Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Monday, August 8, 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, Heather Ruehle, Jill Conlon, and Stephanie Fay. Amy Loder arrived at 6:02 pm. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, Principal Jon Josephson, SBO Chris Conlon, Board Secretary Dee Johnson. Absent was 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 Fay to approve the agenda with no additions or corrections. Second by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Reinert.
Board Learning- Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of July’s Marketing statistics.
Communications- Thank you note from LIRBA.
Business & Action Items –
Consent Items - Motion made by Fay to approve the consent items. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.
Minutes - July 11th Board Minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
Financial Reports – No financial reports were given.
September Calendar – Presented.
Personnel - Motion by Sikora to approve the resignations of Bob Protexter - Baseball Coach and Katie Cother Paraeducator. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried.
Open Enrollment- Motion by Sikora to approve the Open Enrollments. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Staff & Student Handbooks - Motion by Ruehle to accept the FY23 Staff and Student Handbooks and the Course Offerings. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
IASB Delegate - Motion by Sikora not to send a delegate to special session on September 3rd. Seconded by Conlon. Motion Carried.
IASB Annual Convention - Motion by Sikora to name Enderson our IASB Delegate. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Legislative Priorities - Motion by Sikora to recommend the following Legislative Priorities: #6, #8, #16, #19 and #32. Seconded by Loder. Motion Carried.
Board Policy - 600 & 700 Series were not available at the time of the meeting.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and then Mr. Lewis.
Adjourn - Motion by Sikora to adjourn the meeting at 8:04 p.m. Second by Fay. Motion carried.
The next board meeting will be September 13th at 6:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, Board President Dee Johnson, Board Secretary
