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Academy of Collaborative Education

Board Meeting

Published on August 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM CDT

Date and Time

Wednesday August 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM CDT

Location

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Meeting ID: 851 1428 7278
Passcode: 916947

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 3:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Anna Grimmett 3 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Anna Grimmett 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes from previous meeting Approve Minutes Anna Grimmett 3 m
   

Motion: Move to approve minutes from the previous meeting of the governing ACE Board of Directors as presented in the board packet.

  
    Minutes for Annual Meeting + Board Retreat on June 27, 2026  
  D. Approval of Agenda Vote Anna Grimmett 3 m
   

Motion Option #1: Move to approve the agenda as presented.

Motion Option #2: Move to approve the agenda as amended by board discussion to include .

 

Request for amendment to the agenda, or approval of the agenda as presented.

  
II. Committee Reports 3:40 PM
  A. Executive Director Report FYI Joellen Freeman 10 m
  B. Governance Report FYI Curtis Eberts 10 m
  C. Finance Report FYI Hannah Nguyen 10 m
   
  • Financials (updated P&L, balance sheet)
  
  D. Academic Excellence Report FYI Matthew Fowlkes 10 m
  E. Facilities Report FYI Davy Mize 10 m
  F. SY2026-27 Academic Report FYI Joellen Freeman 10 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.

  
III. Executive Session 4:40 PM
  A. Legal Advice Discuss Joellen Freeman 15 m
   

Pursuant to La. R.S. 42:17(A)(2) and (A)(11), the Board will convene in executive session to receive privileged legal advice from counsel regarding pending Due Process Matters (Docket #2026-17330-DOE-IDEA) and related issues requiring legal advice.

  
IV. Discussion of New Business 4:55 PM
  A. Financial Discussion Discuss Hannah Nguyen 5 m
   
  • Line of credit needs
  • 13th check for teachers
  
  B. ACE Educator Residency Program Discuss Joellen Freeman 5 m
     
     
     
     
  C. CEO PTO policy Discuss Anna Grimmett 5 m
   

Documentation of Executive Director's Paid Time Off or other leave

  
     
V. Action Items 5:10 PM
  A. Vote on ACE Educator Residency Program Vote Anna Grimmett 2 m
   

This item needs board approval

  
  B. Vote on CEO PTO policy Vote Anna Grimmett 2 m
   

The board will vote whether to approve the addition to the policy as discussed.

  
VI. Closing Items 5:14 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Anna Grimmett 1 m

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