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F.A.M.E., Inc.

Minutes

F.A.M.E. Board Meeting

Date and Time

Saturday September 17, 2022 at 9:00 AM

Location

Broadway

Directors Present

B. Levine, C. Lawson, C. Lebas, D. Mipro, H. Leblanc, L. Moran, R. Fernandez

Directors Absent

B. Connick, D. Omojola, J. Perez, K. Wilkins, R. Kirschman

Ex Officio Members Present

S. Corbett

Non Voting Members Present

S. Corbett

Guests Present

A. Collopy, A. Dupre, K. Bourgeois, K. Hill, L. Spearman, M. Forcier

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

L. Moran called a meeting of the board of directors of F.A.M.E., Inc. to order on Saturday Sep 17, 2022 at 9:11 AM.

B.

Record Attendance and Guests

C.

Approve Minutes

R. Fernandez made a motion to approve the minutes from F.A.M.E. Board Meeting on 08-20-22.
B. Levine seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Financial Report

A.

Financial Report

Darius written out report for both Uptown and Gentilly. As of now no forecasting available because it's too early in the fiscal year.

III. Action Items

A.

Approve Contract with LaPorte

H. Leblanc made a motion to approve contract with LaPorte.
R. Fernandez seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Approve Louisiana Audit Compliance Questionnaire

H. Leblanc made a motion to approve the Louisiana Audit Compliance Questionnaire.
R. Fernandez seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

Approve 2022-2023 Pupil Progression Plan

R. Fernandez made a motion to Pupil Progression Plan.
C. Lebas seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

IV. CEO's Report

A.

Principal's Report

Kenya gave updates on all campuses. After school programing is back after COVID hiatus. Literacy screening is happening at all campuses right now. Intervention and RTI meetings have started at Gentilly campus. Superintendent visited our Broadway campus and Gentilly campus this past Friday.

B.

Operations Report

Alisa gave an update on enrollments- we're about 10 students short for our October count. Facilities update: Live Oak still requires a lot of maintenance because it's old. We're seeing electrical issues and such. We updated the Gentilly campus this summer as well with painting and other maintenance needs.

C.

Development Report

We are working on several marketing campaigns to help fill unfilled seats. Focusing on bringing back engagement events with the families and communities. We received several grants last year so we currently doing lots of reporting. This year we've received two grants: $10,000 Louisiana Disabilities Foundation of America and $35,000 from RosaMary Foundation for adoption of Tier 1 science curriculum. 

D.

Parent Report

Working on getting more people involved by hosting a meet and greet at Central City BBQ on September 26th at 5PM-7PM. All future dates are the first Tuesday of each month and will alternate between Broadway and Live Oak and plan to include guest speakers.

E.

CEO Remarks

We updated our emails to firstinitiallastname@auduboncharter.org instead of the previous .com. We moved to Gmail and away from Outlook. We'll have a rotation between campuses for meetings.

V. Closing Items

A.

Announcements

Next board meeting is October 15th at Broadway at 9AM.

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:23 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
L. Moran