MINUTES OF 04-07-05 BOARD MEETING

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

Date: Thursday April 7, 2005
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: The Ranches Academy
7789 Tawny Owl Circle
Eagle Mountain, Utah

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

Stephanie Colson
Linda Tuttle
Valerie Mattson
Jennifer Maroney
David Hadlock
Katie Allen

The following directors were absent:

Todd Simmons

The Chair called the meeting to order.

Adoption of Agenda:

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

1.Review and approve minutes from 02-03-05 and 03-03-05 board meetings.
2.Principal report.
3.FSO report.
4.Review meeting procedures- Roberts Rule of Order, closed session times, etc.
5.Review and approve parent survey.
6.Possible book fair change.
7.Public comment.

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

Motion

Motion by the Chair to approve minutes from 02-03-05 and 03-03-05 board meetings was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.
Motion

Motion by the Chair to purchase and implement the NWEA testing program was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Motion

Motion by the Chair to change the title of Financial Secretary to Business Manager 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 parent survey with the addition of questions on the performance of the board and teachers with extra comment space was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Discussion held during the meeting:

FSO report: Teacher appreciation week is coming up. The FSO will provide two breakfasts and three lunches and has given the student of each class the opportunity to donate a gift from the teacher’s wish list.
Elections for the new Vice President of the FSO will be held some time in May. The board of directors discussed the possibility of holding elections for the director’s vacancy on the board of directors at the same time.
The school play is progressing well. The FSO board will discuss next years schedule with Principal Beck.

The school will be purchasing two fire boxes to keep at least two copies of records in the event of a catastrophe.

The Board will be discussing hiring procedures that will be voted on in next month’s board meeting.

The next board meeting will be changed to Tuesday May 3rd at 6:00 Pm because of conflict with the show time of the school play. Future board meetings will be held with the open session starting at 6:00 PM on the first Thursday of the month and the closed session following directly after the open session.