Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Regular Boards Minutes
6:00 PM
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance: President-Darin Malm, Vice-President Jill Conlon, Director Susan Sikora, Director Amy Loder, Director Stephanie Fay and Director Rob Allen. Administration in attendance included Superintendent Marshall Lewis, Principal Courtney Cook, SBO Josh Bader and Board Secretary Angie Woods. Absent: Director Heather Ruehle. All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order: President Malm at 6:00 pm in the Library in Ruthven, Iowa. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Review of District Mission Statement- Director Conlon.
Approval of Agenda: Fay moved to adopt the agenda. Seconded by Allen. Motion carried.
Guest: Master Teacher Amy Sikora and Director of Student Services Chad Francis.
Board Learning: None at this time.
Board Members Communication: None at this time.
Business & Action Items:
Consent Items: Motion by Sikora to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried.
Minutes-July 23, 2025 Regular Board minutes.
Bills/Claims- Presented by Bader
Financial Reports - Presented by Bader.
Action Items:
Activity Calendar- Conlion moved to approve the September 2025 Board Calendar. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried. The September board meeting will be held Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
ISJIT Resolution- Sikora moved to approve the ISJIT Resolution. Seconded by Allen. Motion carried.
Course Offering and Class Schedule- Loder moved to approve the Course Offering and Class Schedule for the 2025-2026 school year. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried.
Hearing Officers- Conlon moved to approve the Hearing Officers with the change of Conlon-Head Negotiator, Fay-Negotiator, and Allen Observer. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Board Policy-Conlon moved to approve the following board policies with changes. 103, 103E1, 103E2, 103E3, 103E4, 103E5, 103E6, 103R1, 206.3, 212, 303.1, 304.2, 401.2, 401.6, 402.3, 501.3, 501.8, 501.9, 501.9R1, 502.11,502.11E1, 502.11E2, 502.11E3, 503.9, 503.9R1, 505.5, 506.1, 507.1, 600, 603.1, 603.4, 603.5, 605.1R1, 708, and 901. Seconded by Fay. Motion carried.
Personnel: Loder moved to approve the hire of Payge Elliott as Para Educator. Seconded by Fay. Motion Carried.
Sikora moved to approve Maylene Mangurali as 6-12 classroom Math teacher and Interventionist. Seconded by Allen. Motion carried.
Administration Reports:
Superintendent and Principal reports were given.
Informational Items: Open Enrollment ZO 10th to RA.
Adjournment: Sikora moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:12 pm. Seconded by Allen. Motion carried.
