Opening Items

See CEO Report

Refer to Living School Staff Handbook

Refer to Living School Bylaws

Refer to Living School Bylaws

His term as Chair started 1/22/18 and will end 1/22/20 if re-elected.

Her term as Vice-Chair started 1/22/18 and will end 1/22/20 if re-elected.

Louisiana Legislature approved Act 696 in late 2018.  LEAs are required to adopt a policy about provision of mental and behavioral health services during school hours. Our policy below is adapted from OPSB's recommended policy language.

Living School Act 696 Policy

Over the next 3 years, Living School will grow from 80 students in 9th grade to 240 students in grades 9 - 11.  Some of what we hope is true of our school, work, and organization by then:

1. We develop consistent demand that fully-enrolls the school on an annual basis.
2. We are financially sustainable with more than 90% of our annual operating budget coming from regular public funds, only using grants and donations to fund special projects.
3. We are doing work that our students, families, and staff are consistently satisfied with as evidenced both by retention rates, anecdotal data, and annual survey data.
4. We are able to document the impact of our work on the holistic wellbeing of our students & families and we are beginning to think about how to measure the impact of our work on our communities and the environment.
5. We are doing work that is provoking thought, collaboration, and education sector evolution across New Orleans as evidenced by the strength of our staff applicant pool, number of visitors, and the professional collaboratives we are invited to or organize.

Committees should follow the following protocol:

1) Review last year's Objectives & Key Results

    a) What went well?
    b) What can we do even better?

2) Review CEO's 3-year vision

    a) What are the most relevant contributions this committee can make?

3) Set FY20 Committee Goals & Input into Board on Track

CEO Support & Evaluation

OBJECTIVE 1: Recruit, develop, & retain exceptional staff
KR 1.1: Develop a clear, consistent, equitable hiring process - Some small updates in recent months
KR 1.2: Develop a compensation & growth framework (7/31/18) - To be discussed today
KR 1.3: Create a differentiated development process (10/31/18) - To be finalized later in spring

OBJECTIVE 2: Establish powerful climate & culture
KR 2.1: Develop organizational decision-making process (7/31/18) - To be discussed today by Governance with Bylaws Revision
KR 2.2: Develop organizational policies & procedures around clear, professional communication (10/31/18) - To be finalized later in spring
KR 2.3: Develop personnel handbook (7/31/18) - To be discussed today
KR 2.4: Develop organizational definition of equity (12/31/18) - To be finalized at Board Retreat in May

Governance

OBJECTIVE1: Develop a well-governed organization

KR 1.1: Everyone complete action items from monthly updates (7/31/18) - Following up monthly with individuals
KR 1.2: Create a Board communication strategy (7/31/18) - Currently in implementation
KR 1.3: Create a Board strategic development plan (9/30/18) Currently in implementation
KR 1.4: Develop Board Member handbook & training protocol (12/31/18)
KR 1.5: Develop criteria for Board composition & recruitment (5/31/19) - In progress for later this spring
KR 1.6: Conduct annual review & revision of organizational bylaws (4/15/19) - To be discussed today
KR 1.7: Develop 2019-20 Board Calendar (4/15/19) - To be discussed today

Finance & Facilities Committee

OBJECTIVE 1: Secure a temporary facility for years 1 - 3 (February 2019)
- KR 1.1: Draft short and long term schedules (7/31/18) - Completed
- KR 1.2: Identify strong potential sites (10/1/18) - Completed
- KR 1.3: Sign lease on temporary facility for years 1 - 3 (2/1/19) - Completed!!!

OBJECTIVE 2: Build a financially viable organization (June 2019)
- KR 2.1: Write clear operating budgets to establish development needs (6/30/18)
- KR 2.2: Establish appropriate controls & procedures for financial management (7/1/18) - Financial policies & controls to be approved today

Charter App Committee

Goal 1: Build out annual evaluation & metrics for school academics & culture
Goal 2: Support the hiring & training of strong founding team

Development Committee

OBJECTIVE 1: Raise $275K
KR 1.1: Follow up on outstanding grant applications (5/31/18) -Earned $111,500 this FY from grant apps
KR 1.2: Find and apply for new grants (1/31/19) - Preparing for a new round of applications in the next 60 days
KR 1.3: Steward existing donors (5/31/18) -Preparing for spring outreach
KR 1.4: Cultivate new donors (12/31/18) - Upcoming Shaya dinner on 1/30
KR 1.5: Develop our marketing & social media capacity (12/31/18) - Working with BAMM communications