GREENSBORO CHARTER ACADEMY Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 4:00 PM AT GREENSBORO CHARTER ACADEMY 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. PUBLIC COMMENT 4. BOARD ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS 5. MANAGEMENT REPORTS a. Principal Report b. School Leadership Team Report c. Board Fund Report 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS 7. ACTION ITEMS a. Approval of the June 11, 2013 Board Meeting Minutes b. Approval of the Personnel Hire c. Approval of the Board Discretionary Fund Requests 8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENT 9. ADJOURNMENT NET MEETING: August 13, 2013 at 4:00 PM 1
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GREENSBORO CHARTER ACADEMY Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:00 PM Meeting held at: Greensboro Charter Academy 4049 U.S. Highway 220 North Greensboro, NC 27410 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: PRESENT UNABLE TO ATTEND TERM EPIRATION Rudy Binder Vice President June 2015 Molly Bristol Treasurer/ Secretary June 2013 Alan Hawkes President June 2014 Hank Henning Director June 2015 Zach Schwarz Director June 2013 Non-Board Members Attending: 1. 2. 3. 4. Rudy Swofford Principal Mack Moore NHA Lindalyn Kackaddis John Locke Foundation Please see sign-in sheet 1. CALL TO ORDER Alan Hawkes called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM. 2. ROLL CALL Roll call was held. 3. ACTION ITEMS Approval of the May 14, 2013 Board Meeting Minutes A motion was made by Rudy Binder and seconded by Hank Henning to approve the May 14, 2013 Board Meeting Minutes as submitted. The motion was approved unanimously. Approval of the Contract to Audit A motion was made by Rudy Binder and seconded by Hank Henning to approve the Contract to Audit as submitted. The motion was approved unanimously. Page 1 of 4 4
GREENSBORO CHARTER ACADEMY Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:00 PM Reappointment of Zach Schwarz A motion was made by Rudy Binder and seconded by Hank Henning to Reappoint Zach Schwarz to Serve an Additional Three-year Term on the Greensboro Charter Academy Board of Directors to Expire in June of 2016. The motion was approved unanimously. Approval of the Tabling all Other Business for the Purpose of Hearing a Common Core Presentation A motion was made by Rudy Binder and seconded by Hank Henning to approve the Tabling all Other Business for the Purpose of Hearing a Common Core Presentation and revisit such business should the Board desire and time permit. The motion was approved in a roll call vote. ROLL CALL VOTE: Yes No Rudy Binder Vice President Molly Bristol Treasurer/ Secretary Alan Hawkes President Hank Henning Director Zach Schwarz Director 4. BOARD ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS None was presented. 5. COMMON CORE PRESENTATION Origins of Common Core Federal Involvement Concerns ELA Standards Math Assessments Student Data Longitudinal System Current Situation Superintendents What can be done? Page 2 of 4 5
GREENSBORO CHARTER ACADEMY Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:00 PM 6. MANAGEMENT REPORTS Page 3 of 4 Principal Report The Principal Report was not presented. i. School Safety Specialist Mack Moore provided an update on the school safety specialist. School Leadership Team Report Lisa Hazel presented the School Leadership Team Report. Highlights included: Spring Gala Appointment of new president Comments on recent graduation Winner of Charles Brison Award School Performance Dashboard Suite The School Performance Dashboard Suite was presented. i. Proficiency & Growth Mack Moore and Rudy Swofford provided the Board an update on the Spring-to-Spring NWEA scores and changes to the test. Board Fund Report The Board Fund Balance was reported. 7. DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Proposed 2013-2014 Board Funds Budget Mack Moore explained that this will be presented to the Board at the August meeting when the new principal is at Greensboro Charter Academy. 8. PARENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE REPORT Molly Bristol presented the report. She got a chance to meet both parent representative candidates, Susan Swartz and Robert Schimmenti. She believes Mrs. Swartz and Mr. Schimmenti are well vested and would like to see them on the Board. Ms. Bristol stated that she enjoyed her time on the Board but was concerned with the Board s makeup. 9. PUBLIC COMMENT Ruth Simpson thanked Molly Bristol for her service. She also has a lot of disappointments including slips in math standards. Ms. Simpson thinks it s important that a parent representative is engaged in the school. She also thinks that diversity is good for Board selection. 6
GREENSBORO CHARTER ACADEMY Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:00 PM Mark Tucker feels that Molly Bristol is going a great job. Nick Quintana feels the same as Mr. Tucker. Mr. Quintana feels the school should have additional parent representation and it may be time to revisit the composition of the Board. 10. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Molly Bristol and seconded by Zach Schwarz to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 6:05 PM. OFFICER OF THE BOARD SIGNATURE Next Meeting: July 9, 2013 at 4:00 PM Page 4 of 4 7
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