Arcadia
Charter School
School Board
Monthly Meeting Minutes
August 23, 2012
6:30 pm
1719
Cannon Road, Northfield
1. Call meeting to order at 6:35 pm.
2. Verify Quorum
Board
Members Present: Sheri Acosta, Jan Rohwer, Tammy Prichard, Anne Klawiter, Tim
Goodwin, Janine Nelson; Laura Stelter arrived at 7:30
Also
attending: Ryan Krominga, Rebecca McMullen, Lisa Malecha
3. Approve Agenda
Motion
to approve: Sheri Acosta; Second, Jan Rohwer, Unanimous Approval
4. Approve minutes of August 9, 2012.
Motion
to approve: Janine Nelson; Second, Sheri Acosta; Unanimous Approval
5. Speaker's Corner:
This is an opportunity for community members to address the Arcadia
School Board on subjects related to the school. Please limit comments to three
minutes.
6. Consent Agenda: none
7. Reports
(a)
Directors Report:
Report same as August 9th except enrollment updated to 124 students
(b)
Financial Report
Finances
are on track; Audit prep is being done and audit is scheduled; School received
finance award from department of education.
(c)
Chair Report
None
(d)
Student Report
None
8. Discussion and Action Items:
(a)
Parent and staff
Survey Results – Lisa Malecha
i. Parent survey had 73 respondents. General tone of the responses was favorable
to very favorable about the experience their child has had as well as the family
interaction with the school.
ii. General tone of the staff survey is that morale is
solid, the staff communicates well, and feel that leadership is strong.
(b)
Approve Bylaws
Motion
to approve: Anne Klawiter; second, Jan Rohwer; Unanimous approval
(c)
Letter of
Resignation from Evelyn Hoover
Motion
to accept: Tim Goodwin; Second, Janine Nelson; Unanimous approval
(d)
Building Update
Closet/dividing
walls in northeast corner of building in progress
(e)
Student &
Employee Handbooks
Student
and employee handbooks were presented to the board
(f)
Board Survey
results
Survey
results of board self-study were presented and discussed
(g)
Board goals
planning
Need for goals for the board and possible areas of
goals to address was discussed. Further
discussion
will occur at the next board meeting.
(h)
Board elections
Notices
to community about board elections going out and process is underway
(i)
Committee
membership
Board members were asked to consider possible
committee participation
(j)
Name change
addendum to contract with sponsor
Motion
to approve: Tim Goodwin; Second, Sheri Acosta
9.
Announcements:
(a)
Workshops &
conferences: August 20 – 29
(b)
Arcadia Family
Picnic: August 29
(c) School Starts:
September 4
(d) Next Meeting:
September 13
10.
Adjourn
Motion
to adjourn at 8:35: Jan Rohwer; Second, Janine Nelson; Unanimous approval
Respectfully
submitted by Tim Goodwin, Board Secretary
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