Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Tuesday September 13, 2021 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, Jill Conlon, Bruce Long, and Stephanie Fay(virtually). Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, SBO Alyssa Enderson, and MS/HS Principal Jon Josephson.
Absent from the monthly meeting- Board Member Heather Ruehle and Board Secretary Kelli Harmon.
All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
1 Call to Order - President Malm at 6:00 p.m.
2. Review of District Mission Statement - Conlon
3. Approve Agenda - Motion by Long to approve the agenda with no additions or corrections. Second by Enderson. Motion carried.
4. Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken’s Connie Rienert; FFA Sponsor Tessa Meyer and FFA student Josi Reiman; Class of 2022 Seniors- Paislee Haywood, Adam Sikora, and Chloe Jones.
5. Board Learning -
FFA Presentation: Tessa Meyer and Josi Reiman presented details for the National Convention Trip and Schedule of events.
Class of 2022 Seniors: Open Campus presentation was given.
Music Boosters Field Trip: Mr. Lewis gave details of trip information
Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of August Newsletter and Statistics for June/July
6. Communications - Discussion on student driving to G-T
7. Business & Action Items -
7.1. Consent Items - Motion made by Conlon to approve consent items. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
7.1.1. Minutes - August 9th minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
7.1.2. Approval of Bills/Claims
7.1.3. Financial Reports - Presented by Alyssa Enderson, School Business Official.
7.1.4. Activity Reports- Presented by SBO Enderson
7.1.5. Activity Calendar for July - The next School Board Meeting will be Tuesday, October 11th @ 7:00 PM
7.2. Personnel - Resignation and Contract - Motion by Enderson to approve the resignation of Heather Jensen, and hire of Ashely Ellenwood- Yearbook
Sponsor and Heidi Radebaugh- Cook. Second by Long. Motion carried.
7.3 Open Enrollment- Motion by Sikora to approve the OE in from Emmetsburg. Second by Enderson. Motion carried.
7.4. Summer Projects- Updates were given by Superintendent Lewis on status of Summer projects.
7.5. Board Policies Update- Motion by Enderson to table until next month to give ample time to review. Second by Conlon. Motion carried.
8. Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and Mr. Lewis.
9. Information Items: None
11. Adjourn - Motion by Enderson to adjourn the meeting at 8:34 p.m. Second by Fay.
Motion carried. The next board meeting will be Tuesday, October 11, 2021 at 7:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, Board President Kelli Harmon, Board Secretary
