back to 05-06 board minutes home page GES Board APPROVED Minutes April 12, 2006 Board members in Attendance: Nina Simonowicz, Patty Nordahl, Suzy Schweig, Dave Ingebrigtsen (substitute secretary), Scott Pollock, Julie O’Neil, Amy Brown Others present: Peter James, Kathryn Pederson 4:06 p.m. Call to Order/Welcome and Introduction: Discussed how Principles of Responsive Classroom apply to how Board does its business. We will keep action plan records (Patty), clarify them during the meeting and commit to be here a few minutes before 4 PM Reading of the Mission: Julie read the mission Approval of Agenda: Dave moved, Patty seconded, ayes all. Approval of Minutes: March 8 Suzy moved, Julie seconded, ayes all Director’s Report: Written handout. Suzy moved to declare December 15, 2005 a snow day and our revised student contact days as 170. Suzy moved, Dave seconded, ayes all. Treasurer’s Report: Written handouts (5). Motion to approve invoices “to be approved” for the operating budget listed for board meeting 4/12/06: Julie moved, Dave seconded, ayes all. Educator’s Report: Written handout. Suzy distributed Learning Block IV summaries for parents that was distributed today and was enthusiastically received. It will be added to the web site. Strategy/Vision: Committees agreed to present action plans (calendars) by May board meeting. Our strategic plan was approved for at least one year renewal by Audubon Center of the North Woods. There was discussion about purpose of foundation creation and how GES and the foundation would be mutually exclusive. Enrollment/Community Relations: Written handout. Board Work Session –Enrollment. Discussion: We had discussion regarding publicity and it’s scheduling. Patty went over the committee’s action plan. All agreed that the web site needs updating and reconfiguring. Adjournment: At 6:50 Julie moved, Suzy seconded, ayes all. Respectfully Submitted, Dabid Ingebrigtsen |