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• • ad.2 (- 2.7/ <br /> STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> (AV L�GfDEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> yLOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> ' P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> fV <br /> + * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> �pNFIOENc' (225)219-5600 <br /> ,,,..• <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> June 7, 2021 <br /> Ms. Stephanie Goudeau <br /> Interim Director <br /> Slaughter Community Charter School <br /> 4311 DeLee Lane <br /> Ethel, Louisiana 70730 <br /> RE: Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-271 <br /> Dear Ms. Goudeau: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its June 4, 2021 meeting, considered your request to approve a <br /> disqualification plan regarding matters that may arise out of the employment of your husband,Jacob <br /> Goudeau, as a teacher and coach at Slaughter Community Charter School, since your promotion to <br /> Interim Director of the Slaughter Community Charter School. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You provided that Jacob Goudeau was hired by Slaughter Community Charter School as a certified <br /> teacher and coach in January 2013. In September 2014, you were hired by Slaughter Community <br /> School. In January 2021, you were promoted to Interim Director. <br /> You submitted a disqualification plan to avoid any potential conflict of interest. This <br /> disqualification plan provides that Peggy Reno, the Assistant Principal of Curriculum and <br /> Instruction, will supervise Jacob Goudeau, including completing any professional evaluations; <br /> overseeing his professional growth plan and student learning goals;and,approving his vacation leave <br /> requests. In addition,the school board president, Melissa Wyatt,together with the Chief Financial <br /> Officer, Jeremy Jones, will execute his employment contract and monitor his salary payments and <br /> benefits. You stated that you will not sign any payments for your husband. <br /> Finally, you provided that Jerry Domengeaux owns Domengeaux's Lumber Depot, Inc. ("Lumber <br /> Depot"). Lumber Depot may sell material to Lambright during the construction of the building for <br /> the Foundation. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1119B provides no member of the immediate family of a member of a governing <br /> authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity shall be employed by the governmental <br /> entity. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1119B(2)(a)(I)permits the school board to employ an immediate family member of a <br /> school board member and the superintendent,provided the family member is certified to teach and <br /> teaching in a classroom. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />