International School of Louisiana Board of Trustees
Minutes
ISL Strategic Planning Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday August 18, 2020 at 6:45 PM
Location
The Board will hold a meeting via electronic means due to a declared state of emergency or disaster within our geographic area. Members of the public may access the video meeting through this link:
https://meet.google.com/nyz-ykvt-gsd. Members of the public will have an opportunity to address the Board during the meeting or they may submit comments in advance to be read aloud during the public comment period of the meeting by emailing them to
schapman@isl-edu.org. Comments are limited to two minutes per topic, per person. For more information or to request other accommodations, please contact Ms. Chapman by email.
Committee Members Present
C. Rice (remote), E. Thomas (remote), G. Ligon (remote), L. Muetzel (remote), M. Correa (remote), M. Tennyson (remote), S. Chapman (remote), Y. Zaitseva McCloskey (remote)
Committee Members Absent
H. Rodgers iv, J. Brown-Russell
Guests Present
Andrew Rowland (remote), Melissa Boudreaux (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
G. Ligon called a meeting of the Strategic Planning Committee of International School of Louisiana Board of Trustees to order on Tuesday Aug 18, 2020 at 6:45 PM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
II. Current Business
A.
Update from Head of School
B.
Board Recruiting
Some members are nearing the ends of their terms and will roll off. Recruiting new members is a priority, particularly members with financial expertise.
C.
2020 Board Meeting Dates
Board members review upcoming meeting dates.
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:25 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. Chapman
Budget update - PPP and Strong Start dollars should be enough to see us through the school year even with all of the necessary COVID related upgrades. Food Service is fully staffed, but has no income at this time; this is an area to watch for budgeting purposes.
Broken water pipe at Dixon is being repaired. Plumbing contractor coming to fix and to install water bottle refill stations. Uptown campus will have NOLA-PS facility inspection on 8/26. IT is busy distributing hot spots and Chromebooks; student/family help desk is working. Almost all staff positions are filled. Still looking for a speech therapist for the Westbank campus.