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Academy of Collaborative Education

Board Meeting

Published on October 16, 2026 at 7:46 AM CDT

Date and Time

Wednesday October 21, 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 Board Meeting on August 19, 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. Governance Report FYI Curtis Eberts 10 m
  B. Finance Report FYI Hannah Nguyen 10 m
   
  • Financials (updated P&L, balance sheet)
  • Independent Audit
  
     
  C. Academic Excellence Report FYI Matthew Fowlkes 10 m
  D. Facilities Report FYI Davy Mize 10 m
  E. Executive Director Report FYI Joellen Freeman 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. Discussion of New Business 4:40 PM
  A. Financial Discussion Discuss Anna Grimmett 10 m
   
  • Cash flow and funding update
  • Capital development strategy
  • Fundraising priorities and board engagement
  
IV. Executive Session 4:50 PM
  A. Convene into Executive Session Vote Anna Grimmett 1 m
  B. 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.

  
  C. Reconvene into open session Vote Anna Grimmett 1 m
V. Closing Items 5:07 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Anna Grimmett 1 m

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