Board Minutes 2025.11.19

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

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

Review of District Mission Statement- Director Sikora.

Approval of Agenda: Conlon moved to adopt the agenda as presented. Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried. 

Guest:  Teacher Pavel Buravtsov.

Board Learning: Buravtsov spoke about the Science Fair and his classroom experience this year.

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

Minutes-October 22, 2025

Bills and Claims -Presented by Bader

Financial Report-Presented by Bader

Action Items

Baseball claim-Motion by Allen to reject paying on ballfield claim.  Seconded by Loder.  Motion carried.

Activity Calendar- Motion by Conlon to approve the December 2025 Activity Calendar with the next board meeting Wednesday, December  17th, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.  Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.

Early Graduation-Died due to lack of motion.

Prairie Lakes AEA Board Election- Sikora moved to approve the vote for board member Susan Brown to represent Director District No. 1 of the Prairie Lakes AEA Education Board of Directors.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.

PACDGC Grant- Heather Ruehle made a motion to apply for a Mini Grant from the PACGDC for Show Choir Outfits which includes dresses, belts, pants/shirt outfits, black ties, matching vests, dance shoes and bags for storage for $4992.00. Seconded by  Susan Sikora.  Motion carried.

Personnel- none at this time

Administration Reports/Recognitions/Good News Sharing

The administration gave their reports.

Informational Items- none at this time

Adjournment

Ruehle moved to adjourn at 7:52 pm.  Seconded by Loder.  Motion ca