School Board Minutes September 6, 2005
Present: Jeff Thompson – Chair, Theresa Rendleman, Lynn Kerkemeyer, Brad Sparkman, John Ross, Jim Grover, Julie Keil, Dale Kobayashi, Kit Morrissey, Sheri Hodapp, Jack Holmes, Msgr. Mank, Marsha Maller, Valerie Holdner, Tim Kusmierczak
Guests: Denise Farnworth, Jennifer Parker, Elise Sillery
Call to Order: Jeff Thompson called the meeting to order.
Opening Prayer: Marsha Maller
Approval of May Minutes: Motion made to approve minutes without changes by Marsha Maller; seconded by Kit Morrissey; motion carries.
Assignment of Prayer for October: Tim Kusmierczak
Reminder of Inservice: Inservice to be offer by the Diocese, at St. Mary’s in Edwardsville, on September 28, 2005 at 6:30 pm. This inservice is mandatory for all new board members and highly recommended for returning board members.
Correspondence: Received letter from Jim Grover informing of resignation from the school board. He will remain available to assist with completing any projects he was involved in. Jeff has decided to re-combine the PR/Development committees and Julie Keil will take Jim’s place as chair of PR, assisting Brad as chair of Development.
New Business
Athletics – Report given by Joe Gonet. Athletics made a profit of approximately $7000 last year; this years 8th grade girls soccer tournament was successful – made approx. $450; looking into new uniforms for basketball uniforms; Holy Family in Granite joined our athletic conference; planning 5th grade girls volleyball tournament; we will host 8th grade girls conference tournament for volleyball this spring; looking at possibility of fall volleyball season in addition to spring season.
Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts – SJN will accept new students from the area affected by Katrina free of charge; students will be screened prior to admission to ensure we can meet their needs; Jack will put together a committee to assist with this project. Discussed possible ways to raise money for this relief effort; Jack will initiate the collection of money for the “Child to Child” campaign through Catholic Services; a local business has agreed to match all money collected for the “Child to Child”; other ideas will be considered as the needs of the hurricane victims becomes more apparent.
Old Business
Policy Review – Non-discrimination Hiring (#4000); distributed to all school families; no comments received; motion made by Marsha Maller to send to canonical administrator for approval and signature; seconded by Julie Keil; motion carries. Recruitment and Selection of Teachers and Staff (#4001); recommend changes made; distributed to all school families; no comments received; motion made by Val Holdner to send to canonical administrator for approval and signature; seconded by Marsha Maller; motion carries. 1st reading of Sexual Harassment (#4003); added complaint procedure as recommended; discussion held with regards to chain of command; revisions to be made. Standard Operating Procedure Policies; will eventually need an operating procedure from each committee; will hold discussion on Policy committees operating procedures next month; planning committee will be reviewed second.
Committee Reports
Principal – Magazine Drive is currently going on; Golf Tournament is this Friday; reviewing possibility of school dances for 7th/8th grade.
Teacher’s Rep – Thank you for all the work done on cleanup day; teachers are working on learning the Fast Direct system – encourage people to be patient.
Finance – End of year report received few days ago but committee didn’t have time to review prior to meeting; will have final 2004-2005 numbers next month; ask all members to be creative when helping the development committee come up with new fundraiser ideas; Scrip program profits are down so we need to be diligent about promoting Scrip; still looking for members from St Cecilia and MPH; QuickBooks has been implemented, Marcie continues to get trained.
Building and Grounds – Thank you to all those who attended the work day; planning another work day this fall; looking into new SJN signage for the front of building; front entrance has some structural damage and is being addressed; will await recommendations from structural engineer.
Development/PR – Handouts given, continue to look for Scrip coordinator(s); Annual Fund kickoff on Sept. 24th/25th; Golf Tournament is sold out; discussion held regarding replacing Mardi gras with Casino Night, will continue to investigate; looking for someone to act as coordinator of all press releases; continuing investigation of getting policy manual on website.
Planning – Handout given, surveys continue to be returned, will have summary possibly next month; looking at possible revision of school logo; continue to focus on tracking enrollment trend.
Grants – Handout given; damage done to carpet during lighting project, company will deduct cost of repairs from bill.
Policy – Handout given.
Faith Development – Looking at continuing education opportunities for teachers and parents. Lynn offered information on Catechist training from Diocese.
Topics for next meeting – Presentation of 04/05 year end numbers; Jeff requests that all committee chairs submit written reports and agenda items prior to next meeting.
Closing Prayer – Marsha Maller
Next Meeting – October 3, 2005