VIBE Governance Committee Meeting Minutes

June 3, 2021, 6:30-7:30 PM

Minutes Approved

Voices for International Business and Education

Minutes

VIBE Governance Committee Meeting

Governance Committee

Date and Time

Thursday June 3, 2021 at 6:30 PM

Location

International High School of New Orleans

Community Room

727 Carondelet Street

New Orleans, LA 70130

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Committee Members Present

G. Medford (remote), J. Lampton (remote), M. Roney (remote), Q. Le (remote), S. Thomas (remote), S. Wilson (remote), T. Huynh (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

Dr. T. Carmouche (remote)

I. Opening Items

A. Record Attendance

B. Call the Meeting to Order

M. Roney called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Thursday Jun 3, 2021 at 6:36 PM.

C. Approve Minutes from the May 4, 2021, Governance Committee Meeting

G. Medford made a motion to approve the minutes from VIBE Governance Committee Meeting on 05-04-21.

Q. Le seconded the motion.

There was no public comment.

The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Board Recruitment

A. Update on VIBE Board Member Recruitment

The VIBE Board is in recruiting mode.
The VIBE Board has a new board member who will be starting on July 1, 2021.
The interview with Dr. Carmouche is coming up in the next section of the meeting. This will be the first interview for him with the Governance Committee today.
Everyone is encouraged to recruit and reach out to new potential board members.

B. Board Candidate Interview - Dr. Todrick Carmouche

Dr. Caroumouch has submitted a letter of interest and his resume. The documents have been sent to members of this committee to review.
Dr, Toddrick Carmouche is a native of Lafayette. He has settled in New Orleans, LA. .
He has been a lifelong resident of New Orleans, LA.
Dr. Carmouche believes that students can be successful in the future. He has a strong belief in supporting students and their paths to school.
Students can grow in a positive way towards academics, socially, and emotionally if we are there to support them.
Dr. Carmouche stated that he is very passionate about education. He also believes in supporting the ones who have not provided the best things in life however, we have the opportunity to give them a good education.
Dr. Carmouche supports students by navigating children through their education and then off to college.
The two committees that he is interested in serving on would-be Development and Academics. There was an explanation about how there are a total of five committees.
Students need to be provided resources in order to be successful and compete for good jobs in the future.
He said that - some children have more than others and he believes in providing the best education for all students.
It was explained to Dr. Carmouche by the committee that, board members are encouraged to contribute to IHSNO by donating money if it is possible. Dr. Carmouche responded by saying that he would rather invest in schools because of his belief in students.
The committee briefly described leadership roles within the board and Dr. Carmouche expressed his interest in being in leadership within VIBE if chosen. ,
Dr. Carmouche currently works at another school. He explained that he works on the organizational side of the administration at the school. He expressed to the committee that he does not think that it would not be conflicting if he was a member of the VIBE Board.
He believes in being a supporter of the Head of School as a board member.
He also said that supporting the Head of School is important.

C. Vote on Candidate Dr. T. Carmouche

G. Medford made a motion to Vote for Dr. Carmouche to present him to the full board for a vote.

M. Roney seconded the motion.

Committee members discussed Dr. Carmouche's qualifications.
The committee members were very impressed with his passion for education.
The vote passed unanimously and the candidate will move forward to the next step. The next step will be a vote during the monthly Main VIBE Board Meeting.
If the candidate is voted in by the VIBE Board, his start date will by July 1, 2021.

The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. Budget Review for School Year 2021-2022

A. School Year 2021-2022 Budget Review

This is an exemplar of the budget.
The school year's budget has been completed. It is being presented at all committee meetings to discuss.
There was a discussion about the items on the budget items.
The next school year's student count should be at 425 students.
There was an increase in the cost of insurances.
Professional Services has decreased.
There was an increase in some areas and a decrease in other areas.
There will be a transportation expenses increase because transportation will be provided every day next year.
There was a question about less funding spent on the students. There was a response and that was because IHSNO usually purchases curriculum instead of textbooks.
IHSNO cannot be a virtual academy because they are a type II charter.
Committee members had a discussion about other items in the budget.
There are talks about receiving extra money from the government and it would be in the amount of $800 for teachers and $400 for other employees. This will be discussed in the June meeting.
There is about $9,000 being allocated towards board training.
The board retreat will be taking place in future.

IV. Other Business

A. Strategic Plan

During the May board meeting, there was a proposal made. The board expressed several concerns.
The mainboard would like for the committee to seek out the best proposal to make the best proposal.
There is a grant program from LAPCS that will assist the board with its strategic plan.
There could be eligible for the board if they use the person who LAPCS would recommend.
The LAPCS plan would supply the rest of the funds for strategic planning.
LAPCS has worked with all charter schools; therefore, the person that they would recommend would most likely have experience with charter schools.
Maybe getting more information from different strategic planning people.
Anytime there are 3 or more board members, it becomes a public meeting.
Dr. Medford has a lot of experience in strategic planning.

B. Board Evaluation

The committee decided that they are going to stick with the same mid-year assessment.
It would be a great idea to stick with the same type of assessment.
The committee also agrees to stick to Board on Track and Open-Ended Google questions.
The board will be staying with Board on Track’s evaluation.
The new assessment will be activated soon on Board on Track.
There was a discussion about allowing board members about 2-3 weeks at a time to take their assessments.

C. Next Meeting

The next meeting will take place on

V. Closing Items

A. Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:01 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

J. Lampton

Documents used during the meeting

IHSNO Budget Report 2021 - 2022.pdf