Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Monday, April 10, 2023
6:00 PM
Board Room
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:
Darin Malm, Jill Conlon, Amy Loder, Heather Ruehle and Susan Sikora. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, MS/HS Principal Jon Josephson, Board Secretary Dee Johnson, and SBO Josh Bader.
Absent were Stephanie Fay and Tracy 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. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - Brian Hersom and CMBA Architects
Board Learning - Mackenzie Ashland with CMBA Architects presented options for the tuckpointing and painting project.
Communications-
Business & Action Items –
Consent Items - Motion by Ruehle to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.
Minutes - The March Board Meeting 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 May- Motion by Sikora to approve the May Calendar. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried. The next school board meeting will be held on Thursday, May 18th @ 6:00 pm.
Personnel - Motion by Loder to approve the resignations of Bailey Quarnstrom - MS/HS Social Studies Teacher and Samantha Loerts - MS Math Teacher and the hiring of Sara Vytlacil - MS/HS Social Studies Teacher and Randal Olson - MS Reading/Language Arts Teacher. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Copier Contract- Brian Hersom presented 4 options for future copier contracts to the board. Motion by Loder to approve the bid from Gordon Flesch as our copier contract. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried.
Contracts 2023-2024 - Motion by Loder to approve the certified Negotiations for the 2023-2024 school year. Seconded by Ruehle. Malm abstained from the vote. Motion carried. Motion by Conlon to approve non-certified contracts for the 2023-2024 school year. Sikora seconded. Motion carried.
Senior Accounts - Motion by Sikora to authorize payment of credit Senior account balances. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion Carried.
2023 Graduates - Motion by Sikora to approve the Class of 2023 for graduation pending final review of coursework. Second by Loder. Motion Carried.
Summer Projects - Motion by Conlon to approve CMBA Architects proposal and to initiate the bid process. Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried. Motion by Loder to approve the plan for summer projects. Second by Conlon. Motion Carried.
Board Policy - Motion by Conlon to approve the 2nd reading of the 500 series. Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and Mr. Lewis. Motion by Sikora to approve the Middle School Field Trip to Omaha Zoo Week of May 22. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Open Enrollment- None
Adjourn - Motion by Sikora to adjourn the meeting at 8:28 PM. Second by Ruehle. Motion carried.
The next board meeting will be May 18th at 6:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, President Dee Johnson, Board Secretary
