Mrs. Wilson commented that in a few days, we will be at the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and that she had memories her first experience with ISL at that time.

Tracy Shields introduced Philip Rebowe and Amy Verberne with CRI CPA and Advisors who will perform external annual financial audit services for ISL. This firm will perform certain agreed-upon procedures in accordance with attestation standards promulgated by the AICPA, the Louisiana State Law, and the Board of Elementary and Secondary education (BESE). They will perform and annual 403B Plan audit, prepare and file IRS Forms 5500 and 990, issue a management letter to the Board of Trustees as well as a letter to the Board of Trustees Governance, address and resolve any auditing, accounting, tax issues. They will communicate to the Board any deficiencies and recommend any corrections. They will meet with the Financial Committee to present the audited financial statements and IRS Forms 5500 and 990.

Ms. Tennyson

Mrs. Tennyson reminded board members that the State Ethics Training must be done before Aug. 31. The ISL student population is expected to be 1435. Camp St. renovations will be discussed on Sept. 3rd with Scott Drago, RSD project mgr. ISL currently has 223 employees. IT has increased internet speed, imaged 225 laptops, replaced copiers, provided 200 new Chromebooks, and improved policies and procedures. She has a meeting with Dr. Joseph with JPSB to discuss the Bunche lease. She would like the Board to approve a formal proposal to lease the John Dibert school. ISL insurance policies have been reviewed. The ISL Jr. Girl Scouts have been recognized in the press for their "Recycle Joy" project soliciting observations of random acts of kindness resulting in a paper chain wrapping around the school building.

Mr. Drucker was not present at the Board meeting, however, it was noted that the budget did not have to have a second public hearing because the mfp funding issue did not concern more than 5% of the budget.

Mrs. Tennyson requested that the Recovery School District meet with residents of the Lower Garden District surrounding the Camp St. campus to provide information about the RSD's planned renovation to the facility. ISL will facilitate the meeting. This meeting will take place after Mrs. Tennyson meets with Mr. Scott Drago of the RSD. All three facilities were deep cleaned and prepared for the opening of the 2015-16 school year.

Dir. of Development, Carla Cochran, explained changes made to the ISL Gala fundraiser this year. She has eliminated the Patron Party, auction items will be ready one week before the gala and online biding has been adjusted. She has shifted ISL fundraising culture to a philanthropic culture going to major donors with specific requests. She encourages board members to identify members of the community to whom she can send ISL information. The Teacher initiative has been moved from the Development office to the individual campuses so that the parents can be involved in this process with the objective of encouraging everyone to be an ambassador for ISL.

Mrs. Griffin introduced the new Board candidate, Larissa Muetzel, who is currently the Dir. of Young Leadership Council. Larissa has a background in accounting and volunteers her time with other non-profits. She encouraged the other board members to get to know her.

Mrs. Laura Adelman-Cannon, the Dir. of ISL curriculum, presented a history of the past seven years of teaching the Mandarin language at ISL beginning with the 2008 Inaugural Society Partnership for Global Learning, now the National Language Conference in Washington, DC. ISL initiated Mandarin as an elective, not an immersion language. Today there are 46 middle-school children, state wide, enrolled in Mandarin, 38 of them are at ISL.

There was no public comment.