2024 - 2025 Governing Board

“We believe students are best served through relationships with adults in their lives, particularly those at school and in their homes.”

The Main Street Academy’s (TMSA) Governing Board is responsible for approving policy regarding the development of the mission, vision, and strategy for the school. The Governing Board is not responsible for the day-to-day management and operations of the school.

Beginning in December 2006, a dedicated group of concerned citizens formed the school’s Founding Governing Board and worked diligently for four years to bring a new charter school to the community. The Main Street Academy opened in August 2010. TMSA is a public K-8th grade tuition-free public charter school located in College Park, GA, and is easily accessible to the residents of Fulton County.

Please feel free to join us for our Governing Board and committee meetings. Please refer to our school's online calendar or the BoardonTrack Dashboard for monthly meeting locations and times.

Board meetings are held in person inside the school's Media Center and virtually. Guests attending in person at governing board meetings are welcome to deliver any comments during the “public comments” portion of each governing board meeting, which shall occur after the president calls the meetings to order. Persons wishing to give public comment in person must arrive at the Media Center between 5:45 and 6:00 pm and place their name on the speakers list. A person wishing to give public comment but are unable to attend in-person but are online/absent may submit a public comment via email to [email protected] by 5:00 pm the day before the meeting. The board secretary will read public comment submissions. However, the public comment time constraints will still apply. Preference will be given to individuals who attend in-person.

NOTE: The public comment portion of the meeting will not be live-streamed. Speakers will be allowed up to two minutes to address the board. The public comment portion of the meeting will not exceed ten minutes. Any speaker may yield their remaining time to another speaker. The list is first-come-first-serve. At 6:00, the speaker’s list will be taken by the secretary to the president, no additional speakers will be added to the list.

Governing Board Directors

President
Executive Committee
Chanel Recasner
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Advisor
Term: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2025

Vice-Chair
Executive Committee, Governance Committee, Academic and School Performance Committee Chair
Lisa Bentley-Whieldon
Director of Retailing, Analysis & Learning, Delta Air Lines
Term: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026

Treasurer
Executive Committee and Finance Committee Chair
Shameka Smith
Vice President Learning Consultant for Leadership Development, SouthState Bank
Term: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025

Secretary
Executive Committee
Kenya Morris
Learning Consultant - Client Services Training Delivery, NCR Corporation
Term: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025

Director at Large
Governance Committee Chair
Tangi Bush, Esq
Legal Affairs Director, The New Georgia Project and The New Georgia Project Action Fund
Term: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026

Director at Large
Finance Committee
Damion Dunn
Application Analyst, CSI Healthcare IT
Term: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026

Director at Large
Governance Committee
Michael Glanton
Entrepreneur and Political Activist
Term: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026

Director at Large
Academic and School Performance Committee
Nkiruka Onyia
Senior Analyst, VOYA Financial
Term: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025

Director at Large
Kanetha Stephens
Director, Rollins Inc.
Term: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025

Director at Large
Finance Committee
Tangie Warrior
Real Estate Broker, Warrior Real Estate at Keller Williams Realty
Term: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026

Ex Officio Board Member
Chaddrick Owes, Ed.D.
Executive Director, The Main Street Academy

Ex Officio Board Member
K.C. Revere
Principal, The Main Street Academy

Governing Board Documents

Access the BoardOnTrack Dashboard to view current (June 2023 onward) Governing Board documentation. Access CharterBoards to view former (prior to June 2023) Governing Board documentation.

Charter Documentation