Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
6:00 PM
Board Room
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:
Darin Malm, Susan Sikora, Tracy Enderson, Heather Ruehle, Jill Conlon, Amy Loder, and Stephanie Fay. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis and SBO/Board Secretary Alyssa Enderson.
All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order - President Malm at 6:00 p.m.
Review of District Mission Statement - Conlon
Approve Agenda - Motion by Sikora to approve the agenda with no additions or corrections. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Rienert
Board Learning- Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of December Marketing statistics.
Communications- None to report
Business & Action Items -
Consent Items - Motion made by Fay to approve consent items. Second by Conlon. Motion carried.
Minutes - November Board Minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
Approval of Bills/Claims- Presentation by Enderson
Financial Reports - Presentation by Enderson
Activity Reports- Presentation by Enderson
Master Calendar- Public Hearing- Public comment open at 6:40 PM; Closed at 6:43 PM with no comment. Motion by Enderson to approve the Master Academic Calendar 2022-2033. Second by Loder. Motion carried.
Personnel - Resignation - Motion by Fay to approve resignation of Alyssa Enderson, SBO/Board Secretary. Second by Sikora. Enderson abstained from voting.
Hourly Overload Pay Request- Motion by Sikora to approve the overload pay request presented by Lewis. Second by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Open Enrollment- Motion by Fay to approve the Open enrollment requests with notes for Superintendent Lewis to encourage reaching out to families. Second by Conlon. Motion carried.
Board Policy Series- 400’s 2nd Reading- Motion by Enderson to approve the 2nd reading of the 400 board policy series. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.
Board Policy Series- 900’s 1st Reading- Motion by Conlon to approve the 1st reading of the 900 board policy series. Second by Enderson. Motion carried.
Summer Projects- Discussion was had on ideas for Summer projects inside and exterior to the building.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Lewis.
Information Items- Curriculum Update, ILCC College Fair field trip, and Joint Board Meeting.
A Short break was held from 7:50 PM to 7:55 PM.
Closed Session- Superintendent Review per IA Code 21.5- Sikora moves that we go to closed session per Iowa Code 21.5 (1) j to discuss Review of Superintendent Evaluation, and the Superintendent has requested such. Second by Conlon.
Roll Call Vote to go into Closed Session at 7:57 PM- Conlon, Fay, Sikora, Malm, Loder, Enderson, and Ruehle- Ayes. Nays- None.
Motion by Enderson to go out of closed session at 9:03 PM. Second by Fay. Roll Call Vote- Conlon, Fay, Sikora, Malm, Loder, Enderson, and Ruehle- Ayes. Nays- None
Adjourn - Motion by Enderson to adjourn the meeting at 9:04 p.m. Second by Fay.
Motion carried. The next board meeting will be March 14th at 6:00 PM.
