Board Minutes 2024.12.18

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Regular Boards Minutes

      6:00 PM 

The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance: President Darin Malm, Vice-President Susan Sikora, Director Stephanie Fay, Director Heather Ruehle and Director Jill Conlon.   Administration in attendance included Superintendent Marshall Lewis, Principal Courtney Cook and SBO/Board Secretary Josh Bader. Absent: Director Rob Allen,and Director Amy Loder.  All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted. 

Call to Order: President Malm at 6:00 p.m. in the BoardRoom in Ruthven, Iowa. Roll Call:  Sikora, Fay, Ruehle, Conlon and Malm. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Review of District Mission Statement- Director Jill Conlon

Approval of Agenda: Fay moved to adopt the agenda. Seconded by Sikora . Motion carried. 

Guest: Master Teacher Amy Sikora.  Teacher Adam Mickelson presented on how he is implementing academics into PE class.   Teacher Ashley Ellenwood presented on the National Christmas Tree lighting and ornaments that were picked to represent the state of Iowa at the White House.  The board watched the interview clip from KITV news. Connie with Beyond Broken presented the Annual Summary/Review for Marketing for the past year.

Communications: Ray Grandstaff promoted the IASB Convention.  In his experience on the board he learned many things there.

Board Members: None at this time.

OLD BUSINESS

Consent Items - Motion by Sikora to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Ruehle . Motion carried. 

Minutes- November 20, 2024 regular board minutes. 

 Bills/Claims- Presented by Bader 

 Financial Reports - Presented by Bader.

Adjourn Retiring Board- “Sine Die”  Conlon moved to adjourn at 7:01 p.m.  Seconded by Sikora.Motion carried.

 

New Board Meeting

The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance: President Darin Malm,  Vice-President Susan Sikora, Director Stephanie Fay, Director Heather Ruehle  and Director Jill Conlon.   Administration in attendance included Superintendent Marshall Lewis, Principal Courtney Cook and SBO/Board Secretary Josh Bader. Absent: Director Rob Allen and Director Amy Loder.  All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.

Call to order: Board Secretary Josh Bader at 7:01 p.m. Roll Call-Susan Sikora, Stephanie Fay, Heather Ruehle, Jill Conlon and Darin Malm.

Annual Meeting Items

Election of President: Sikora moved to  nominate Malm as Board President.  Seconded by Ruehle. Nomination ceased. All yes.  Bader administered the oath.

Election of Vice President: Sikora moved to nominate Conlon as Vice President.  Seconded by Fay.  Nomination ceased.  All yes. Bader administered the oath.

Regular Meeting Date/Time and Location: Fay motioned to approve regular board meetings on the Wednesday after 3rd Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.

Board Legal Council: Conlon moved to continue with the current arrangement with Mr. Steve Avery as Board Counsel.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.

Board Committees: Ruehle moved to approve the following committee’s; Legislative Network @ IASB-Malm, Lost Island-Ruthven Betterment-Loder, Palo Alto County Conference Board: Malm, Clay County Conference Board: Fay, Palo Alto School Board: All Board Members, School Improvement Advisory Committee: Ruehle,Malm,Allen, Activities Sharing Committee: Malm, Sikora, Conlon, Negotiations Committee: Loder-Head Negotiator, Conlon-Negotiator, Fay-Observer

Board Treasurer: Conlon moved to approve Josh Bader as Board Treasurer.  Seconded by Sikora.  Motion carried. Bader took the oath.

Board Secretary: Conlon moved to approve Angie Woods as Board Secretary.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried. Bader administered the oath.

ACTION ITEMS:

Activity Calendar- Motion by Sikora to approve the January 2025 Board Calendar.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried. The next board meeting is Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

Board Policy: None at this time

NHS Field Trip: Kayee Ruehle presented on the NHS field trip.  Sikora motioned to table till January’s Board  meeting. Seconded by Conlon.  Motion carried.

At-Risk/Dropout Prevention Modified Supplemental Amount: Fay moved to approve the Modified Supplemental amount of $72,390.  Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.

SBRC Request: Ruehle moved to approve authority to submit a request to the School Budget Review Committee for a modified supplemental amount of $62,608 due to an increase of certified enrollment from prior year.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried.

PERSONNEL-None at this time

Administration Reports/Recognitions/Good news sharing -Principal report was given by Mrs. Cook. Superintendent report was given by Mr. Lewis.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS- None at this time.

Adjournment Fay moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:03 p.m.  Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.

 

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Board President, Darin Malm         Board Secretary, Josh Bader