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September 22, 2003
School Board Meeting Minutes
In Attendance:
Board :: Barbara Nagle, Suzy Schweig, Nina Simonowicz, Patty
Nordahl, Amy Brown
Absent ::
Others :: Deb Dwyer, Terry Nagle, Jeri Persons
4:15 Call to Order
by Barb Nagle
Welcome; and reading of mission.
4:20 Approval of Agenda
Motion: Nina Simonowicz
moved to approve an amednded agenda; Patty Nordahl seconded;
ayes all. Amendment : under New Business, add discussion of
Process and Flexibility, and under Old Business, add action
on Policy #709.
4:20 Approval of Minutes
Motion: Nina Simonowicz
moved to approve the September 4 school borad meeting minutes;
Suzy Schweig seconded; ayes all.
4:25 Financial Report
Deb Dwyer presented the financial report. The UFARS report was
submitted to the state on September 15, as required. System
being developed to more effectively track ordering of supplies.
4:30 Committee Reports
Transportation
On behalf of the Transportation Committee, Nina reported Ann
Rosenquist passed the bus driver's test and said a discussion
of transportation issues would take place at the transportation
committee meeting on September 29.
Food
As part of the Food Committee report it was noted that GES is
close to receiving state approval for reimbursement of student
food expenses not paid for by parents. It also was noted there
is a goal of one hot lunch per week.
Policies
Following a discussion on a policy regarding student use of
the internet,
Motion: Amy Brown moved
the adoption of Alternative #1 - which states that GES will
regularly monitor student use of the internet to restrict access
to materials that are reasonably believed to be obscene, child
pornography or harmful to minors under state or federal law;
Suzy Schweig seconded; ayes all.
As part of a continuing discussion on policies lead by Patty
Nordahl, the board also talked about data privacy regarding
student information.
5:00 Old Business
Educators' Report
Suzy Schweig provided information about the first round of parent
conferences - which went well and were well attended - and said
parents expressed an interest in getting more information about
their student, classroom activities, curriculum and schoolwide
events and developments.
Transitional Executive Director Report (Deb Dwyer)
Deb Dwyer reported on a meeting with the speech therapist and
that individuals' identification and work with selected students.
5:45 New Business
Board members discussed the need to ensure the Friday newsletter
is produced early enough to allow time for editing.
The board also discussed the Minnesota Rural Broadband Project
and decided to write a letter in support of the project's goal
to expand use of broadband internet services in rural areas.
Nina led a discussion on the importance of developing more standardized
office processes in the school to permit more time to focus
on other priorities.
Jeri Person volunteered to head a volunteer training taskforce
and work with Patty and Barbara on this project.
The board also discussed the possibility of holding a pre-annual
meeting retreat to address more process issues. More discussion
of a retreat was set for the October 6 board meeting.
6:00 Old Business
Following a discussion of Policy 709, having to do with Student
Bus Safety and Conduct,
Motion: Nina Simonowicz
moved to approve the policy as amended by the Transportation
Committee. Patty seconded. Ayes all.
Motion: Nina Simonowicz
moved to officially recognize and thank Tom Dwyer for his leadership
and service as a founding member of the Great Expectations board
of directors and to select an appropriate thank you gift. Patty
Nordahl
seconded. Ayes all.
Motion: Suzy Schweig moved
to have Tom Dwyer's name removed as an official signer for Great
Expectations on all bank accounts. Amy Brown seconded. Ayes
all.
6:12 Announcements
The next meetings of the GES board will be October 6 and October
20 at 4p.m. in the Community Center.
6:02 Adjourned
Motion: Nina Simonowicz
moved to adjourn; Suzy Schweig seconded; ayes all.
Respectfully submitted, Nina A Simonowicz
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