Board Minutes 2025.07.23

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

Call to Order:  Vice President Conlon at 6:05 pm 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 Loder.  Motion carried. 

Guest:  Master Teacher Amy Sikora. 

Board Learning: None at this time.

Board Members Communication: None at this time.

Business & Action Items:

Consent Items:  Motion by Allen to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried. 

Minutes- June 19, 2025 Regular Board minutes.

 Bills/Claims- Presented by Bader 

 Financial Reports - Presented by Bader.

Action Items:

Activity Calendar- Loder moved to approve the August 2025 Board Calendar.  Seconded by Allen.  Motion carried.  The August board meeting will be held Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

PLAEA 25-26 Service Agreement- Sikora moved to approve the service agreement with the PLAEA for the 25-26 School year.  Seconded by Loder.  Motion Carried.

IASB Legislative Priorities- Allen moved for the board to support the following Legislative Priorities: Mental Health,Local Accountability & Decision-Making, Supplemental State Aid and Unfunded Mandates. Seconded by Loder.  Motion carried.

Staff Handbook- Loder moved to approve the 25-26 Staff Handbook.  Seconded by Sikora.  Motion carried.

Coaches Handbook- Motion by Loder to approve the 25-26 Coaches handbook.  Seconded by Allen.  Motion carried.

Student/Parent Handbooks- Sikora moved to approve the 25-26 elementary, middle school, and high school student/parent handbooks.  Seconded by Loder.  Motion carried.

Board Policy- Loder moved to approve the following policies with changes. 103- Equal Educational Opportunity, 401.2- Equal Employment Opportunity, 401.17- Limitations to Employee References, and 501.9- Chronic Absenteeism and Truancy.  Seconded by Sikora.  Motion carried. 

Personnel: None at this time

Administration Reports:

Principal report- None given.

Superintendent report- Mr Lewis presented his report.

Informational Items: None at this time

Adjournment:

 Sikora  moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 pm.  Seconded by Allen.  Motion carried.