Regular board meeting, 7:30pm, Monday, 4/16/07
Minutes: approved
Members in attendance: Chris Butaud (chair); Gordon
Members not in attendance: N/A
Administration: Ryan Evans
Guests: Chris Shaffer, Michael Litalien, KY Su
:: Prayer
Mr. Boston read the minutes from 3/19/07 to the board. Motion to approve, 2nd – vote passed.
:: Current Business:
1. Principal's Update – State of the School (accomplishments, challenges, opportunities):
a. Enrollment – currently at 162, still planning for 175.
b. financial – tuition billing changes for 07/08 school year.
c. faculty – One teacher's aide not coming back. Bible teacher still in process.
d. school calendar – similar to this year. Planned in mid-winter break in February.
e. ACCS Conference – Because of the generosity of one of the families of the school, most of the board and administration will be at the ACCS conference this year. We definitely look forward to what we will bring back from that.
f. survey results – handed out to all families. Mr. Butaud brought up one of the comments from the survey was that they would like to see the board members more visible and available during a school day. There are some limitations, but it would be good to be around more.
g. spiritual climate – Mr. Butaud qualified what the question is for. Mr. Evans says that there are still things to work on, but overall it's very good. We are still growing, changing, and looking for opportunities connect with kids a little more.
2. Development Director:
a. Need to renew efforts at recruiting – Mr. Butaud talked about the importance of having someone here to fill this position. It would make a huge impact on the growth of the school.
3. Principal review – (Note to work through the review process for the administrator for the current school year)
4. Plan Board Retreat – emailing to get a date set up for June or July
5. Accreditation Visit – Mr. Evans gave a quick overview of the accreditation committee coming from the ACCS this week.
6. Facility Committee – No report for this week.
7. Board recruitment update – We have two men who are in process developing materials to submit to the board for consideration to be on the board. Mr. Butaud spoke about how it's a good idea to have a more comprehensive process. Mr. Butaud then read from the book Serving God on the Christian School Board, the chapter that speaks directly about finding qualified board members. We want to develop a board that is effective to further the mission of the school.
8. Open forum – Guest invited to ask questions:
a. Mr. Su suggests that if we were to broadcast to the school what roles of development in general, that families may step forward to help fill the gaps until a Dev Director is hired. There's a need for continuity in that role, but there's definitely some possibilities for taking that route.