Élan Academy Charter School
Minutes
September Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 27, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Elan Academy
6501 Berkley Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70131
Elan Academy
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.
Directors Present
D. Patin, J. Thibodeaux, R. Green, S. Rademaker
Directors Absent
D. Barnes, E. Marrero-Savoie, G. Briggs
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approval of Today’s Meeting Agenda - Darren Patin (Voting)
II. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Report – Dr. Melanie Askew Clark (Voting)
- Pupil Progression Plan for 2023-2024 - NOLAPS
- Saltwater Intrusion Meeting Friday at 11:00am - NOLAPS
- Number of vacancies and resignations so far this year
- 407 students currently
- openings in Pre-K but awaiting NOLA-PS approval
- Facility projects - Basketball Court - Waiting on District Approval of Facility Alterations Request (Awaiting Blueprints to Send to the District)
- Cafeteria & Building Signage (Expecting Designs Friday 9/29)
- Pre-K and Kindergarten Building Code Project (Completed)
- Suspensions at 3% - bus suspensions mostly
- Gulf Coast Bank donated $20K for Kaboom project
- Luau set for Sept 29 evening - family event
- Promethian board damages are being replaced
- 63 new scholars 1-8; 36 in testing grades
III. Governance
A.
Governance Committee Report - Darren Patin (Voting)
Discussed facilities status of repairs - mostly finished; awaiting plumbing repairs
Discussed vendor status - selection of A&S as transportation vendor; food vendor to be selected shortly.
Discussed pending litigation matters
Discussed board recruitment status - awaiting word from AEDC president and neighborhood association outreach
Staffing updates were discussed
Discussed plans for Dr. Clark's maternity leave
IV. Academic
A.
Academic Committee Report –
No meeting this month
V. Finance
A.
Finance Committee Report –
Detailed walkthrough of financials, and discussion of template report that will be submitted to the board moving forward with 4th Sector
Projected revenues are higher than budgeted; projected expenses are lower than budgeted so surplus funds are expected
Receiving funds from OPSB for move; also reimbursement from NSNO
Added increase for transportation costs with A&S contract
Kevin Cox with 4th Sector discussed EdTec transition and finance report dashboards
Audit will be starting in next couple of weeks
VI. Development
A.
Development Committee Report –
Popcorn fundraiser - Double Good will be selected - one month rollout
Consideration of evening cocktail event