Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, September 13, 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, Tracy Enderson. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, Principal Jon Josephson, SBO Chris Conlon, Board Secretary Dee Johnson.
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 Enderson. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Rienert, G-T/R-A Ag Instructor Tessa Hoffman, Gabby Conlon and Avery Wooten.
Board Learning- Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of July’s Marketing statistics.
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Tessa Hoffman presented a request asking permission for the R-A students to attend the National FFA Convention. Motion by Sikora to approve R-A Students to attend the National FFA Convention from October 25th - October 28, 2022 in Indianapolis, IN. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.
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Gabby Conlon and Avery Wooten, representing the Senior Class of 2023 presented a request for Senior Open Campus. Motion by Sikora to approve the Class of 2023 to participate in Open Campus following the criteria presented. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Communications-Palo Alto County Conference Board Appointee request. President Malm appointed himself to the Palo Alto County Conference Board.
Business & Action Items –
Consent Items - Motion made by Fay to approve the consent items. Second by Conlon. Motion carried.
Minutes - August 8th Board Minutes were reviewed and approved.
Financial Reports – No financial reports were given.
Activity Calendar – Presented.
Personnel - Motion by Conlon to approve the hire of John Clouse, P/T Groundskeeper, Delany Packard - Paraprofessional;, and Sherri Eischen P/T Secretarial. Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.
Open Enrollment- None
Fertilizer/Insecticide Program and Ash Tree Treatment - Motion by Fay to continue to treat the ball fields like we have and to treat the Ash trees. Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.
Softball Bleachers - Motion by Conlon to approve and move forward with Townsend’s Bleacher bid. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Board Policy - Motion by Enderson to approve the 2nd reading of the 700 series. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and then Mr. Lewis.
Adjourn - Motion by Enderson to adjourn the meeting at 8:32 p.m. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.
The next board meeting will be October 12th at 6:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, Board President Dee Johnson, Board Secretary
