Élan Academy Charter School
Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday June 24, 2026 at 5:00 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
G. Briggs, G. Thomas-Batiste, J. Thibodeaux, L. Knight
Directors Absent
C. Silas, D. Barnes, D. Patin
Guests Present
Alex Gonzales, Alicia Humphres (remote), M. Clark, mrossi@4thsectorsolutions.com
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes from April Board Meeting
D.
Vote to move into Executive Session
II. Executive Session
A.
Discussion and Approval of CEO's FYE 2026 Evaluation and Salary Adjustment
B.
Vote to end Executive Session
C.
Report on Executive Session
J. Thibodeaux presented that board approved Dr. Clark's FYE evaluation and performance stipend
III. Governance Committee
A.
Discussion and Vote Regarding Tavia Patterson to Board of Directors
L. Knight presented T. Patterson's candidacy for the board.
G. Thomas made motion to admit T. Patterson to the board. Seconded by L. Knight. Motion passed unanimously.
B.
FYE 2027 Officer and Committee Chair Discussion
J. Thibodeaux presented the suggested officer slate for FYE 2027 as well as committee chairs.
C.
Vote on FYE 2027 Officer Slate
IV. CEO Report
A.
CEO Report
Dr. Clark presented the June CEO Report. Discussion items included the following:
- Current enrollment and projections
- SPED population increasing
- Board needs
- Facilities needs and reviewing policies and procedures
- FYE 2027 organizational chart
- Academic results (LEAP, ELPT, and DIBELS)
- CEO goal progress discussion
V. Finance/Development Committee
A.
FYE 2026 YTD Financial Review
4SS presented the FYE 2026 YTD financial report.
- Continued to meet all required ratios and metrics
- Projected forecast has deficit of 353k. Change from last meeting of 283k result of unplanned summer transportation and unanticipated SPED evaluations.
B.
FYE 2027 Budget Discussion
4SS discussed the FYE 2027 budget.
- Enrollment budgeted at 439 students and 20 Pre-K students.
- Revenues of 6.9m and expenses of 7.1m. Deficit of 200k funded by excess fund balance from PYs.
- Impact of Gov. Landry's Executive Order is potentially $116k in additional expenses that is not reflected in the budget yet.
Board discussed the CEO Support Committee's report on Dr. Clark's FYE 2026 evaluation and performance stipend.
G. Thomas made a motion to accept DR. Clark's FYE 2026 evaluation. Seconded by L. Knight. Motion passed unanimously.
L. Knight made a motion to award Dr. Clark $10,000 performance stipend for FYE 2026 to be paid out during July 2026. G. Briggs seconded. Motion passed unanimously.