Refer to the 22-23 Staff Handbook

Proposed update to the following section (approved by Staff Council on 10/24/22):

Pregnancy, Maternity, & Paternity

Living School will not discriminate based on pregnancy or parental status.  In addition to the FMLA leave outlined above, we will offer eligible employees 2 6 weeks of paid Bonding Leave to bond with a new child who is born, fostered, or adopted.

Refer to the 22-23 Staff Handbook

Proposed update to the "Staff Accountability Framework" section (update approved by Staff Council on 12/9/22): see attached proposal document.

Refer to the 22-23 Staff Handbook

Proposed updated to the "Paid Time Off & Leave" section on pp. 14 - 15 replacing all text through the subsection "Unpaid Time-Off & Docking of Pay" on p. 15.  (Proposal approved by Staff Council on 12/9/22)

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Proposed Discretionary PTO Policy

LSNO’s personal/sick leave policy is guided by our core values. Employees are expected to make choices in the best interest of the organization, which includes recognizing the need for their own self-care. With that, personal/sick leave should be taken on an ‘as needed basis’, using one’s own best judgment for no more than 5 consecutive days. All personal/sick leave is paid, unless notified otherwise by the Director of Talent. To take a personal/sick day, employees must submit advanced notice to the Director of Talent and their Coach. If Advance Notice is not provided and the situation is not an emergency, the personal/sick day may be unpaid at the Director of Talent’s discretion.  

If an employee's attendance is negatively impacting their job performance or the effectiveness of Living School as a whole, their Coach will schedule a meeting with them and the Director of Talent to discuss the issue and document any relevant Action Steps, Feedback, and/or Incidents in the employee's Staff Development Rubric.  This meeting will automatically happen if an 11-month employee takes more than 10 days (or 80 hours) of PTO or a 12-month employee takes more than 20 days (or 160 hours) of PTO.

Certain High-Priority Staffing Days require advance approval from the Director of Talent in order to be eligible as a paid PTO day, for all staff. These days will be documented in the Staff Handbook as voted on by the Staff Council and will be discussed during the beginning of year professional development  with no more than 10% of days being designated “high-priority” leave (critical) days. Additionally, on days where there are already 5 or more staff absences, the Director of Talent will indicate to the requesting staff member that their leave will be unpaid and/or discuss using a different day, if possible. The DTR will notify the staff via email when we have reached 5 PTO requests for a given day.

The personal/sick leave policy does not affect the extended leave policies as presented elsewhere in the Staff Handbook.

Refer to the 22-23 Staff Handbook

Proposed update to the following section (approved by Staff Council on 11/4/22):

Black Out Days

PTO may not be taken on the following days.  Staff members may only use PTO on the following Blackout dates if they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury or to attend an urgent appointment (at the employee's discretion). Any other Time-Off taken on these days will be Unpaid.

Refer to the 22-23 Community Handbook

Proposed update to the following section (approved by Student Council & Staff Council on 9/30/22):

Casual Dress Code 

At Living School we have a “casual” dress code instead of a school uniform. Students are required to wear their Student ID in plain sight (not hiding in a pocket or backpack) a Living School shirt daily.

Additionally, Student Council has proposed to be responsible for the enforcement of this updated Dress Code:

• The consequence of breaking the dress code is 2 weeks of mandatory uniform which will be the Living school shirt, your id, full-length pants, and close-toed shoes worn daily.  
• If a student fails to wear their IDs again, they will have to wear the uniform for a month.
• If they do not adhere to their consequences then a restorative process will be held with students, staff and family.
• Students are required to wear their school shirts on field trips and Living Fest. 

Whereas, Living School, Inc. must keep up-to-date the signatories with banking privileges with our banking institution;

Whereas, there has been a significant amount of turnover with personnel who handle finances and confusion with our banking institution about who should have signatory powers and banking privileges;

Therefore be it

Resolved, that the Board of Directors of Living School, hereby acknowledge and approve that the following positions and named individuals currently holding those positions shall have signatory powers with full banking and borrowing privileges including opening and closing accounts with our banking institution:

• Board Chair (currently Danneka Mitchell)
• Board Treasurer (currently Traci Simon)
• CEO (currently Stephen "Stefin" Pasternak)
• School Director(s) (currently Ashona Winzy)

The following positions and named individuals currently holding those positions shall have limited banking and borrowing privileges including depositing, withdrawing, borrowing, and transferring monies less than $50,000

• Director of Site and Records (currently Baheejah Hasan)
• Director of Finance (currently vacant)

Any persons not named above shall no longer have banking privileges.

Pursuant to La. R.S. 42:17, Executive Session Matters include: Discussion of investigation into alleged misconduct.  

Pursuant to La R.S. 42:17, Executive Session Matters include: Discussion of Investigation into alleged misconduct

Refer to CEO Report & Data Dashboard

See Gov & Eval Committee Description

FY23 Goals:

1. Regularly use board data & an annual Board Assessment to improve Board effectiveness (monthly & Assessment by 6/30/23)
2. Complete CEO Evaluation Process (6/1/23)
3. Manage Board election cycle to maintain expertise, diversity, and a talent pipeline on the Board including strong parent representation

See Finance Report through October 2022 attached

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See Fin & Dev Committee Description

22-23 Goals:

1. GOAL 1: Monitor Organizational Sustainability
2. GOAL 2: Ensure Audit & Financial Compliance
3. GOAL 3: Establish Fundraising Target for Future Facility Expansion or Development and Oversee Development of the Plan

See FY23 Academic & Culture Committee Description

Draft FY23 Goals:

1. By the end of the 22-23 school year, 85% of students achieve college acceptance
2. By the end of the 22-23 school year, 90% of students achieve technical certification upon graduation (45% Advanced / 45% Basic)
3. By the end of the 22-23 school year, 100% of students achieve habits of a healthy life (currently self-reporting progress toward key habits; discussion around what data points counselors are looking for)
4. By the end of the 22-23 school year, Living School staff members will demonstrate X amount of growth as evidenced by the Staff Development rubric and at least 90% retention rate of staff members.
5. By the end of the 22-23 school year, Living School will meet the charter renewal requirements to receive renewal approval from the authorizing body, OPSB.

Next meeting: Tue 1/24/23 @ 6 - 8 PM