- Morningside Elementary School
- About Morningside GO Team
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Morningside Elementary
GO Team Members 24-25
Name Officer or Representative Position Role Email Address Audrey Sofianos Principal Audrey.Sofianos@atlanta.k12.ga.us Kristen Cincotta Parent/Guardian dashcincotta@gmail.com Chappelle Washington Freer Cluster Advisory Representative Parent/Guardian chappelle.washington@gmail.com Brooke Linefsky Chair Parent/Guardian blinefsky.aps@gmail.com Kristina Benavides Davis Secretary Instructional Staff kristina.benavide@atlanta.k12.ga.us Allison Espelosin Vice-Chair Instructional Staff aespelosin@atlanta.k12.ga.us Amelia Morel Instructional Staff amorel@atlanta.k12.ga.us Kristen Pollock Community Member kristen.pollock@engelvoelkers.com Betsy McKay Community Member elizabethmckay57@gmail.com Kareem Hall Swing Seat khall.mesgoteam@gmail.com Meeting Schedule
All GO Team meetings will be live-streamed and recorded:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzO0uNPOXwsUzSD7cVghFaw/live
Meeting Date Meeting Time Meeting Location Time Allotted for Public Comment (Yes or No) Meeting Agenda Meeting Summary or Draft Minutes Presentation & Meeting Documents Approved Minutes 8/21/2024 5:00 PM Virtual No 8-21-24 Agenda Summary 8-21-24 Principal Report 8-21-24 Approved Minutes 5-6-24 9/18/24 3:00 PM Cafe Yes 9-18-24 Agenda Summary 9-18-24 10/9/24 5:00 PM Library Yes 11/20/24 3:00 PM Library Yes 1/22/25 5:00 PM Library Yes 2/5/25 3:00 PM Library Yes 3/5/25 5:00 PM Library Yes 4/23/25 3:00 PM Library Yes Public Comment Protocol
ALL GO TEAM MEETINGS ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AND COMMENT UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INDICATED OTHERWISE IN THE AGENDA.
Morningside Elementary's Public Comment period is noted on our meeting calendar, and takes place during the first ten minutes of the meeting or the last ten minutes of the meeting. A sign-up sheet is available for in-person public comment and a remote sign-up is also available for those who cannot attend in-person. Any person who wishes to speak during the public comment period must sign up either in person or using the below remote/virtual sign-up link. A person has the choice to sign up for the first ten minutes of the meeting or the last ten minutes of the meeting. For public comment given remotely, please sign up no later than 30 minutes prior to the meeting start time, so that the link to join the virtual meeting room can be sent to you. Once public comment is given remotely, the person will exit the virtual meeting room.
Sign up for Remote/Virtual Public Comment Here.
Pursuant to GO Team rules, opportunities for public comment shall be provided at least four (4) times in a school/fiscal year and noted on the meeting agenda. Public comment opportunities are available for GO Teams to hear from interested members of the community. GO Team members will not provide responses or engage in direct conversation during meetings. Each GO Team may determine a consistent method for receiving public comments and for parents and other citizens to sign up to address the team, provided that the team offer at least 20 minutes of time to the public to make comments, when available, and that the public receive at least 2 business days’ notice of the protocol for signing up to speak.
The Morningside Elementary School (“MES”) GO Team hereby provides notice of its Public Comment protocol to the MES Community. The MES GO Team welcomes and encourages citizens to attend its meetings to become better acquainted with the programs of MES and the role of the GO Team. Unless otherwise provided by law, the GO Team meetings are open to the public. Citizens are welcome to attend the meetings but must refrain from interrupting or distracting the GO Team proceedings. For those people wishing to provide comment, designated time periods for public comment are identified on each agenda. Public comment is planned as an official agenda item of every regular meeting of the Morningside GO Team. Please refer to each published agenda to confirm the time periods, but it is anticipated that there will be two 10-minute time periods during each meeting for the public to offer comments. The first period is scheduled for the first ten minutes of the meeting and the second period is scheduled for the final 10 minutes of the meeting.
Each member of the public will have two (2) minutes to speak. At the close of the two (2) minute period, the speaker will be asked to take their seat so that others identified on the sign-in sheet can be provided with an opportunity to speak. The public comment period is designed to gain input from the public. It is not for immediate responses by the GO Team to the public comment presented. At the end of each public comment period, the period will be closed and the GO Team will move on to the next agenda item. If there are questions or information that you have for the GO Team, you may also contact one or more of the GO Team members before or after the meetings.
NOTE: Not all Go Team members are on social media. Discussions on social media cannot be considered for Go Team comment. Please contact the Go Team chair or representatives on the Go Team if you have an item that you would like to send to the Go Team for discussion. Contact information for every member is listed above.
For information about GO Teams and GO Team resources, please visit the District GO Team website by clicking on the image below.
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MES GO Team Norms
We will be fully present.
We will follow the agenda as noticed to the public and stay on task.
We will always be respectful of each other.
We will be open-minded.
We invite and welcome the contributions of every member and listen to each other.
We will respect all ideas and assume good intentions.
We will approach differences of opinion with curiosity.
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Midtown Cluster Advisory 24-25
Chappelle Washington Freer is our Midtown Cluster Advisory Representative. Principal Sofianos also attends the meetings to represent our school at the cluster level. To learn more from APS about the Midtown Cluster Advisory, including meeting dates, times and links, please click HERE.
MEETING TYPE MEETING DATE & TIME ALL CAT Organizational Meeting on Wed., 9/18/24, 5:00 PM Business Meeting #1 Business Meeting #2 Business Meeting #3