Board approves consent agenda, budget changes and two charter renewals move forward on probationary terms

The Fulton County Board of Education approved its consent agenda and several financial housekeeping items, and took first-read action on two charter renewals.

The consent agenda — covering routine items presented by staff — was approved unanimously. Marvin Dreef then presented January 2025 proposed budget adjustments, which the board approved. The board also accepted updated banking resolutions to reflect leadership changes.

On charter renewals, the board accepted a three-year probationary renewal for Haytville Charter Career Academy and a three-year probationary renewal for Main Street Academy on first reading. Ryan Moore, the district’s executive director of governance and strategy, said the probationary language was explicitly used to call out areas that require improvement and that continued failure could lead to a nonrenewal recommendation. “In past, it's been somewhat assumed that a three-year charter renewal meant probation. We are very explicitly calling out both schools for different deficits,” he told the board.

Discussion on Main Street focused on repeated financial audit findings and content-mastery performance; Miss Gregory said she could tolerate student-level barriers but not ongoing operational/financial deficiencies and recorded a ‘no’ on that item. The Main Street first-read motion passed with a 6–1 vote; Haytville’s first-read motion passed unanimously. All items accepted for first read will return for action next month.

What happens next: charter renewals will be placed on next month's agenda for final action; routine budgets and banking resolutions are approved and in effect.