School Board Minutes January 9, 2006

Present: Jeff Thompson – Chair, Theresa Rendleman, Lynn Kerkemeyer, Brad Sparkman, Dale Kobayashi, Sheri Hodapp, Jack Holmes, Msgr. Mank, Janice Bellm, Tim Kusmierczak, Val Holdner, Kit Morrisey, John Ross, Julie Keil

Absent: Marsha Maller

Guests: Denise Nanney, Cindy Moad, Lynn Lambert, Nancy Klaus

Call to Order: Jeff Thompson called the meeting to order.

Opening Prayer: Jeff Thompson

Approval of November Minutes: Motion made to approve minutes without changes by Lynn Kerkemeyer; seconded by Janice Bellm; motion carries.

Assignment of Prayer for February: John Ross

Old Business

Policy Review – Standard Operating Procedures – Policy Committee (#8001) first reading, motion made by Tim Kuzmierczak to move to second reading; seconded by Janice Bellm; motion carries. Catholic Non-Discrimination Hiring Policy (#4000), Recruitment and Selection of Teachers and Staff (#4001), and Sexual Harassment (#4003) policies were distributed for insertion into Policy Manuals.

New Business

Whooping Cough – SJN has been notified by the Health Department that there has been a case of Whooping Cough in one of our students. Mr. Holmes sent a letter home with all students today to notify parents of situation, symptoms, and plan.

March Board Meeting – The next meeting is scheduled for March 6th, however, there is no school that day therefore the meeting will be changed to Tuesday, March 7th at 7:00 pm.

Spanish – SJN is now offering Spanish, through an independent language company, in an after school program. 60 students are enrolled in the program that began today. Esther Herrera, who is the company owner and a teacher, was present to give an overview of the program to the school board. Presentation given and questions answered.

Pre-registration For 2006-2007 – Jack reported that the office is getting ready to mail pre-registration forms for next school year, discussion was held regarding increasing the non-refundable registration fee from $100 to $200, this is intended to decrease the amount of registration fees that are paid to hold a spot for a child who is most certain they will not attend SJN the following school year, motion was made by Tim Kusmierczak, to increase the pre-registration fee to $200 for the 2006-2007 school year, seconded by Val Holdner, motion carries.

Committee Reports

Principal – Clean Energy grant is completed with $1,000 left over, $1650 check received towards Golf Tournament, front doors are finally completed, all school board meetings will be held in room 5W until further notice, Catholic Schools Week is approaching, Jan 30th, an ad was placed in Catholic Times, schedule for the weeks activities will be sent home with newsletter, Pope chart was purchased for school and a case was made by Ray Starling.

Teacher’s Rep – Sky Lab will be set up on Friday, PTU is helping to pay Sky Lab costs, activities for Catholic Schools Week were reviewed.

Policy – The Standard Operating Procedures for Finance Committee has been drafted and will be reviewed at next meeting.

Finance – quarterly meeting will be this week, continuing to revise QuickBooks reports to get them the way we want them; budget appears to be on target, 1st draft of Standard Operating Procedures will be presented at next meeting, 2006-2007 budget preparation meetings will begin at the beginning of January.

Building and Grounds – Thank you to Tim Kusmierczak for putting up new railing at the back entrance of the school; will hold work day for Neumann Club in the spring; we will need approx. 50 tons of dirt, Tim looking for donations from couple of excavators.

Development/PR – Handouts given; Scrip had good Christmas sales – unsure of total profit at this time, due to number of regulations and short planning time the Casino Night has been put on hold and a Texas Holdem/Bunko Tournament is being planned for April 29th, Brad is looking for someone to chair this event, Market Day is struggling – question whether or not to continue this fundraiser, Annual Fund newsletter will be ready for the kick off during Catholic Schools Week.

Planning – Handouts given; 8th grade survey is ready to mail, coordinator needed for Kid Fest, discussion held regarding changing Kid Fest to an Open House/Information Night and best time of year to hold this event – possibly in April/May, recommendation to focus on entire school – not only kindergarten.

Grants – Committee has been at a stand still while John was assisting his family with post-hurricane Katrina issues. He is ready to begin working on some field trip requests.

Topics for next meeting – Jeff requests that all committee chairs submit written reports and agenda items prior to next meeting.

Closing Prayer – Jeff Thompson

Next Board Meeting – February 6, 2006