Élan Academy Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
6501 Berkley Dr. New Orleans, LA 70131
6501 Berkley Dr., New Orleans, LA 70131; (504) 619-9720; www.elanacademy.org
The matters listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may, in fact, be discussed. Other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. All agenda items are informational unless otherwise denoted, though all committee reports require a vote for acceptance. The meeting will be held on the campus of the school.
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Directors Present
C. Silas, D. Patin, G. Thomas-Batiste, J. Thibodeaux, L. Knight
Directors Absent
D. Barnes, G. Briggs
Guests Present
M. Clark
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes from September Board Meeting
II. Medication Application Discussion
A.
Presentation by HEAL on Medicaid Application Process
III. CEO Report
A.
CEO Report
Dr. Clark presented the CEO report.
- Enrollment short of budget but hoping for improvements in future counts. Significant number of new scholars
- Powerschool transition almost complete
- CEO goal progress update was provided
IV. Academic Achievement Committee
A.
Committee Report
G. Thomas-Baptiste provided the Academic Committee report and Dr. Clark presented beginning of the year testing results.
- Presented common term sheet used when talking about academic results
- Discussion about change to Student Performance Score criteria
V. CEO Support And Eval
A.
Committee Report
D. Patin presented CEO Support Committee report.
- Discussed committee's goals and gave a progress update. Circulated templates for CEO contract, evaluation, and deliverables timelines.
VI. Finance/Development Committee
A.
FYE 2026 YTD Financial Review
J. Thibodeaux presented FYE 2026 YTD financial report. See September Financial Report prepared by 4SS for more information.
- No major changes to forecast from September board meeting.
- All financial dashboard metrics are satisfactory.
- Minimal receivables compared to prior years.
- Owed credits from BCBS
B.
FYE 2025 Audit Status
J. Thibodeaux gave status update on the FYE 2025 audit. Fieldwork will hopefully be completed by 11/7. On track for draft and submittal with regulatory deadlines.
VII. Governance
A.
Committee Report
No Governance Committee Report
Deborah Palmer Connie Balogne from HEAL provided information on Medicaid application. Federal requirements require certain information, such as SSN, on the initial application.