Laureate Academy Charter School Board of Directors
Minutes
Academic Excellence Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday April 19, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Laureate Academy Charter School
The matters listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may, in fact, be discussed. Other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. All agenda items are informational unless otherwise denoted, though all committee reports require a vote for acceptance. Unless otherwise stated due to COVID-19 precautions, the meeting will be held on the campus of the school (2115 Oakmere Drive Harvey, LA 70058).
Committee Members Present
Caitlyn Scales (remote), Claire Heckerman-Whitehead, Dr. Jahquille Ross, Jaime Behen
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Jaime Behen called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Laureate Academy Charter School Board of Directors to order on Wednesday Apr 19, 2023 at 5:18 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes (3.7.23)
Jaime Behen made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Excellence Meeting on 03-07-23.
Dr. Jahquille Ross seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. 2023-2024 Student Items
A.
Spring MAP Data Review
- Reviewed MAP data from the beginning of April testing window.
B.
Student Enrollment for 2023-2024
- 98 seats open including kinder
- 257 applications
- That'd put 159 on our waitlist
- Lottery was done today.
- There were a few kids that entered the lottery that re-enrolled & and put their names in for the lottery so may be like 155.
- Need to do more recruiting for 8th grade and Kinder's wait list, as their pools are under 10.
- There might be some flux with kids getting admitted to advanced academies over the summer.
C.
Staff End of Year Evaluations
III. Staff Recruitment
A.
Staff Recruitment for 2023-2024
- There are some folks in the pipeline.
- Utilizing recruitment incentive with current folks.
B.
Staff Evaluations for 2023-2024
- Currently on track for Compass.
- Need to think more deeply about evaluations for non-instructional departments (operations manager, deans, etc).
- Could some Laureate specific items, like for culture, for everyone.
- Consider a 360 feedback approach where peer feedback is involved.
- There are other elements that could be involved: student surveys, family surveys, etc.
IV. 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 6:38 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jaime Behen