MINUTES OF 05-03-05 BOARD MEETING

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

Date: Tuesday May 3, 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
David Hadlock
Linda Tuttle
Valerie Mattson
Jennifer Maroney
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 04-07-05 board meeting.
2.Principal report.
3.FSO report.
4.Presentation by the Lake Mountain Arts Guild.
5.Discuss Parent Survey results.
6.Public comment.

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

Motion

Motion by the Chair to extend the FSO and Board of Directors election applicant due date to Wednesday May 11th was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Motion

Motion by the chair to add to the enrollment policy that there will be no student placement request unless there is a special needs situation was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Motion

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

Discussion held during the meeting:

Principal report:
The planned schedule for the 2005-2006 school year is attached. The board wanted Principal Beck to look into what it would take to still have the teachers attend the Core Knowledge Training Conference and what changes would be made to the schedule for this, if any.

FSO report:
The school play is in its final stage, and will run May 4th and 5th.

The Lake Mountain Arts Guild is interested in renting the building for summer workshops. The board will look into the cost of running the facility and give them an accurate amount of rental that would be charged for the use.

The parent survey results were very favorable. There were a few legitimate comments that we as a board felt could be made better. The board will discuss those issues further.