Athlos Jefferson Parish

Board Recruitment Committee Meeting

Published on February 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM CST
Amended on February 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM CST

Date and Time

Thursday February 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM CST

Location

Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish

979 Behrman Hwy, Terrytown, LA 70056

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 4:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
II. Board Recruitment Committee 4:01 PM
  A. Review board terms and potential vacancies Discuss Teresa Tate 10 m
   

D. Beginning October 1, 2018, the membership of the governing or management board of each charter school located in a parish with a population between 325,000 and 375,000 persons, based on the most recent federal decennial census, shall include at least one member who is a parent, legal guardian, or grandparent of a student enrolled in the charter school or an alumnus of the school, who may be appointed or elected. 

 

E. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, at least 60 percent of the governing or management board of each charter school, other than a type 2 charter school, located in a parish with a population of between 325,000 and 375,000 persons census, shall be residents of the parish in which the charter school is located. 

 

F. Board of Director Composition for BESE-Authorized Charter Schools 

  1. The board of directors of each charter operator shall consist of no fewer than seven members. Should a board have fewer than seven members due to the resignation or other loss of one or more board members, the board shall have 90 calendar days after such loss to appoint one or more replacements. 
  2. The board of directors of each charter operator should consist of members with a diverse set of professional skills and practical work experience in the areas of education, public/non-profit and/or for-profit administration or operations, community development, finance, and law. 
  3. The board of directors of each charter operator should be representative of the community in which the charter school is located and no fewer than 60 percent of its members shall reside in the community in which the charter school is located. Community, for the purposes of this Paragraph, shall consist of the parish in which the school is located and immediate neighboring parishes and, for type 2 charter schools, any parish that is included in the charter school's attendance zone. No fewer than 60 percent of the members of the board of directors of any charter operator that operates multiple schools in different communities shall reside in the communities in which the charter schools are located, with equal representation from each community to the greatest extent possible. 
  4. The board of directors of each charter operator shall consist of no more than one person from the same immediate family, as defined by the Code of Governmental Ethics.
 
  B. Review current board members areas of expertise and gap areas Discuss Teresa Tate 15 m
  C. Board Succession Plan Discuss Teresa Tate 10 m
III. Closing Items 4:36 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote