School Board Minutes
1.
Call meeting to
order at 6:37
pm
2.
Verify Quorum
Present: Evelyn Hoover, Laura Stelter, Tammy Prichard,
Jan Rohwer, Sheri Acosta
Additionally present: Ryan Krominga
3.
Approve Agenda
1st: Jan Rohwer
2nd: Evelyn Hoover
Removed items 7b, c & d; 8c & e
Passed unanimously
4.
Approve minutes
of June
14, 2012 and July 2, 2012 .
1st: Sheri Acosta
2nd: Jan Rohwer
Passed unanimously
1st: Jan Rohwer
2nd: Sheri Acosta
Passed unanimously
5.
Speaker's
Corner: None
6.
Consent Agenda:
Approve contracts for:
Lisa Malecha
John Witt
Dan Peace
Gary Braun
1st: Evelyn Hoover
2nd: Laura Stelter
Passed unanimously
7.
Reports
(a) Directors Report
Enrollment
up to 121. Some families have chosen not
to come due to travel from other cities.
Students continue to tour and fill out applications. Has placed an ad for 2 open houses.
Staffing
update: Dan Peace for Science and M.S.
Advisory; Gary Braun for Special Ed.
Building: work on storage spaces in the old art
room. A parent is currently consulting
and helping with technology.
Test
Scores: Discussion of MCA scores. Reading scores remained level but math goals were not met. Our overall result for math was 31.9%. GRAD tests:
100% for writing, 93.8% for reading and 46.2% for math. Discussion of the fluctuations of test scores
because of the small student population size.
This was the first year that the tests were all online. Suggestions for a math goal: move math to later in the day for middle
school students; purchase an online practice software for students and
families; utilize the practice MCA in the fall and continue to utilize the NWEA
data. Suggested reading goal: breakdown the scores into the reading strands
and base our goal on specific strands.
8.
Discussion and
Action Items:
(a) Policy & Bylaw
202 – School Board Election Process
1st: Evelyn Hoover
2nd: Jan Rohwer
Passed unanimously
Discussion
about the composition of the board. The
changes suggested in the June meeting defined the board make up as 3 teachers,
1 community member, and 5 parents. A
concern was mentioned that this would limit us to only one community
member. The suggested change is: 3 teachers, 3 parents, 1 community member,
and 2 at-large members to be filled by either parents or community members. The changes will be read at the next meeting.
(b) Employee Handbook:
This is a new document; board members are to take them home and
read. (Include Unpaid Leave policy)
(d) School Goals
The
school is to have at least 2 academic and 2 non-academic goals. Another suggested ideas was to have a larger
“global,” non-operational goal that might include some kind of service to the
greater community.
(f) Board Survey results – presented as a handout
(g) Board goals planning – presented as a handout to be
discussed at the next meeting.
(h) Board elections
9.
Announcements:
(a) Open House:
August 13 & 16
(b) Workshops:
August 20 – 29
(c) Next Meeting:
August 23
(d)
School
Starts: September 4
10.
Adjourn
1st: Jan Rohwer
2nd: Laura Stelter
Passed unanimously
Meeting adjourned at 8:17 pm .
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