Ecole du Samedi is governed by a board of governors that meets once a year to approve the school budget and review long term objectives.
Officers
President: Marc Mallet
Vice President: Claire Schlumberger
Secretary: Sandra Pickell
Assistant to the Secretary: George Rainbolt
Governors
Mary Fisher (bio)
Mary G. Fisher is the mother of one son who attended Ecole du Samedi for five years. Her son continues his French through weekly meetings with another student and teacher.
Mary, a Canadian, has studied French most of her life and currently attends the classes for adults at the Ecole.
Yves Lemaistre (bio)
Yves Lemaistre is the father of a 6 year old boy who has been attending Ecole du Samedi since 2009 and will be entering CP this year. Yves has recently joined the Financial committee. He works as an IT consultant at a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
Michèle Olivères
Sandra Pickell
Walt Pickell
Crystal Porter (bio)
Crystal Porter is both the parent of a child who attended Ecole du Samedi and a former student in Ecole du Samedi's adult classes. She uses her French when working with foreign companies doing business in the US marke.
George Rainbolt (bio)
George Rainbolt is the father of two children at the Ecole. His first son started at the Ecole the first year it opened and progressed through each grade of the program in the section francophone. Since he is now too old to attend any of the Ecole's classes, he receives private tutoring arranged by the Ecole. His second son started in Bout'chous as soon as he was old enough and is now in CP2. He also takes care of the coffee newspapers in the Espace parents. Professionally, Dr. Rainbolt is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Georgia State University.
Axel Schlumberger (bio)
Axel Schlumberger has been affiliated with Ecole du Samedi since its inception in 2002, first as a parent of his 3 children who attended Ecole du Samedi for several years and as a member of the school's Board of Governors and its Financial committee since 2006.
Axel is a Senior Vice President of Southwire Company in Carrollton, GA.