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Athlos Jefferson Parish

Minutes

AAJP Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday August 5, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Location

Directors Present

E. Ketchens (remote), H. Wier (remote), J. Wright (remote), N. Berg (remote), R. Johnson (remote), S. Sewell (remote), T. Nelson (remote)

Directors Absent

None

Guests Present

D. Knicely (remote), N. Thomas (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Call for Conflict of Interest

None

D.

Board Officer Elections

R. Johnson made a motion to to elect Nick Berg as Board President.
E. Ketchens seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E. Ketchens made a motion to elect Ruben Johnson as Board Vice President.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
R. Johnson made a motion to elect Harvey Weir as Board Treasurer.
N. Berg seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
R. Johnson made a motion to elect Jaquetta Wright as Board Secretary.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Consent Agenda

A.

Approve Agenda

B.

Approve July 08, 2020 Board Meeting Minutes

R. Johnson made a motion to approve the minutes from AAJP Board Meeting on 07-08-20.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
R. Johnson made a motion to approve the consent agenda.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Athlos Report

III. Administrative Reports

A.

Director's Report

Josalyn Filkins introduced our new principal of upper elementary Dr. Edward Brown. 

Ms. Filkins is serving as our Interim Executive Director to assist with the start up of the 2020-2021 school year. 

Distance Learning topics covered during parent orientation on Aug 4th and 5th: 
Parent Tutorials on Clever and Canvas
Live Teaching Sessions

279- Parents attended orientation on Aug.4th
238- Parents attended orientation on Aug. 5th

Additional Parent Support Available: 
-Virtual Tech help, every Friday 11 am- 1 pm
-Meet the teachers virtually Aug.12th 
- Kinder kick off Aug. 12th 

Parent Feedback Survey for Orientation Aug. 4th 

Scale 1 to 5 
Parents confidence level after orientation was on average: 4.06

Distance Learning vs. In Person Survey will be sent out Aug. 24th-28th 
Decisions will be finalized during this week. 

New Hires: 
32- New Hires 
2- Offer Letters Out 

Vacant Positions:
SPED Coordinator 
SPED Paraprofessional 
ELL Paraprofessional
6th Grade Science/ SS Teacher (2)
8th Grade Math Teacher  (1)
Spanish Teacher (1)

 

B.

Finance Report

No report this month. 
R. Johnson made a motion to add a closed executive session to the Aug. 5, 2020 agenda.
E. Ketchens seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Enrollment Update

There are 1276 students currently enrolled, we have an additional 61 students added to enrollment since last month.

IV. Committee Reports

A.

Governance Committee

Ruben Johnson requested permission from the board chairman to invite a  possible board candidate to the next Governance Committee Meeting. The board members agreed to invite the candidate to next committee meeting.

B.

Finance Committee

None

V. Action Items (public comment must be had immediately before each action item vote)

A.

Policy 5401- Anti-Bullying

H. Wier made a motion to approve the revisions to the Anti-Bullying Policy 5401.
R. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Resolution- Number of Board Members

H. Wier made a motion to table the motion.
R. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Committee Chairs/Members

H. Wier made a motion to nominate Stephan S. to finance committee.
E. Ketchens seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
R. Johnson made a motion to elect Harvey Weir as Finance Committee Chairman.
N. Berg seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
N. Berg made a motion to elect Ruben Johnson as Governance Committee Chairman.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
N. Berg made a motion to elect Jaquetta Wright as Governance Committee Member.
R. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
N. Berg made a motion to elect Elydia Ketchens as Governance Committee Member.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

New Hires

H. Wier made a motion to approve new hires.
R. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

H. Wier made a motion to move the meeting into the Executive Closed Session to discuss character, professional competence, physical or mental health of a person.
E. Ketchens seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
N. Berg made a motion to to have Darin to create a report at the next meeting on steps that Athlos Academies Homecourt can take to prevent the payroll issues that have occurred over the last year FY for Athlos JP.
R. Johnson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
R. Johnson made a motion to adjourn the meeting @ 9:44 pm.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board 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 9:44 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
N. Thomas