The Ranches Academy Board Meeting Minutes

November 3, 2005 6:00-8:00 pm

MINUTES OF 11-03-05 BOARD MEETING

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

Date: Thursday November 3, 2005
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
David Hadlock
Linda Tuttle
Katie Allen
Stacey James
Jennifer Maroney
Valerie Mattson

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

Adoption of agenda:

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

Closed session:
1. Leanard Lee- facilities financing issues
2. Personnel Issues- Christmas bonuses, additional needs
3. Financial Issues- 401K resolution, policies and procedures, grant
4. Facilities Issues- playground update

Open Session:
1. Approve minutes from 10-06-05 Board Meeting
2. School fees waiver
3. Discuss teacher survey
4. Discuss classroom guidelines and procedures
5. Update on school expansion
6. FSO report
7. Public comment

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

Open session

Motion

Motion by the Chair to approve minutes from 10-06-05 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 approve the school fees waiver document was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the record 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 both closed and open sessions:

Mr. Beck has received several bids for playground equipment and will be ordering some within the next couple of weeks.

The forms for school fees waivers have been sent to the state.

FSO expressed a desire to have some survey questions added to the teacher survey for their own improvement.

Mrs. Tillotson will be preparing a classroom guideline in terms of policies and procedures.

The school expansion committee is still working on the expansion for an additional grade.