Team Talk Minutes  

with  

Dr. Gill  

3.7.2025  

9:00-9:30 A.M.  

  

Attendees:  

• Dr. Gill 

• Dr. Blig 

• 27 Other MCA Attendees  

 

Discussion of Growing Enrollment 

• Our Board is committed to not increasing class sizes 

 

Admission Standards  

• New Screening Process 

• Entrance Testing 

• Pastoral Recommendation  

• We want our families to be shepherded  

• We currently have 12 churches on our Covenant Partnerships list 

 

New Hiring & Courses 

• K-2 Music Teacher  

• Middle School English Teacher 

• Middle School Advisor  

• Our goal is to be best practice for advising; 1 to 175 students  

• Mr. Thurman who has been teaching Middle English going into other areas 

• AP Chemistry, Speech & Debate 

• Currently working through all applications for AD 

• First wave of interviews took place this past Monday 

• Next week finalizing interviews, and will send candidates my way 

• Applicants for Football coach 

 

School Choice 

• Hearing on Monday for Bill expanding existing law, to raise the cap from 10 million  

 

Goal Posts 

• Wind bent; It is on our radar, Kevin working on this as we speak 

 

Track Meet 

• First in history of Maranatha  

• Developing the land behind the football field; being built out as we speak 

• We need YOU! If you are interested in helping with this, please email Abby: spitlera@ma-kc.org 

 

MAP/BOOSTER Club 

• If you are looking for a place to belong, consider one of these groups 

 

Annual Impact Report  

• Publication of what has been going on at MCA since April 1st 

• Good for families and companies to see what is going on here 

 

Transition from PowerSchool to FACTS 

• Contract ends end of June 

• No more Microsoft emails for parents 

 

Dress Code Next Year 

• Committee meeting on student dress code 

• We will let you know by April 

• We will not be using a uniform company  

 

Storage Units Outside  

• No concerns, they are more high-end units 

• This is another layer of security the Lord has provided that we hadn’t planned on  

 

Building Committee 

• The Board voted, and the building committee will be getting together 

• Working on an architectural drawing 

• Trying to get designed classrooms plus an event center and practice gym 

• Extending the Nest- the glass wall to extend down the sidewalk and stop by the grey gym door