Élan Academy Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday June 28, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Location
709 Park Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70114; (504) 619- 9720; www.elanacademy.org
Via Zoom Meeting Conference as per State of Louisiana Proclamation Number 2020-30
Phone Discussion (646) 558-8656;
Meeting ID: 825 6221 7713;
Password: NONE
709 Park Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70114; (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.
Directors Present
A. Olatunji, D. Barnes, D. Hoover, D. Patin, E. Marrero-Savoie, J. Stewart, R. Watkins (remote), S. Rademaker (remote)
Directors Absent
A. Shabankareh, S. Brown, T. Lewis
Ex Officio Members Present
R. Carter
Non Voting Members Present
R. Carter
Guests Present
M. Clark
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approval of Today’s Meeting Agenda - Darren Patin (Voting)
Anane motion, David second
II. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Report – Melanie Askew (Voting)
Dr. Askew reviewed Head of School Report circulated at meeting, prior to meeting, and saved in school drive.
Reviewed scoring by grade, growth, subject results, observation results. Founding scholar tracking, teacher retention, and enrichment activities were also reviewed.
Motion to accept: Anane, Erin second.
III. Governance
A.
Governance Committee Report - Darren Patin (Voting)
Signed agreement through 2025 to lease the Fisher
MOU with NOPS in regards to maintenance and facilities
Signed agreement with NOPS
Received executed Head of School Agreement
- Dr. Askew has 2 year agreement
Janitorial will be First Class
Food Service Vendor Contract- will be opened up for bid next Tuesday
Board Retreat and Strategic Planning
- Bellwether has confirmed
-NSNO will bear 75% of cost, Elan will bear 25%
Staffing
- most of main positions are filled
- hired an Operations Manager
Discussed Gary Briggs nomination to the Board
- expressed interest in Academic Committee
- Anane Olatunji will be resigning from the Board
Board members volunteer to assist with unpacking
Board members volunteer to be present on first day of school
IV. Academic
A.
Academic Committee Report – Anane Olatunji (Voting)
No meeting this month
Reviewed the agenda attachments
- Discussed and analyzed data from the Benchmark Analysis report
- Discussed the importance of oversight of SPED students
V. Finance
A.
Finance Committee Report – Roger Watkins (Voting)
Discussed additional expenditures in relation to preparing to vacate this building (repairs to various areas of the building)
Discussed additional expenditures
Discussed Projected Funding
Revenues:
•May revenues totaled $268K
•MFP payment of $238K (gross)
•$158K in uncategorized revenue (unmatched meal reimbs)
Expenses
•May expenses totaled $345K
•Salaries and benefits totaled $165K
•$379 in uncategorized expenses
Cash and Balance
•May ending cash balance totaled $1.25M
•Credit card liability of $6.8K and payroll liability of
$4.6K
Elan ended May with $1.25M; projecting to end FY22 with $869K
VI. Development
A.
Development Committee Report – Tiffany Lewis (Voting)
Nothing to report
VII. Additional Business
A.
Old Business
B.
New Business - Darren Patin
Discussion of Gary Briggs for membership to the Board.
- Reviewed Mr. Briggs's resume
- Interested in serving on the Academic committee
- Recommended for membership to the board from the Governance committee
Anane motion, David second