F.A.M.E., Inc.
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Saturday December 12, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Location
Virtual on Zoom
December 2020 FAME Board Meeting
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Directors Present
B. Connick (remote), C. Lawson (remote), C. Lebas (remote), C. Tregre (remote), D. Omojola (remote), J. Jalice (remote), L. Moran (remote), R. Fernandez (remote), T. Lasher (remote)
Directors Absent
R. Kirschman
Ex Officio Members Present
L. Brown (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
L. Brown (remote)
Guests Present
A. Collopy (remote), A. Dupre (remote), D. LaViscount (remote), H. Leblanc (remote), J. Anderson (remote), J. Perez (remote), Justin Anderson (remote), K. Turner (remote), L. Spearman (remote), L. Vermeulen (remote), M. Butler (remote), M. Forcier (remote), Micah (remote), Sophia Scott (remote), Stavros & Tamika Panagoulopoulas (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
J. Jalice called a meeting of the board of directors of F.A.M.E., Inc. to order on Saturday Dec 12, 2020 at 10:01 AM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Acknowledgement
D.
Approve Minutes
C. Tregre made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 11-14-20.
B. Connick seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Other Business
A.
Approval of Bus Contract (K & S Transportation)
C. Tregre made a motion to ratify the approval of the contract as presented by the CEO to provide Transportation Services for Audubon Schools.
B. Connick seconded the motion.
The final contract was approved. The contract has been presented and discussed in detail at previous Board and Finance Committee Meetings. The contract was signed by the CEO after consultation with the Board Chairperson and the Finance Committee Chairperson. It was brought before the board for ratification.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
School Calendar 2021-2022
B. Connick made a motion to approve the 2021-2022 School Calendar as presented by the Administration with the acknowledgement that changes may be proposed to align with recommendations from NOLA-PS for city-wide calendar planning purposes.
R. Fernandez seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
Board Calendar 2021
The Board Chairperson suggested a FAME Board Meeting Calendar for 2021 as follows:
January 16, 2021
February 13, 2021
March 20, 2021
April 17, 2021
May 15, 2021
June 12, 2021
July 2021 TBD for Board Retreat
August 21, 2021
September 18, 2021
October 16, 2021
November 13, 2021 (The original date suggested was November 20, 2021, however, the CEO asked that it be changed as it conflicted with the start of the Thanksgiving Holidays)
December 11, 2021
No further suggestions or amendments were made by the board members to the meeting dates.
January 16, 2021
February 13, 2021
March 20, 2021
April 17, 2021
May 15, 2021
June 12, 2021
July 2021 TBD for Board Retreat
August 21, 2021
September 18, 2021
October 16, 2021
November 13, 2021 (The original date suggested was November 20, 2021, however, the CEO asked that it be changed as it conflicted with the start of the Thanksgiving Holidays)
December 11, 2021
No further suggestions or amendments were made by the board members to the meeting dates.
III. Finance Committee
A.
Financial Statement October 2020
B.
Audit Status Report
After the CFO presented an update on the Audit Status, the Finance Committee Chairperson shared that the Finance Committee would be meeting during the upcoming week to review a draft of the audit for approval and the audit would be presented to the full board at the January 2021 Board Meeting.
IV. CEO Search
A.
CEO Search Updates
The Board Chairperson shared that he has instructed the CEO to create a list of potential search firms and he is also liasing with the heads of other schools who have gone through the search process to garner search firm recommendations. Once an expansive list is compiled, it will be shared with the CEO Search committee in the new year so that a search firm can be selected and the search relaunched.
V. Executive Session
A.
Motion to Enter into Executive Session
T. Lasher made a motion to enter into Executive Session at 10:39 am.
B. Connick seconded the motion.
At the onset of the meeting following roll call, the Board Chairperson requested a Point of Privilege to add an Executive Session to the agenda to discuss Emergency Security Plans for the Broadway Campus following an incident which occured on Friday afternoon.
Once the motion was made and approved to enter into Executive Session, Board Members invited the CEO and Principal of the Broadway Campus to enter into the Private Virtual Meeting Room for the Executive Session discussion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Once the motion was made and approved to enter into Executive Session, Board Members invited the CEO and Principal of the Broadway Campus to enter into the Private Virtual Meeting Room for the Executive Session discussion.
B.
End Executive Session
The Executive Session ended at 11:30 am and the board returned to the main Board Meeting.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Announcements
B.
Adjourn Meeting
L. Moran made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
B. Connick seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 11:31 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Brown
The Board Chairperson also introduced the two new members of the FAME Board who will take office in January 2020, Harold "Trey" LeBlanc and Jorge Perez/