Board Minutes - 2022.09.13

 

Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education 

Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 

6:00 PM

Board Room

 

The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:

Darin Malm, Susan Sikora, Heather Ruehle, Jill Conlon, and Stephanie Fay.  Amy Loder, Tracy Enderson.  Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, Principal Jon Josephson, SBO Chris Conlon, Board Secretary Dee Johnson.                    

All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted. 

 

Call to Order - President Malm at 6:00 p.m.

Review of District Mission Statement – Conlon

Approve Agenda - Motion by Fay to approve the agenda with no additions or corrections. Second by Enderson. Motion carried.    

Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Rienert, G-T/R-A Ag Instructor Tessa Hoffman, Gabby Conlon and Avery Wooten.

Board Learning- Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of July’s Marketing statistics.  

• Tessa Hoffman presented a request asking permission for the R-A students to attend the National FFA Convention.  Motion by Sikora to approve R-A Students to attend the National FFA Convention from October 25th - October 28, 2022 in Indianapolis, IN. Seconded by Loder.  Motion carried.  

• Gabby Conlon and Avery Wooten, representing the Senior Class of 2023 presented a request for Senior Open Campus.  Motion by Sikora to approve the Class of 2023 to participate in Open Campus following the criteria presented.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.

Communications-Palo Alto County Conference Board Appointee request.  President Malm appointed himself to the Palo Alto County Conference Board.

Business & Action Items –

Consent Items - Motion made by Fay to approve the consent items. Second by Conlon. Motion carried. 

Minutes - August 8th Board Minutes were reviewed and approved.

Financial Reports – No financial reports were given.

Activity Calendar – Presented.

Personnel -  Motion by Conlon to approve the hire of John Clouse, P/T Groundskeeper, Delany Packard - Paraprofessional;, and Sherri Eischen P/T Secretarial.  Seconded by Sikora.  Motion carried.

Open Enrollment- None

Fertilizer/Insecticide Program and Ash Tree Treatment - Motion by Fay to continue to treat the ball fields like we have and to treat the Ash trees.  Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.

Softball Bleachers - Motion by Conlon to approve and move forward with Townsend’s Bleacher bid.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried.

Board Policy - Motion by Enderson to approve the 2nd reading of the 700 series.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried. 

Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and then Mr. Lewis. 

Adjourn - Motion by Enderson  to adjourn the meeting at 8:32 p.m. Second by Sikora.  Motion carried.

The next board meeting will be October 12th at 6:00 PM.

 

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                 Darin Malm, Board President                                                 Dee Johnson, Board Secretary