Board Governance
IAS Board
The Governing Boarding of the International Academy of Smyrna is the Learning Center Foundation of Central Cobb, Inc. (LCFCC). The LCFCC operates as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of Georgia. The governing board will focus on policy issues and entrust the day-to-day management of the school to the principal who will in turn be accountable to the Board for the performance of the school and the teachers.
The Governing Board
is responsible for:
- Maintaining the mission and vision of the International Academy of Smyrna;
- Managing the business, property, and affairs of the corporation;
- Approving of the Executive Director to administer and operate IAS;
- Completing an annual evaluation of the school principal (using Leader Keys Evaluation System)
- Measuring accountability goals and objectives;
- Establishing an overall policy for IAS;
- Approving the annual budget of anticipated income and expenditures, and the causing of the preparation of the annual financial audit report;
- Setting overall curricular policy, including veto control over all elements of the curriculum; (Other curricular matters will be the responsibility of the principal, teachers and other staff members.
- Filing an annual report to the School Board, to be made available to all parents of all students of IAS
- Reviewing the annual School Climate Survey and assessment data to evaluate the effectiveness of IAS Improvement Plan*;
- Maintaining written records of attendance and minutes of Board meetings;
- Reporting to the chartering authority; and
- Selecting management oversight to assure checks/balances for academics, fiscal matters and board governance.
To contact the Board please email iasboard@iasmyrna.org
Budget
The fiscal year for IAS is July 1 through June 30. The budget is developed under the leadership of the Executive Director, the Head of School, the Chief Financial Officer and the Board. Work begins on the budget in the early spring and a final budget is brought to the Board for approval.
- IAS FY23 Budget
- IAS proposed FY23 Revised Budget
- IAS Financial Report as of July 31, 2022
- IAS Financial Report as of August 31, 2022
- IAS Financial Report as of September 30, 2022
- IAS Financial Report as of October 31, 2022
- IAS Financial Report as of November 30. 2022
- IAS Financial Report as of December 31, 2022
2022-2023 Governing Board Minutes
Board Meeting Schedule
Below is the schedule for The International Academy of Smyrna’s Governing Board unless otherwise posted, they meet at 6:00pm in the schools conference room. The public is invited to attend.
Executive Session Affidavits
2022-2023 Governing Board Committees