Board Minutes 2026.06.17

Wednesday, June 17,2026

Regular Boards Minutes

      6:00 PM 

 

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

 

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

Review of District Mission Statement:  Director Dodd

Approval of Agenda:  Director Allen moved to approve the agenda as presented.  Seconded by Director Loder. Motion carried.

Guest:  Members of the Graettinger-Terril and Ruthven-Ayrshire communities were present.

Board Learning: None at this time.

Communications:  None at this time.

Consent Items:  Motion by Director Dodd to approve the May 20, 2026 regular board minutes, June 2, 2026 joint work session minutes and June 9, 2026 joint board minutes and bills and claims.  Seconded by Director Allen. Motion carried.

Financial Report:  The financial report was given by SBO Stillman.

Action Items:  

Activity Calendar:  Director Allen moved to approve the July board calendar with the next meeting Wednesday, July 22, 2026.  Seconded by Director Loder.  Motion carried.

Milk/Bread Bid:  Director Loder moved to approve A & E for milk and Martin Brothers for bread for the 26-27 school year.  Seconded by Director Dodd.  Motion carried.

Visa Card:  Director Loder moved to approve adding SBO Sarah Stillman as a company contact on all Visa cards.  Seconded by Director Allen.  Motion carried.

LIBRA:  Director Dodd moved to approve the use of the school gym and ballfields during Bully Bullhead weekend.  Seconded by Director Allen.  Motion carried.

Web Filtering and Backup Services: Director Allen moved to approve the web filtering and backup services recommended by Brian Hersom. The cost will be shared at 60% of the total cost to be paid by Graettinger-Terril and 40% of the total cost by Ruthven-Ayrshire.   Seconded by Director Dodd. Motion carried.

Fencing Repairs:  Director Dodd moved to approve repairing the fence due to storm damage and tree damage.  Seconded by Allen noting that accountability for the tree damaged fence is held.  Motion carried.

Personnel:

Director Allen moved to approve the hire of Megan Dhyrkopp as Paraeducator/Substitute Teacher and Maylene Mangurali as the 5-12 Math teacher and Interventionist for the 2026-2027 school year, pending successful completion of all required immigration and hiring requirements. Seconded by Director Dodd. Motion carried.

Administration Reports/Recognitions/Good News Sharing:

 Administration gave their reports

Informational Items:

Open Enrollment:  GT-KG to RA

Adjournment:

Director Loder moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:31 p.m.  Seconded by Director Dodd.  Motion carried.