The Ranches Academy Board Meeting Minutes

February 2, 2006 6:00-8:00 pm

The Board of Directors from the Ranches Academy held a meeting on:

Date: Thursday February 2, 2006
Time: 6:00 pm closed session, 7:00 pm open session
Place: The Ranches Academy

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

Stephanie Colson
Valerie Mattson
David Hadlock
Katie Allen
Stacey James
Jennifer Maroney

The Chair called the meeting to order and opened the closed portion of the meeting.

Adoption of agenda:

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

Closed session:
1. Personnel issues.
2. Expansion issues.
3. Financial issues.
4. Facilities issues.
5. Governance issues.
6. Enrollment issues- official withdrawal form.

Open session:
1. Approve minutes from 01-05-06 Board Meeting.
2. Classroom guidelines and procedures.
3. FSO report.
4. Public comment.

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

Closed session:

Motion

Motion by the Chair to approve the policy for the Family Medical Leave was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

The Board voted to pay the full-time employees for two weeks of the 12 weeks medical leave.
(Principal Beck will form a document for final review.)

Motion

Motion by the Chair to approve the changes to the charter were duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

The Board, along with founding family members, voted to approve having the changes to the charter brought to the State Charter Board for their approval.
(See attached copy of amendments to the charter)

Discussion held during the closed session:

The board discussed having a Family Medical Leave policy for the Ranches Academy. The board received some advisement from Principal Beck and took this into consideration. Other issues, such as rolling over or cashing out unused personal days, was also discussed and the board felt they needed more time to discuss and decide upon what the policies will be for these issues at a later date.

The board also reviewed the Official Withdrawal Form. This form will be signed by parents who are removing their children from The Ranches Academy.
(See attached copy)

Open session:

Motion

Motion by the Chair to approve minutes from 01-05-06 Board Meeting was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Motion

Motion by the Chair to close the meeting was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Discussion held during open session:

FSO reported on the up-coming events.
-The AR training will be given to the teacher assistants, librarian, and others who will be helping the students with the quizzes.
-The music program will continue into the summer.
- The science fair is under way.
- The FSO board discussed having the candidates for the position of FSO Vice-president nominated by their board.

The board invited a grant writer to come and share with us some ideas on how to better run the grant writing committee. The board will continue efforts in this area.

The board announced the approval of the Family Medical Leave policy.