Board Minutes 2025.10.22

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, Director Heather Ruehle, Director Stephanie Fay and Director Rob Allen.  Administration in attendance included Superintendent Marshall Lewis, Principal Courtney Cook,  SBO Josh Bader and Board Secretary Angie Woods.  Absent: Board President Darin Malm.  All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted. 

Call to Order: Vice President Jill Conlon  at 6:00 pm in the board room  in Ruthven, Iowa. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Review of District Mission Statement- Director Loder.

Approval of Agenda: Allen moved to adopt the agenda with addition of a contract. Seconded by Sikora.  Motion carried. 

Guest:  Master Teacher Amy Sikora.

Board Learning: None at this time.

Board Members Communication: Question of how much educational time is lost with students traveling to Graettinger daily.  Lewis informed the board it is 20 minutes daily but it is not educational time they are losing out of.

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

Minutes-September 17, 2025

Bills and Claims -Presented by Bader

Financial Report-Presented by Bader

Action Items

Activity Calendar- Motion by Ruehle to approve the November 2025 Activity Calendar with the next board meeting Wednesday, November 19pm, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.  Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.

Middle School out of state field trip- Loder moved to approve the out of state field trip to Chanhassen Dinner Theater for the middle school students.  Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.

Baseball Claim- Fay moved to table until the November board meeting.  Seconded by Allen.  Motion carried.

SBRC Letter for Special Education Deficit:  Motion by Loder to approve the SBRC Special Education Deficit in the amount of $283,349.43.  Seconded by Allen.  Motion carried.

Title One Application:  Motion by Fay to approve the Title l Basic allocation for $44,752.63, Title llA Supporting Effective Instruction for $8,959.51 and Title lVA Student Support and Academic Enrichment for $10,000.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.

Bank Depository Resolution- Motion by Sikora to approve the Bank Depository Resolution for 2025-2026.  Seconded by Loder.   Motion carried.

Board Policies- Ruehle moved to approve the following board policies with changes: 209, 209.R1, 401.2, 502.8, 507.5, 708 and 710.1E1. Seconded by Allen.  Motion carried.

Personnel

Hires- Allen moved to approve the contract for shared NHS Advisor to Brandie Malm and Para Educator to Corinne Cook.  Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.

Resignation- Sikora moved to accept the resignation of Head Baseball Coach by Brandon Villabrille.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried.

Administration Reports/Recognitions/Good News Sharing

The administration gave their reports.

Informational Items

School Board Election Tuesday, November 4, 2025. BoardConvention November 19-21st in DesMoines.  Open Enrollments BJ-8th, RJ-KG and EJ-5th to Spencer. HS Wrestling Volunteer approved by GT David Greenwald, Nate Howard, and Jason Joyce.

Adjournment

Sikora moved to adjourn at  8:09 pm.  Seconded by Fay.  Motion carried.