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July 7, 2003
School Board Meeting Minutes
In Attendance:
Board :: Suzy Schweig, Nina Simonowicz, Patty Nordahl
Absent :: Barbara Nagle, Tom Dwyer
Others :: Deb Dwyer, Amy Brown, Kelley Sommer, Kathryn Nelson-Pedersen
4:10 Call to Order
by Suzy Schweig
Welcome; and reading of GES highlights by Deb.
4:12 Approval of Agenda
Motion: Nina Simonowicz
moved to approve agenda; Patty Nordahl seconded; ayes all.
4:13 Approval of Minutes
Motion: Patty Nordahl
moved to approve the June 30th minutes; Nina Simonowicz seconded;
ayes all.
4:15 Committee Report
Facilities (Tom Dwyer)
Deb reported for Tom that GES is close to secruing a temporary
site for the school.
Personnel (Deb Dwyer, Suzy Schweig, Barbara Nagle)
Deb recommended hiring Kathryn Nelson-Pedersen as the grades
6-8 educator and Eve Dickmann as the Administrative Assistant.
Motion: Nina Simonowicz
moved to hire Kathryn Nelson-Pedersen as the grades 6-8 educator
and Eve Dickmann as the Administrative Assistant; Patty Nordahl
seconded; ayes all.
Motion: Nina Simonowicz
moved to accept Erin Endsley's verbal notification of resignation;
Patty Nordahl seconded; ayes all.
The board moved into a closed session.
Motion: Patty Nordahl
moved to hire Deb Dwyer as the Transitional Executive Director;
Nina Simonowicz seconded; ayes all.
The board re-entered a public session.
Policies (Patty Nordahl)
Patty presented the Family Handbook with great thanks from
the board.
Patty will email mandated policies to the board for action
at the July 21st board meeting.
4:55 Old Business
Nominating
Committee (Suzy Schweig)
Suzy presented and the board discussed the Nominating Committee
purpose. The committee will look at a procedure for filling
an interim director position if a director resigns.
4:59 New Business
Curriculum Coordinator Report (Suzy Schweig)
Suzy reported on the following items:
~ The educators continue to meet and are looking at groupings
of K-2, 3-5, and 6-8.
~ Presented goals for staff (development) and standards
~ Presented the educators' intake conference questions.
Interim Director Report (Deb Dwyer)
Deb reported on the following items:
~ Working on the innovative programming paperwork for the
state.
~ Continues to meet with a variety of folks and work on building
community partners.
~ Ancticipates workking with JMC to provide our MARSS system.
~ Progress on determining an auditor.
~ Working on the Walton Family Foundation Grant.
~ Working on securing temporary facility.
~ Working with a local business to provide payroll services.
~ We have received the Garden Grant ... a big thanks to Ann
Rosenquist for writing the grant!
4:55 New Business
Nina led the group through a process of categorizing Decisions
To Be Made by August 18th. The board identified who would
make the decision and volunteered to complete a variety of
tasks.
5:25 Announcements
Next meeting is Monday, June 21, 3:00-6:00pm at the Isak Hansen
Conference Room in Lutsen.
5:40 Adjourned
Motion: Patty Nordahl
moved to adjourn; Nina Simonowicz seconded; ayes all.
Respectfully submitted, Nina A Simonowicz
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