Governance Committee Meeting Minutes

September 18, 2024, 6:30-7:30 PM

Minutes Draft

Voices for International Business and Education

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday September 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Location

2733 Esplanade Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70119

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Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/@IHSNOLA

Committee Members Present

A. Berger, C. Robinson, C. Walker, K. Dwyer, P. Manson, T. Winfield

Committee Members Absent

Y. Spinner

Guests Present

F. McKenna

I. Opening Items

A. Call the Meeting to Order

C. Robinson called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Wednesday Sep 18, 2024 at 6:37 PM.

B. Record Attendance

C. Approve Governance Committee Meeting Minutes

K. Dwyer made a motion to Motion to accept minutes.

T. Winfield seconded the motion.

The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
A. Berger	Aye
T. Winfield	Absent
C. Robinson	Aye
K. Dwyer	Aye
P. Manson	Aye
Y. Spinner	Absent
C. Walker	Aye

P. Manson made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 07-29-24.

T. Winfield seconded the motion.

The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Roll Call
Y. Spinner	Absent
P. Manson	Absent

II. Governance Committee Meeting Items

A. Discuss 2024-2025 Goals for Governance Committee

1. Review Board policy manual, bylaws, and article of configuration

Read the minutes to see if the additions need to be added to the Board manual

Karen will email to FM to add

2. Recruitment of new board members

Percy and Karen will be leaving this year. We need to recruit two more new Board members.

3. Short Term and Long Term succession plan and guidelines for HOS

ST- emergency plan- get the information to use as a guideline and start working on it. The next meeting needs to have a good sense of what we need to get started.

4. Board and meeting evaluation needs to be implemented.

Board meeting evaluation. Dr. Berger has it and will send it out.

5. Advocate for the School

Charlie will do some research to add to the manual.

Berger stated this is her final year on her contract. This needs to be discussed.

Charlies has suggested to not vote and table it for next meeting

B. Vote on 2024-2025 Goals for Governance Committee

K. Dwyer made a motion to Vote to table the vote to next meeting.

T. Winfield seconded the motion.

The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C. Confirm and Vote on Committee Dates and Time for 24-25 School Year

K. Dwyer made a motion to Set the meeting dates as is.

C. Robinson seconded the motion.

The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. Closing Items

A. Important Dates

11/20 Next meeting dates.

B. Public Comment

Bring the committee's attention to the new state laws that we adopt

Given name Act- students must be called by the name on their birth certificates.

Siclke cell training.

Behaviorla health services

Special education families

Camera in special education classroom

Open meeting laws - livestream meetings

No cell phone use during school

Once we received all the laws from our attorneys and put them on our letterhead. I will forward it to the board.

Stipends have been approved for staff and it needs to be approved by the Board.

Audit on how much funds were used for DEI

C. Adjourn Meeting

K. Dwyer made a motion to motion to adjourn this meeting.

T. Winfield seconded the motion.

The committee 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 7:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

F. McKenna

Documents used during the meeting

2024_03_06_governance_committee_meeting_minutes.pdf
2024_07_29_governance_committee_meeting_minutes.pdf