The Ranches Academy Board Meeting Minutes

August 3, 2006 6-8:00 pm

MINUTES OF 08-03-06 COUNCIL MEETING

The School Council from the Ranches Academy held a meeting on:

Date: Thursday, July 6, 2006
Time: 6:00 pm closed session, 7:00pm open session
Place: The Ranches Academy
7789 Tawny Owl Circle
Eagle Mountain, Utah

The following directors, constituting a quorum of the full council, were present:

Stephanie Colson
Stacey James
Brady Allen
Brenda Park
Rob McNair
Redge Hudson (arrived for the open session of the meeting
Valarie Mattsen

The following directors were absent:

Others present:
Darren Beck
Angie Rasmussen

The Chair called the meeting to order and opened the closed session.

Adoption of Agenda:

The Chair made a motion that the following agenda be adopted for this meeting:

The Ranches Academy Board Council Meeting Agenda 08-03-06

Closed Session 6:00

1. Enrollment—Numbers on primary grades and 7th grade
2. Update on Expansion—Middle School Location
3. Personnel Items—Employee policy on discrimination and abuse reporting
4. Financial Issues—Update on grant expenditures
5. Ensign Private School request

Open Session 7:00

1. Pledge of Allegience
2. Approve meeting minutes from July
3. Report on Accreditation Conference
4. Discuss Volunteer Coordinator
5. Technology consultants
6. Discuss possibility of using RemindMeCall for updating parents, teachers, etc..
7. Eagle Mountain Public Library Request—Brenda
8. FSO report
9. Public Comment
10. Vote on Middle School Location

The motion was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Closed Session

Discussion held in the closed session:

Discussion regarding our present class numbers. We are full at this point.

Discussion on 7th/8th grade class as to size (small) and curriculum. Parent questions on middle school uniform and home ec. classes has been answered by Darren Beck.

Discussion on Personnel and Employee Discrimination and abuse reporting—board agreed that we all needed more time to look over and this will be discussed and voted on in our September meeting..

Discussion on who is the 7/8th grade teacher.

Discussion on creating a pool of teachers that would used should positions open on short notice. This should help with maintaining continuity especially if we are able to send some to things such as the Quantum Learning conference.

Discussion on Ensign school request, it was handed over to Darren to deal with.

Open Session

Pledge of Allegience
Motion

Motion by the Chair to approve minutes from July board meeting was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Motion

Motion made by Rob McNair to approve holding the Middle School in our present location for this upcoming school year. Motion was made, seconded and carried and was made part of the records of the meeting

Discussion held during the open session of the meeting:

Discussion of Accreditation Conference attended by Darren Beck and Redge Hudson. It was very long and too expensive but learned we are track for our own accreditation.

Discussion of a Volunteer Coordinator for volunteer opportunities that deal directly with the school and are not a part of the FSO volunteer opportunities. She would be able to make reminder calls from school. Board thought that this was a good idea and will be implemented for this upcoming school year.

Discussion on technology consultants. Jennifer Maroney is going to talk to Geeks Direct and one other company for comparision and will present this at the next board meeting.

Angie will look for more information regarding RemindMeCall. Rob McNair also suggested that we need to look at our total technology needs and possibly put them under an all encompassing technology solution.

Listened to request from Eagle Mountain Public Library and Brenda Park will get all necessary information to Darren who will talk to the teachers. Brenda Park will act as a liason between EMPL and the school.

FSO presented the board with its 2006-2007 budget. The budget does not include activities for the 7/8th grade.

A few parents were present to hear about our middle school location and to ask questions. One parent has swatch samples for the new red shirts which will be posted on the door by the class lists.