Members Present: Sharon Robinson, David Friedenson, Stephen Pegler, Vinchenza Burney, Darlene Gelakoska, Bob Boyd, Wanda Turner, Scott Carlson

Not present: Meaghan Walsh

Others present: Lynda Nordquist

Handouts:  None

Open Mic:

Lynda Nordquist spoke. She expressed concerns, as a parent, on the high amount of teacher turnover. She also stated the CDC membership charter is closed. All committees are chartered with the exception of the education committee. Lynda expressed concern in the lack of a strong parent/ teacher connection. A charter was submitted to the board for the education committee. However, the charter was not adopted. 

           

Minutes were approved from our last meeting. Motion made by Wanda, seconded by Sharon.

 

• Board Meeting Summary: We referenced the executive session case.
•  There is currently no action on the finance committee. 
• They discussed the sentence of concern about the SAC. After bylaws approvals, reconciliation issues on the two different versions of the bylaws would be handled by the board. 
• The board would like to table the idea of the education committee until the fall. This is due in part to the summer vacation and concerns for unpaid teacher involvement over the summer. The Board would like some recommendations in reference the Education Committee.
•  The Accountability Committee discussed concerns for the health of the board. This is precipitated by the fact that most board members are spending 20 hours, plus, a week on board issues. The AC feels some of this may be alleviated with the appointing of independent members and or the delegation of some of the boards work to the committees chartered. The difficulty in appointing independent  members was also discussed.
• Scott Carlson discussed exit interviews and stated they would get with Debbie Lavender after June 1^st, 2009 to see how best to proceed. 
• Eight grade presentations were discussed as an example of a great activity in the middle school going on at Stargate.   

  Action Items:

Next meeting shall be June 16^th, 2009 via email. We should discuss grievance forms, nominations and results.

 

Wanda will revisit the Education Committee Charter this fall. Requested a copy of rejected charter from Scott.  

 

Sharron will invite staff members that are interested in filling the current staff opening on the Accountability Committee to the first meeting in the fall.

 

Potential next meeting August 25^th at 4:30. 

Could we have a copy of the rejected Education Committee charter? This will give us a starting point to base recommendations off of.