Athlos Jefferson Parish

Minutes

AAJP Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday June 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Location

979 Behrman Hwy.

Terrytown, LA 70056

 

https://zoom.us/j/91626399593

Directors Present

E. Ketchens (remote), K. Chambers (remote), N. Berg, T. Nelson

Directors Absent

H. Wier, J. Wright, N. Woods

Guests Present

A. Harvey, B. Bressler (remote), C. Brooks (remote), C. Martin, J. Turgeon (remote), N. Thomas

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 Jun 14, 2023 at 6:09 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Call for Conflict of Interest

II. Consent Agenda

A.

Approve Agenda

N. Berg made a motion to approve the Consent agenda.
T. Nelson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Approve May Meeting Minutes

N. Berg made a motion to approve the minutes from AAJP Board Meeting on 05-03-23.
T. Nelson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

New Hires & Stipends

III. Administrative Reports

A.

Director's Report

June Director’s Report

Operation Updates

  • Sub-drain system repaired $5500
  • Summer Cleaning & Classroom Prep
  • Bleachers Repaired
  • Annual Safety Inspections scheduled for July 12
    • Fire systems
    • AED Equipment

Prepared Mind Updates

  • LEAP 2025 Updates
    • All students to be excluded from our SPS score have been coded final clean up date is June 19th.
  • Summer Programs
    • Remediation and Seat time Recovery 240
      • 134 students did not meet attendance requirements
      • 161 students did not meet academic requirements 
    • LDOE Literacy Initiative for 3rd & 4th Grade students
      • 44 3rd graders were invited 26 are attending
      • 57 4th graders were invited 37 are attending

School wide Goal By May 2023, 70% of students in K-3 will score Average or Above Average.

63% of K students scored Average or Above Average

83% of 1st grade students scored Average or Above Average

75% of 2nd grade students scored Average or Above Average

73% of 3rd grade students scored Average or Above Average

B.

CEO Report

iSTEEP EOY Data

 

Grade                                 Above Avg               Average                 Below Avg

                                        Winter/Spring         Winter/Spring        Winter/Spring

 

**Kindergarten                37% to 44%              40% to 19%         *Increased from

                                                                                                          24% to 37%

 

First                                 23% to 44%               56% to 19%          Decreased from

                                                                                                           21% to 17%

 

Second                            38% to 42%              31% to 33%            Decreased from

                                                                                                           30% to 25%

 

Third                                8% to 33%                18% to 30%            Decreased from

                                                                                                            74% to 37%

Culture

  • EOY Celebrations
  • Summer Engagement Events
    • June 30  Summer Cool Down
    • July 29  Welcome Back Bash

 

23-24 Planning

  • Staffing Updates 8 vacancies; currently have 6 offers out

Grade                             22-23 Vacancies              23-24 Vacancies

Kindergarten                              0                                  0

First                                            2                                  1*

Second                                        3                                  1

Third                                           2                                  3

Fourth                                         1                                  0

Fifth                                            0                                 1

Sixth                                           2                                  2**

Seventh                                      1                                  1**

Eighth                                        2                                  3

Total                                          13                                12

 

*Class may be dissolved based on enrollment

** Offers pending

 

  • Enrollment Updates 
  • Total # of returning students + accepted offers/pre-registered in PowerSchool:  1196
    • If we only count the returning students + new students with at least one piece of registration turned in, then that number is 1138
    • If we only count the confirmed “yes” returning students + fully registered new students, then that number is 988
  • Intent to Return:
    • Returning:  97%
    • Not Returning:  3%
    • Undecided:  0%
    • Unknown responses:  2%

C.

Finance Report

Mr. Brooks discussed the Finance Report

 

IV. Committee Reports

A.

Finance Committee

Food venders will be changing, proposal is do 7/14

B.

Governance Committee

Governance Committee will meet in a few weeks.

C.

Pillars Committee

Pillars Committee will meet 6/27 

V. 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 7:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
A. Harvey