International School of Louisiana Board of Trustees
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 28, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Location
Camp Street
Trustees Present
B. Griffin, C. Reed, D. Bordson-Bozzo, D. Drucker, D. Wilson, J. Wettermark, M. Pedalino, V. Diaz
Trustees Absent
B. Richard-Montgomery, M. Lappa
Guests Present
Ann Winchell, Aviva Le, David Powell, Emily Thomas, Ghislaine Camey, Howard Rodgers, Jairo Maldonado, Karla Marie Cochran, Laura Adelman Cannon, Melissa Boudreaux, Rosa Alvarado, Tracy Shields
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
D. Wilson called a meeting of the board of trustees of International School of Louisiana Board of Trustees to order on Wednesday Jan 28, 2015 at 6:05 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
M. Pedalino made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 10-29-14 Board Meeting on 10-29-14.
D. Drucker seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Mr. Bordson-Bozzo abstained from voting since he did not attend the Oct. 29th Board meeting.
D.
Acceptance of the Committee Reports
B. Griffin made a motion to approve minutes from the Finance Committee Meeting on 01-27-15 Finance Committee Meeting on 01-27-15.
J. Wettermark seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
Nominating Committee New Board Member Nomination
Mr. Howard Rodgers was nominated to serve a position of three years on the Board of Trustees. The vote for his nomination will be at the March 4th Board meeting.
F.
Board President's Comments
Mrs. Wilson had no comments.
II. Other Business
A.
Open Public Comment
There were no public comments.
B.
Q & A With Head of School
Total enrollment for all three campuses is 1,318. Camp St. has 663 students, Bunche has 416, and Olivier has 239. Bunche middle school will transition to self-contained classrooms in 2015-16. Jefferson Parish School Fair for Special Programs and Magnet Schools included ISL, the only charter school invited to attend. Dir. of Development, Karla Cochran, is organizing the March 7th. ISL 5K Spring Shuffle with proceeds going to Teacher Appreciation. Ms. Cochran has written a grant to acquire more Chrome Books. Facilities Dir., Ms. Le, reported that, Scott Drago with RSD, will accept Camp St. renovation bids on Feb.10. 280 days of renovation/construction are expected. Audits of Bunche school campus were clean and financial reports were submitted to J.P.. The Type II funding law suit was postponed until March 2nd. There is legislation pending that will change the wording of the MFP funding. The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held on the Bunche campus on Mar. 4, at 6pm.
C.
Common Core/PARCC Update by Laura Adelman-Cannon
Laura Adelman Cannon, Curriculum Specialist, provided the Board of Trustees a PARCC Assessment overview, the dates of the testing of PARCC Phase I, PhaseII and LEAP/iLEAP.
D.
Open Public Comment
There were no comments.
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
J. Wettermark made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:45pm.
C. Reed seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
B. Griffin