Redesign Schools Louisiana

Minutes

Celerity Schools Louisiana Regular Board Meeting

Date and Time

Saturday March 23, 2019 at 10:00 AM

Location

Celerity Dalton Charter School 3605 Ontario St. Baton Rouge, LA 70805

Directors Present

A. McGaha (remote), C. Vaultz, G. Pope (remote)

Directors Absent

B. Vigueri, J. Rosenbach, J. Slocum, P. Baldwin, R. Orso

Guests Present

A. Beck, T. Rivera (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

A. Beck called a meeting of the board of directors of Redesign Schools Louisiana to order on Saturday Mar 23, 2019 at 10:06 AM.

II. COMMUNICATION

A.

Public comment on agenda items

No public comment on agenda items

B.

Public comment on non-agenda items

No public comment on non-agenda items

III. ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR RECEIPT/INFORMATION

A.

Principals' report on education: instructional, operational, and updates on current events

Ms. Sims, Principal of Celerity Crestworth, briefed the board on enrollment and Glen Oaks
  • Vacating Crestworth will be an easy transition
  • Preparation for Spring assessment have some work to do to solidify the school grade of a “C” hopefully a “B”
  • End of year activities 8th grade culmination will be 5/15/2019
Ms. Johnson, Principal of Celerity Lanier, briefed the board on current enrollment 278-98% Pk-5th have returned their intent to enroll
  • Facilities: relocation of different grade levels to ensure grade levels are kept together
  • Virtual Lab
  • Testing for Spring – intent small group re-teaching and we will provide a writing boot camp
  • End of year activities: Dance show, Kinder culmination, health and wellness fair
Ms. Faulk, Principal of Celerity Dalton, briefed the Board on Dalton’s current enrollment 338 about 90% have returned their intent to enroll into our schools
  • Virtual lab already active at our school
  • Spring testing – students continue to show growth
  • Using data to pull small groups to re-teach the standards
  • End of year of activities 5th grade finale, dance show

B.

Superintendent's report on district wide operations

At this time, the Superintendent briefed the board on operations district wide
  • We received 500,000 start-up monies for Glen Oaks, additionally, we will also be receiving 100,000.
  • Students are in full swing of testing- 5th-8th grades week will begin in 2 weeks
  • Pilot being utilized for the state - Celerity was the only Charter selected to engage that test for the State
At this time, the Board President inquired on the Glen Oaks transition and a brief discussion ensued.
The Superintendent also briefed the Board on the letter from the state regarding Crestworth's financials
 

C.

Motion to approve the unaudited financials through Feb 2019

Due to no quorum, the Board was unable to vote, however, Ivy briefed the Board on the financials.

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 10:47 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
T. Rivera