IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE: Pursuant to emergency proclamation 30-JCE 2020, the Rooted School New Orleans Board hereby certifies that it will conduct all meetings scheduled for 2024 - 2025, in person (unless otherwise designated), at 6701 Press Dr. in the College of Education Building & Human Development on SUNO's campus in the Rose Room (tentatively) on the 1st Floor.
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
Vote
Mark Quinn
2 m
Rooted School NOLA Board 2024 - 2025:
Lucas Diaz - Board Member
Shannon Glapion - Board Member
Mark Quinn - Board Chair
Alyse Utley - Board Member
Rooted School New Orleans Personnel:
Frank Ingargiola - Chief Operating Officer - Rooted School NOLA
Kaitlin Karpinski - Executive Director/School Leader Rooted School NOLA
Rooted School New Orleans Guests:
Demetria Brown - EdOps
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Vote
Mark Quinn
1 m
Mark Quinn, Board Chair, called the meeting to order at approximately 5:30 P.M.
C.
Approve Minutes
Approve Minutes
Mark Quinn
2 m
Mark Quinn, Board Chair, called for the approval of the previous meetings minutes from the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 30, 2024.
Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board.
Each member of the public must sign up to comment at the meeting at least 24 hours in advance of the date and will be allotted a maximum of three - five minutes to address the board.
The board will listen, but will not directly respond to any comments.
Please do not use specific student, teacher or administrator names in your comments as our meetings are open to the public and public record, and we must adhere to FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. As such, if your comment is about a private matter, please contact the board via email, or speak to the board chair privately.
A.
Notes from the Public Forum (If Applicable)
FYI
5 m
III.
BOARD DISCUSSION ITEMS:
5:10 PM
A.
Mission Moment
Kaitlin Karpinski
5 m
Ms. Karpinski will lead the board in a "Mission Moment" with former Rooted Student, Lionel Green (currently attending Loyola University).
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Discussion of Progress on U.T.N.O. Negotiations
The board will move to the Executive Session to hold a discussion of progress on U.T.N.O. negotiations.
The board will discuss the Executive Director's 2024 - 2025 annual evaluation.
*If the Board should move to go into Executive Session, no vote(s) will be taken once in Executive Session. The result of any discussion(s) requiring a vote will be made public and entered into the minutes upon the board reconvening in public session.
V.
BOARD ACTION ITEM(S):
5:40 PM
The following items will be voted on a consent agenda:
A. Luther Speight Audit & 990 - Board Approval
B. Review & Approve Budget Amendment(s)
C. Discussion of Executive Director - Annual Evaluation
Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board.
Each member of the public may sign up to comment at the meeting and will be allotted three - five minutes.
The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments.
Please do not use specific student, teacher or administrator names in your comments as our meetings are open to the public and public record, and we must adhere to FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. As such, if your comment is about a private matter, please contact the board via email, or speak to the board chair privately.
A.
Notes from the Public Forum (If Applicable)
FYI
5 m
VIII.
Closing Items
6:10 PM
A.
Adjourn Meeting
FYI
Mark Quinn
1 m
B.
AMENDED ON 2-20-2025 @ 11:19 AM
FYI
The agenda was amended to include additional documents shared with the Finance Committee during their meeting of February 19, 2025.
The recommendation to include those documents was made by UTNO/TRUST leadership.