Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
5:30 PM
Board Room
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:
Darin Malm, Susan Sikora, Heather Ruehle, Stephanie Fay, and Tracy Enderson. Jill Conlon arrived at 5:31 pm. Amy Loder arrived at 5:59 pm. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, Principal Jon Josephson, SBO Chris Conlon, Board Secretary Dee Johnson.
All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order - President Malm at 5:30 p.m.
Review of District Mission Statement – Sikora
Approve Agenda - Motion by Enderson to approve the agenda with no additions or corrections. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Rienert.
Board Learning-
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Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of November’s Marketing statistics.
Communications- Discussion on the School Board Convention.
Business & Action Items –
Consent Items - Motion by Sikora to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Minutes - November Board Minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
Financial Reports – Financial update was presented by Mr. Conlon.
Activity Calendar for January- The next school board meeting will be Monday, January 9th @ 6:00 pm.
Personnel - Motion by Fay to approve the resignation of Chris Conlon, SBO and the hiring of Pavel Buravtsov -pending arrival. MS/HS Science Beginning 2nd Semester. Seconded by Conlon. Motion Carried.
SBRC Application - Motion by Enderson to approve the SBRC Application. Seconded by Ruehle. Open Enrollment Out Not on Prior Year’s Headcount - The district’s administration is authorized to submit a request to the School Budget Review Committee for a modified supplemental amount of $21,681 for open enrolled out students who were not included in the district’s previous year certified enrollment count. Ayes: 7, Nays: 0. The motion to approve the SBRC request passes by a vote of 7-0.
Directional Drilling- Enderson made a motion to approve the Directional Drilling request with the stipulation that the document be amended to read the drilling is under the softball field, not the baseball field. Loder seconded. Motion carried.
Modified Supplemental Allowance At-Risk/Dropout Prevention - Motion by Enderson to approve the Modified Supplemental Allowance At-Risk/Dropout PreventionApplication. Seconded by Sikora. The district’s administration is authorized to submit a request for Modified Supplemental Allowance At-Risk/Dropout Prevention in the amount of $71,535.00.
Board Policy - Motion by Conlon to approve the 2nd reading of the 600 series. Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried. The Wellness Plan did not arrive in time for the meeting.
Ruehle departed the meeting at 6:40 pm.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and then Mr. Lewis.
Open Enrollment- None to approve.
Adjourn - Motion by Enderson to adjourn the meeting at 7:12 p.m. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
The next board meeting will be January 9th at 6:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, Board President Dee Johnson, Board Secretary
