Board Minutes 2025.05.21

The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance: President Darin Malm, Vice-President Jill Conlon, Director Stephanie Fay, Director Heather Ruehle, Director Susan Sikora, and Director Rob Allen. Administration in attendance included Superintendent Marshall Lewis, SBO Josh Bader and Board Secretary Angie Woods. Absent: 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. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Review of District Mission Statement- Director Susan Sikora

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

Guest: Teachers Meyer and Mickelson and Master Teacher Amy Sikora.

Board Learning:  Meyer and Mickelson presented on The 4 Disciplines of Execution for Educators. Meyers then presented on how he implemented this into his classroom.

Board Members Communication: Allen asked about the schools lockdown procedure and its effectiveness. 

Business & Action Items

Consent Items - Motion by Allen to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Fay . Motion carried. 

Minutes- April 23, 2025 Regular Board minutes.

 Bills/Claims- Presented by Bader 

 Financial Reports - Presented by Bader.

Activity Calendar-Conlon moved to approve the June 2025 Board Calendar.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.  The June board meeting will be held Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

FY 25-26 Fee Schedule- Conlon moved to approve the Fy 25-26 Fee schedule.  Seconded Sikora.  Motion carried.

Personnel-Hires: Sikora moved to approve the hires of Chad Francis as Director of Student Services.  Seconded by Allen.  Motion carried.  Motion by Sikora to approve Rachel Arndorfer as Elementary classroom teacher.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.

Resignations: Motion by Allen to accept the resignation of K-12 Principal Courtney Cook pending suitable replacement.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried. Conlon moved to accept the resignation from Kyle Hough as JH Football Coach.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried.

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

Informational Items- Mrs. Smith's 3rd graders thanked the board for letting them go on a field trip to Sioux City .  They stated what they like the best about the Launch Pad.

Adjournment:  Motion by Sikora to adjourn at 8:22 p.m.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried.

 

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Board President, Darin Malm             Board Secretary, Angie Woods