Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
6:00 PM
Board Room
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance: President Darin Malm, Jill Conlon, Amy Loder, Susan Sikora, Heather Ruhle and Stephanie Fay. Absent: Tracy Enderson. Administration in attendance included Superintendent Marshall Lewis, Principal Courtney Cook, and SBO/Board Secretary Josh Bader. All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order - President Malm at 6:00 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Review of District Mission Statement –Conlon
Approve Agenda - Motion by Sikora to approve the agenda. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - President Malm welcomed guests in attendance.
Board Learning - Connie Reinert with Beyond Broken presented marketing information.
Communications-Grace Selzer and Emily Grange presented a bus request.
Consent Items - Motion by Fay to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Ruhle. Motion carried.
Minutes - July 12, 2023 Board Meeting Minutes.
Approval of Bills/Claims: Presented by Bader
Financial Reports - Presentation by Bader
Activity Reports- Presentation by Bader
Activity Calendar -- Motion by Sikora to approve the September board calendar. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried. The next school board meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 20,2023 @ 6:00 pm.
Personnel - Motion by Conlon to approve the resignations of Geoff Maurer(asst. HS Baseball Coach), Jan Murphy (Custodian) and hire of Adam Mickelson (JH Football Coach). Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Student Handbook- Motion by Fay to approve the 2023-2024 Student Handbook. Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.
Course Offering, Master Schedule and Proposed Schedule- Motion by Sikora to approve the 2023-2024 Course Offering, Master Schedule and Proposed schedule. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.
Hearing Officers- Sikora moved to approve the Hearing Officers for 2023-2024. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.
Milk/Bread Bids-Conlon moved to approve Martin Brothers bid for Bread and A&E bid for Milk for the 2023-24 School year. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
IASB Delegate- Sikora moved to approve Darin Malm as Delegate for the 78th IASB Annual Conference. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried.
Coaches Handbook- Loder moved to approve the 23023-2024 Coaches Handbook. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mrs. Cook and Mr. Lewis. Mr. Bader also presented the audit result as received.
Informational Items - Open Enrollment of JC-KG to Spencer, AW-8th to Emmetsburg, JH & LH-4th to Emmetsburg.
Adjourn - Motion by Sikora to adjourn the meeting at 8:17 PM. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
The next school board meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 20th @ 6:00 pm.
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Darin Malm, President Josh Bader, School Business Official
