GES Board Meeting
October 27, 2004

Approved Minutes

In Attendance:  Suzy Schweig, Nina Simonowicz, Patty Nordahl, Kathryn Nelson-Pederson, Susan Miller, Amy Brown, David Parsons, Alan Stone

Others Present: None

4:49 Call to Order

Reading of the Mission:  Nina Simonowicz

Approval of Agenda:  Patty Nordahl moved to approve the agenda.  David Parsons seconded.  Ayes all.

Approval of Minutes

Previous minutes were not approved at this meeting.

Treasurer’s Report:

Nina Simonowicz submitted bills for approval.  Nina moved to approve the bills.  David Parsons seconded.  Ayes all.  

Patty made the motion to pay these bills without board approval if needed due to school session breaks.  There was discussion on paying City of Grand Marais (utilities), Como Oil, Boreal, Quest (telephone), and Insurance bills.  David Parsons seconded.  Ayes all.    

Discussion on line of credit was conducted.  David agreed to contact the sponsors for our line of credit.

Educator’s Report

Kathryn made a motion to have a craft/bake sale fundraiser for the Otters during project fair.  Nina Simonowicz seconded.  Ayes all.

Nina made a motion to expand our science specialist’s time by 2 hours/week for Learning Block 3.  Amy seconded.  Ayes all.

Suzy re-introduced a discussion of seeking volunteers to set up the library so that it is useable for students.

Personnel Report

Staffing options for Special Ed. and K-2 long term subs for Learning Block 4 were discussed.  David brought up the need to hire a bus paraprofessional.

New Business

Patty made a motion to have the annual meeting on November 30th at 7:00.  Amy seconded.  Ayes all. 

Adjourn

Alan moved to adjourn. David seconded.  Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.