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Academy of Collaborative Education

Annual Meeting + Board Retreat

Published on June 25, 2026 at 2:12 AM CDT
Amended on June 25, 2026 at 8:13 PM CDT

Date and Time

Saturday June 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM CDT

Location

The Center for Children and Families

622 Riverside Drive
Monroe, LA 71201

Pursuant to Louisiana Open Meetings Law - La. R.S. 42:19, notice is hereby given to the members of the Board of Directors of Academy of Collaborative Education and to the general public that the Board will hold a regular, special, or re-scheduled meeting, open to the public as specified below. To ensure compliance with the Open Meeting Law, recipients of this message should not forward it to other Board members, and Board members should not reply to this message.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 8:00 AM
  A. Record Attendance   Holly Allen 3 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Anna Grimmett 2 m
II. Breakfast + Gathering 8:05 AM
  A. Breakfast + Document Upkeep FYI Joellen Freeman 25 m
   

Board members gather for breakfast, socializing, accessing + updating BoardOnTrack, and any outstanding document execution.

  
III. Annual Reports 8:30 AM
  A. Annual Executive Director Report FYI Joellen Freeman 30 m
   

Organizational health, progress to goals, enrollment, staffing, celebrations, FY27 goals. 

  
  B. SY2026-27 Academic Report FYI Joellen Freeman 30 m
   

Executive Director, Joellen Freeman, will provide the board with an overview of SY26-27 academic goals and progress to those goals as well as a full briefing on the assessments taken by ACE students and how students performed on those assessments both this school year and overtime.

  
IV. Executive Session 9:30 AM
  A. Executive Director FY26 Evaluation Discuss Anna Grimmett 30 m
   

Motion: Move to enter executive session to discuss personnel matters.

  
V. Discussion of New Business 10:00 AM
  A. FY2027 Budget (Second) Discussion Discuss Joellen Freeman 30 m
     
  B. Employee Handbook Presentation + Discussion Discuss Joellen Freeman 15 m
   

Executive Director, Joellen Freeman, presents changes to the employee handbook for FY2027 and facilitates discussion among board members.

  
     
  C. Policy and Procedure Review and Discussion Discuss Joellen Freeman 15 m
   

Executive Director, Joellen Freeman, present two new policy and procedures for the FY27 school year and facilitates discussion among board members.

  
     
     
  D. FY27 Student/Parent Handbook Review and Discussion Discuss Curtis Eberts 15 m
   

Executive Director, Joellen Freeman, present the Student/Parent Handbook for the FY27 school year and facilitates discussion among board members.

  
     
VI. Action Items 11:15 AM
  A. Approval of FY2027 Budget Vote Anna Grimmett 2 m
   

Motion: Approve FY2027 budget as presented during our discussion.

  
  B. Approval of FY2027 Employee Handbook Vote Anna Grimmett 2 m
   

Motion: Conditionally approve the FY2027 Employee Handbook as presented by Executive Director, Joellen Freeman, with final approval contingent upon sign-off by the legal team.

  
  C. Approval of FY2027 Student Handbook Vote Anna Grimmett 2 m
   

Motion: Conditionally approve FY2027 student handbook as presented by Executive Director, Joellen Freeman,  with final approval contingent upon sign-off by the legal team.

  
  D. FY2027 Board Officers 9 m
   

Motion: Approve Anna Grimmett as Chair, Curtis Eberts as Vice Chair, and Holly Allen as Treasurer for one term during FY2027.

  
  E. Approval of Policy and Procedure Documents Vote Anna Grimmett 5 m
   

Motion: Approve 2 Policy and Procedure Documents:  Student Entry and Drop Off and Internet Usage and Safety Policy and Procedures for FY2027.

  
VII. FY2027 Committee Formation + Planning 11:35 AM
  A. Announcement of FY2027 Board Committees + Committee Meeting Schedule FYI Anna Grimmett 15 m
   

Board committee rosters and meeting guidelines are attached as packet materials.

  
     
  B. Committee Goals + Meeting Schedule Creation Discuss Anna Grimmett 60 m
   

Committees, led by committee chairs, create annual goals for FY2027 to drive their work within the committee. Exact meeting dates within the assigned meeting months are created. Both goals and schedule are reported to the full board.

  
     
  C. Report: Committees Goals + Schedules FYI Anna Grimmett 15 m
   

Committee chairs report on the work done re: goals and schedules to the full board.

  
VIII. Other Business 1:05 PM
  A. Reminder: Board Meeting Schedule FYI Anna Grimmett 2 m
   

Board meetings, with the exception of specially called meetings, will be held every month (August, October, December, February, April, June) on the third Wednesday from 3:30-4:30pm. Please be sure to block your calendars and plan for fully engaged attendance.

  
IX. Annual Online Ethics Training (and working lunch) 1:07 PM
  A. Online Ethics Training Completion FYI Anna Grimmett 60 m
   

All board members complete the required online ethics training and email their completion certificates to Executive Director, Joellen Freeman, and Board Chair, Anna Grimmett.

 

Link to Portal Login: https://laethics.net/EthicsTraining/login.aspx

  
X. Closing Items 2:07 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Anna Grimmett 1 m

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance at a public meeting of Academy of Collaborative Education, please contact Joellen Freeman at jcfreeman@aceforasd.orgdescribing the assistance that is necessary.