Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, February 15, 2022
6:00 PM
Board Room
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:
Susan Sikora, Stephanie Fay, Tracy Enderson, Amy Loder, Jill Conlon, and Heather Ruehle. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, Board Secretary Dee Johnson, SBO Josh Bader. Absent were Darin Malm and Jon Josephson.
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 Enderson to approve the agenda with no additions or corrections. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Rienert, Mrs. TeGrootenhuis, Mrs. Sikora, Ms. Erne.
Board Learning - Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of January’s Marketing statistics.
Communications-
Business & Action Items –
Consent Items - Motion by Fay to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried.
Minutes - January Board Minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
Approval of Bills/Claims: Presented by Bader
Financial Reports - Presentation by Bader
Activity Reports- Presentation by Bader
Activity Calendar for March- The next school board meeting to be held on Monday, March 13th @ 6:00 pm.
Personnel - Motion by Enderson to approve the resignation of Mona Rosdail-4th Grade, Kim Haburn-MS Language Arts, and Adam Mickelson Head Volleyball Coach contingent on finding a suitable replacement. Seconded by Loder. Motion Carried.
SBO - Motion by Enderson to accept Josh Bader as the School Business Official and allow appropriate banking access. Seconded by Fay. Motion Carried. Oath was given by Board Secretary Dee Johnson to Josh Bader.
Initial Negotiation Presentation
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RAEA Proposal - Amy Sikora presented the Association’s initial proposal.
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Board Proposal - RA Board presented the District’s initial proposal.
Architect for Exterior Project - Motion by Conlon to hire CMBA Architects for our exterior project. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
K-5 Literacy Curriculum - Mrs. TeGrootenhuis, Mrs. Sikora, and Ms. Erne discussed the implementation of a new PK-5 Literacy Curriculum for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion by Fay to approve the K-5 Literacy Curriculum “Really Great Reading” contingent upon Graettinger-Terril’s approval. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Board Policy - The 500 Series did not arrive in time for the meeting.
Academic Calendar - Public Hearing - Public comment open at 8:00 PM. Closed at 8:03 PM with no comment. Motion by Loder to approve the Master Academic Calendar 2023-2024. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Lewis.
Open Enrollment- None to approve.
Closed Session - Superintendent Review per IA Code 21.5 - Fay moves that we go to closed session per Iowa Code 21.5 (1) to discuss Review of Superintendent Evaluation, and the Superintendent has requested such. Seconded by Sikora.
Roll Call Vote to go into Closed Session at 8:46 PM - Sikora, Fay, Loder, Ruehle, Enderson, Conlon - Ayes. Nays - None.
Motion by Enderson to go out of closed session at 9:48 PM - Sikora, Fay, Loder, Ruehle, Enderson, Conlon - Ayes. Nays-None.
Adjourn - Motion by Conlon to adjourn the meeting at 9:49 PM. Second by Enderson. Motion carried.
The next board meeting will be March 13th at 6:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, President Dee Johnson, Board Secretary
