Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
6:00 PM
Board Room
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance: President Darin Malm, Vice-President Susan Sikora, Director Rob Allen, Director Amy Loder, Director Jill Conlon, Director Stephanie Fay and Director Heather Ruehle. 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 6:02 p.m.in the Board Room in Ruthven, Iowa. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Review of District Mission Statement -Sikora
Approve Agenda - Motion by Sikora to approve the agenda. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Board Learning -Connie with Beyond Broken
Teacher Sharing/Presentation - Preschool Teacher Melanie Williams
Communications-Loder reported on Skills Camp and open gym for KG-3rd Grade. Fay mentioned College Signing process.
BUSINESS & ACTION ITEMS
Consent Items - Motion by Sikora to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Minutes January 17, 2024 Regular Minutes, January 27, 2024 Special Meeting Minutes and February 12 2024 Joint Board Minutes.
Approval of Bills/Claims: Presented by Bader
Financial Reports - Bader presented the financial and preliminary budget reports.
Activity Reports- Presentation by Bader
Activity Calendar- Fay moved to approve the March 2024 Board Calendar with the next board meeting on March, 20, 2024 at 6:00 pm. Loder seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Personnel- Fay moved to approve the hire of Mrs. Jennie Klatt as Elementary Classroom teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried.
Preschool FY25 Handbook- Sikora moved to approve the Preschool FY25 handbook with changes. Seconded by Allen. Motion carried.
Administration Reports/Recognitions/Good News Sharing
Reports were given by Mrs. Cook, Principal and Mr. Lewis, Superintendent.
Information items- The GTRA Seniors will be taking a trip to the Capitol Feb 27th, 2025. March 12, 2024 MS PBIS trip to Emmetsburg Movie Theater and March 13, 2024 HS PBIS trip to Emmetsburg Movie Theater.
Open Enrollment-None at this time.
ADJOURNMENT-Sikora moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:49 p.m. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
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President, Darin Malm Board Secretary, Josh Bader
