International School of Louisiana Board of Trustees
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday May 27, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Location
Camp Street
Trustees Present
B. Griffin, B. Richard-Montgomery, C. Reed, D. Bordson-Bozzo, D. Drucker, D. Wilson, H. Rodgers iv, J. Wettermark, M. Pedalino
Trustees Absent
M. Lappa, V. Diaz
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 May 27, 2015 at 6:03 PM.
C.
Board President's Comments
Mrs. Wilson had no comments.
D.
Approve Minutes
Acting secretary, John Wettermark commented that he could not read the name of one of the attendees, however, the Board decided to approve the minutes with the expectation that Mr. Wettermark will attempt again to decipher the name and add it to the list of attendees.
B. Griffin made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 04-22-15 Board Meeting on 04-22-15.
H. Rodgers iv seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
Acceptance of the Committee Reports
B. Griffin made a motion to approve minutes from the Finance Committee Meeting on 05-19-15 Finance Committee Meeting on 05-19-15.
J. Wettermark seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Other Business
A.
Open Public Comment
There were no public comments.
B.
Q & A With Head of School - HOS Report
The Camp St. campus 8th grade promotion of 38 students, will be at 5:30pm May 28th, at the Lyon's center. The Bunche School campus first 8th grade promotion of 30 students will be at 7pm, May 29th at the Marriott on Canal St. 11:00am, June 5th, all three campuses will have there International Day Parade in their immediate neighborhoods. Total enrollment 5/22/15 was 1,309 students. NOLA DAY raised $10,000 in individual donations. Camp St. renovations are to begin in Nov. after bids are finalized. There is ongoing instillation of Bunch Campus security gates. The 2015-16 budget is complete and ready for approval in June. Application assessments for round II are nearly complete. June 1st, ISL students will be in compliance with a new state law requiring them to have a "unique identifier" in place of social security numbers. New Student/Parent orientations are being planned for each campus. Andrew Rowland - new dir. of IT. John White would like 20,000 emersion students in La. by 2020.
C.
Finance - Budget Update
Mr. Drucker said that all Board members are encouraged to attend the June 16th Budget meeting at 5:30 at Camp St. campus.
D.
Open Public Comment
There were no public comments made.
III. Executive Session
A.
Employee Preformance Review
D. Drucker made a motion to adjourn to Executive Session.
M. Pedalino seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
IV. 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 7:35 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
B. Griffin