Artesian Community School

“The board's finance committee will review and approve and share with the board of directors at the following board meeting.”

“Before the board deliberates about or votes on a topic that may be a conflict of interest for a director, that director informs the board and steps out of discussions (if necessary) and excuses her/himself from voting.”

“The past board chair was a human resources executive who determined compensation ranges for all key positions within the artesian organization. She reviewed salary data for comparable positions in the memphis area. The board's finance committee deliberated over the salary ranges and presented these to the board of directors. The board of directors voted on the ceo's compensation after reviewing the salary range and job description document.”

“The past board chair was a human resources executive who determined compensation ranges for all key positions within the artesian organization. She reviewed salary data for comparable positions in the memphis area. The board's finance committee deliberated over the salary ranges and presented these to the board of directors. The ceo hired the business operations manager and school principal, and salaries were determined by the salary range and job description document provided by the finance committee. The board of directors voted to approve the organization's final budget which included these 2 positions.”

“Governing documents are available on artesian's website.”

“During the fiscal year ending june 30, 2019, artesian schools, inc. Operated southwest early college high school, a public charter high school in memphis, tn. This fiscal year saw the high school double in student population and grow significantly in number of staff. Expenses were driven primarily by student population. The school's main expenses were for faculty and staff and benefits including retirement; school bus transportation; and its facilities lease. As the school is an early college high school and students begin taking college courses as early as 9th grade, the organization paid tuition for these courses to the college. Lastly, the organization purchased materials for, and engaged in, marketing and community outreach in order to recruit students and teachers to the school. These investments in the school's personnel and instructional resources allowed artesian to end its fiscal year with a school that showed higher and faster student growth than the average across the state of tennessee, as measured by college readiness scores on the college's placement exam. One hundred seventy students finished the 2018-2019 school year with 2 college courses complete.”

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