finance Committee gives monthly report.

Facility updates.


  • Presentation of the Annual Audit

Motion to approve issuing the financial statements as presented.

By: Jessica Weissinger Seconded by: Sumhr Giboney

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Motion to approve facility grant expenditure proposal budget.

By: Hannah Heck Seconded by: Douglas McRae

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

School Leader Report

School Leader gives monthly report.


  • Charter Renewal Update
  • Diversity Report




Adopt revised discipline policy per APS guidelines

By: Douglas McRae Seconded by: Hannah Heck

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Governance Committee Report

Governance Committee gives monthly report.

Annual board calendar updates.

Annual board training event.





Adopt controversial subject policy per state guidelines.

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Development Committee Report

Development Committee gives monthly report.

Business partner program update.



The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:40 pm

Motion to adjourn

By: Jonathan Baker Seconded by: Jessica Weissinger

There was no notable discussion on the motion.