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Rooted School - New Orleans

Rooted School Board of Directors Meeting: 04/19/2023

Published on April 18, 2023 at 11:02 AM CDT
Amended on April 19, 2023 at 5:58 PM CDT

Date and Time

Wednesday April 19, 2023 at 5:00 PM CDT

Location

SUNO: College of Education and Human Development 

6701 Press Dr. 

New Orleans, LA 70122

IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE: Pursuant to emergency proclamation 30-JCE 2020, the Rooted School New Orleans Board hereby certifies that it will conduct the meeting scheduled for April 19, 2023 in person, at 6701 Press Dr. in the SUNO College of Education & Human Development Building. 

 

  • The Committee meetings will start at 5 PM.
  • The Committee-of-the-Whole meeting beginning at 6 PM. 

Board meetings shall be held in this manner until further notice.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   GeDá Jones Herbert 2 m
   

Rooted School NOLA Board 2022 - 2023:

 

  • Brandin Campbell - Board Member
  • Travis Chase - Board Member
  • Kyle Finke - Board Member
  • GeDá Jones Herbert - Board Chairperson
  • Adrien Mendez - Board Member
  • Mark Quinn - Board Member
  • Sabrina Short - Board Member
  • Alyse Utley - Board Member

Rooted School Foundation Personnel:

 

  • Board Sub-Committee Attendance Pending

Rooted School New Orleans Personnel:

 

  • Frank Ingargiola - Director of Finance Rooted School NOLA
  • Kaitlin Karpinski - Executive Director/School Leader Rooted School NOLA

Board Meeting Guests:

 

  • Joe Daschbach - EdOps Finance Specialist
  • Sherah LoBoeuf - Finance Team Manager
  • Kathy Woods
  • Kimberly Andrews
  
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   GeDá Jones Herbert 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes GeDá Jones Herbert 2 m
   

GeDá Jones Herbert to make a motion to approve the minutes of 2-28-2023.

  
    Minutes for Rooted School Board of Directors Meeting: 02/28/2022 on February 28, 2023  
II. Board Voting Items: 5:05 PM
  A. Confirmation of New Board Member(s) Vote Kaitlin Karpinski 3 m
   

The board will make a motion to approve and vote on Ms. Kathy Woods as the newest board member.

  
III. Board Discussion Items: 5:08 PM
  A. February Budget-to-Actuals Presentation for the Finance Committee - Mark Quinn (via phone) Discuss Mark Quinn 10 m
   
  • Mark Quinn will present on the February budget-to-actuals for Rooted School 
  
     
     
  B. Financial Disclosure Forms and Ethics Training Discuss Kaitlin Karpinski 5 m
   

Members of the board need to complete financial disclosures and engage in ethics training. Evidence of these items will need to be submitted to Rooted School NOLA, as well as district and state entities, as required. 

  
IV. Executive Session 5:23 PM
  A. Executive Session Discuss GeDá Jones Herbert 20 m
   

GeDá Jones Herbert, board chairperson, will make a motion to move into Executive Session to discuss confidential matters related to personnel.

 

No action will be taken in Executive Session.  

 

When the board reconvenes, if a vote is required, a second motion will be made and all members will be asked to vote individually during the public session.

  
V. Executive Director / School Leader Report: 5:43 PM
  A. Academic Update FYI Kaitlin Karpinski 10 m
   

Ms. Karpinski will present an update on academics and summary of the academic committee meeting. Linked here is the data dashboard that houses high level academic updates. 

  
VI. Closing Items 5:53 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI GeDá Jones Herbert 1 m