Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Tuesday May 17, 2022
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, Heather Ruehle, Jill Conlon, Amy Loder and Stephanie Fay. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, and Board Secretary Dee Johnson. Principal Jon Josephson arrived at 6:18 pm.
All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order - President Malm at 6:06 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 and Karr Tuckpointing presentation.
Board Learning- Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of May Marketing statistics. Connie asked the Board for permission to share Titan information with the newspaper. The Board approved this with the stipulation that Titan Times gets credit for the publications.
Karr Tuckpointing presented what it would take to paint and tuckpoint the school.
Communications- None to report
Business & Action Items –
Consent Items - Motion made by Fay to approve consent items. Second by Conlon. Motion carried.
Minutes - April 11th and 26th Board Minutes and May 2nd Special Board Minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
Approval of Bills/Claims- Motion made by Enderson to approve the bills. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Financial Reports – Presentation by Mr. Lewis.
June Calendar – Presented.
Personnel - Motion by Sikora to approve the resignation of Melissa Tindall - Paraeducator, and to hire Bailey Quarnstrom - MS/HS Social Studies and Susan Packard - Substitute Teacher, Adam Hein - HS Ass’t. Baseball and JH Baseball Coach, Geoff Maurer - JH Baseball Coach, and Bob Protexter - HS Baseball and JH Baseball Coach. Seconded by Fay. Motion Carried.
Administrative/Non-Certified Contracts - Motion made by Conlon to approve theAdministrative/Non-Certified Contracts. Second by Fay. Motion Carried..
Open Enrollment- None to report.
Bus Purchase - Motion by Conlon to approve the purchase of a bus. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.
Bus Bids - Motion by Fay to reject all bids for Bus 02. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried. Motion by Sikora to accept the highest bid for Bus 99. Seconded by Enderson. Motion carried.
Tuckpointing - The Board has requested more information before a decision is made.
Board Policy Series- 900’s 2nd Reading- Motion by Ruehle to approve the 2nd reading of the 900 board policy series. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and then Mr. Lewis.
Field Trips - An on-going list of field trips and activities to close out the school year was discussed.
Adjourn - Motion by Sikora to adjourn the meeting at 9:57 p.m. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.
The next board meeting will be June 14th at 7:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, Board President Dee Johnson, Board Secretary
