Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Monday, August 9, 2021, 6:00 PM
Basement Classroom
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:
Darin Malm, Susan Sikora, Tracy Enderson, Jill Conlon, Bruce Long, Stephanie Fay and Heather Ruehle. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, SBO Alyssa Enderson, and MS/HS Principal Jon Josephson.
Absent from the monthly meeting- Board Secretary Kelli Harmon.
All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
1 Call to Order - President Malm at 6:00 p.m.
2. Review of District Mission Statement - Conlon
3. Approve Agenda - Motion by Enderson to approve the agenda with the addition of course offerings 7.5.3 & 7.5.4. Second by Long. Motion carried.
4. Welcome Visitors and Guests - Dan Schneider
5. Board Learning - Presentation of August Newsletter and Statistics for June/July
6. Communications - Thank you letter from Audrey Peton; Dan Schneider gave a presentation of Ball Field concerns.
7. Business & Action Items -
7.1. Consent Items - Motion made by Long to approve consent items. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.
7.1.1. Minutes - July19, 2021 minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
7.1.2. Approval of Bills/Claims
7.1.3. Financial Reports - Presented by Alyssa Enderson, School Business Official.
7.1.4. Activity Reports- Presented by SBO Enderson
7.1.5. Activity Calendar for July - The next School Board Meeting will be Tuesday, September 14th @ 6:00 PM
7.2. Personnel - Resignation and Contract - Motion by Fay to approve the resignation of Jessica Gilmore, and hire of Kelly Allen- Head of Food Service and
Kris Fisher- Cook, and Blake Rosacker- Assistant Groundskeeper; Approval of Shared Contracts with the addition of Shared Librarian with Pocahontas
Area. Second by Conlon. Motion carried.
7.3 Open Enrollment- None
7.4. Milk Bids- Motion by Sikora to approve the milk bids. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
7.5. Handbooks- Motion by Fay to accept the FY22 Staff and Student Handbooks and the Course Offerings. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.
7.6. Summer Projects- Updates were given by Superintendent Lewis on status of Summer projects.
8. Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and Mr. Lewis.
9. Information Items: None
11. Adjourn - Motion by Enderson to adjourn the meeting at 7:50 p.m. Second by Fay.
Motion carried. The next board meeting will be Tuesday, September 14th at 6:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, Board President Kelli Harmon, Board Secretary
