Athlos Jefferson Parish
Minutes
AAJP Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday December 14, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Location
Directors Present
H. Wier (remote), J. Wright (remote), N. Berg (remote), N. Woods (remote), T. Nelson (remote)
Directors Absent
E. Ketchens
Guests Present
J. Turgeon (remote), Karen Chambers (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
N. Berg called a meeting of the board of directors of Athlos Jefferson Parish to order on Wednesday Dec 14, 2022 at 5:07 PM.
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Call for Conflict of Interest
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve Agenda
N. Berg made a motion to approve consent.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Approve November Meeting Minutes
N. Berg made a motion to approve the minutes from AAJP Board Meeting on 11-02-22.
H. Wier seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
New Hires & Stipends
III. Administrative Reports
A.
Director's Report
B.
CEO Report/Update on BESE meeting
- Met with state board earlier this week
- 3 year extension was granted by BESE
- Good positive energy on campus
- Ms. Martin thanked all who have been with the school and for their support.
C.
Finance Report/Audit Update
- Bank balance is strong. About 2.6 million right now. With additions this month will be near 4 million.
- Catching up with grants from prior years
- Audit status: good progress, with a few minor findings, but nothing material. Need proper receipts and more timely reporting of items.
- Reviewed Compliance questionnaire related to the audit.
- Converting to quickbooks
- Harvey asked about next finance meeting. None until January
IV. Discussion Items
A.
Salary Schedule
- Dr. Bressler shared the proposed salary schedule via Powerpoint.
- Shared concern that Athlos has many non certified teachers.
- Shared graph identifying number of certified vs non certified teachers.
- Increase in budget to accommodate hiring of all (or mostly) certified teachers. This should be discussed further in finance, etc. But need for highly skilled teachers is crucial. 60 additional students will pay for this. ESSR money can also be used.
- Will help with scoring and with authorizer.
- Press release would go out as soon as approved by board
- Advertise at job fairs
- Karen complimented the progress being made.
B.
Pupil Progression Plan
Ms. Martin shared that a dyslexia reviewer needs to be added as per recent legislation.
V. Action Items (public comment must be had immediately before each action item vote)
A.
Audit Compliance Questionnaire
No vote needed
VI. 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 6:20 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
J. Turgeon
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