Athlos Jefferson Parish
Minutes
AAJP Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday April 12, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Location
Directors Present
E. Ketchens (remote), J. Wright (remote), K. Chambers (remote), N. Berg (remote), N. Woods (remote), T. Nelson (remote)
Directors Absent
H. Wier
Guests Present
A. Harvey (remote), B. Bressler (remote), C. Brooks (remote), C. Martin (remote), Charles Medley (remote), J. Turgeon (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Call for Conflict of Interest
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve Agenda
B.
Approve March Meeting Minutes
C.
New Hires & Stipends
III. Administrative Reports
A.
Director's Report
B.
CEO Report
March Scorecard Data:
The Average Fund Balance: $2,682,885
The average day’s cash: 65
Substitute Use: 39
Parent Complaints: 0
Withdraws: 10
New Students: 9
Employee Departures: 2
Employee Complaints: 6
Current Enrollment as of 4/10/2023:
Enrollment Trends: 1098
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
EOY Enrollment
for 21-22 SY: 109 111 143 137 130 133 132 128 99 1122
Current Enrollment
for 22-23 SY: 90 118 128 136 130 114 131 132 119 1098
Variance -19 7 -15 -1 0 -19 -1 4 20 -24
{YTD Persistence Rate: 91% (Goal 95%), YTD Conversion Rate: 90% (Goal 50%)}
2023-2024 New Enrollment as of 4/10/2023: 193
2023-2024 Re-enrollment as of 2/27/23: 916 (94%)
2023-2024 Projected Enrollment as of 2/20/23: 1063 (# is returning students + new students with at least one piece of registration turned in)
C.
Finance Report
Chris Brooks discussed the importance of the Finance Report.
D.
Marketing and Communications Report
March 2023 Report
Athlos Marketing and Communications:
- AAJP FB page: we reached 277,275 individuals in 2022 (this rivals larger school districts for reach). By maintaining our audience on FB, our ads for enrollment and parent events are more effective.
- AAJP FB/IG reach for March 1-31,2023
- Facebook/Instagram Paid Ad Reach and Impressions
- Reach vs. Impressions:
- The number of Accounts Center accounts that saw your ads at least once. Reach is different from impressions, which may include multiple views of your ads by the same Accounts Center accounts.
- This metric is estimated. o Impressions: The number of times your ads were on screen.
- Email Nurture Campaign to New Applicants
- Kindergarten Roundup Invitation
- 99 Recipients
- Triton News, March 2023
- 1,321 Recipients
- Kindergarten Roundup, Enrollment Event, 34 students registered.
- o AAJP Staff did an excellent job recruiting new kindergarten students through visits to Head
- Start and they did a phenomenal job organizing and planning for the event.
- Staff Spotlights on IG/FB are full of positive comments from current parents and staff members
- Student activities and family event such as Family Literacy Night, SGA/Gifted field trips, soccer, SneakerBall, and Dr. Seuss dress up days received many positive comments on social media.
- Triton News February 2023, sent to 1,321 recipients, opened by 756 (links on text, email, social media)
- Provided marketing support for Enrollment, Kindegarten Roundup, Job Fair, SneakerBall, , Dr. Seuss Week, National Bus Driver Appreciation Day, Triton Soccer, Monthly Breakfast and Lunch Menu, DEAR Time, Guest author, Kennaire Mathieu, Family Literacy Night, Black History Month, school calendar days, LEAP testing, Tiny Tritons cheer team, Driveline, Executive Director’s message, after school programs, Young Rembrandts, PBIS celebrations, Board salary increase announcement, SGA Read a Thon, PTO Chuck E Cheese fundraiser, etc
- Carrina Transportation App rollout
- Rollout included custom graphics
- Website content
- Social media content
- SwiftK12 text and email
- Triton News announcement
- Assisting families with trouble-shooting
- Tharros/Athlos partnership rollout
- Rollout included website content
- Social media content
- Triton News announcement
- Job Fair marketing
- Swag order – hand sanitizer and lip balm
- Custom graphics for social media
- Custom graphics for flyer
- Website content
- FB/IG ad: Final results will be shared after event on April 14. So far the ad is showing 290 landing page views (careers page on website) , 59,665 impressions and cost per result of $2.38. Ad will finish on April 14.
- Website pop-up
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Finance Committee
B.
None
C.
Governance Committee
The Governance Committee had their meeting on 4/5/23 and will follow-up with another meeting soon
D.
Pillars Committee
Discussion of student and teachers vacancies
V. Discussion Items
A.
Bonding Update/Lease Comparison
Scenario 1: Purchase Completed before 6/30/2023
Assumptions:
Purchase Price $27,500,755
Close 06/15/2023
Amortization Period 35 Years
Tax-Exempt Rate 6.5% (conservative non-rated assumption) Taxable Rate 7.0% (conservative non-rated assumption)
Cost of Issuance 3.5% of Par
Scenario 2: Purchase Completed between 6/30/2023 and 6/30/2024
Assumptions:
Purchase Price $28,188,274
Close 12/15/2023
Amortization Period 35 Years
Tax-Exempt Rate 6.5% (conservative non-rated assumption)
Taxable Rate 7.0% (conservative non-rated assumption)
Cost of Issuance 3.5% of Par
April Director’s Report
Prepared Mind Highlights
March 29th PD
A+PEL Literacy Training
iSTEEP Literacy Assessment
LEAP 2025 Assessment
School Culture Highlights
Family & Community Engagement
Healthy Body Highlights