Lowcountry Montessori School
Minutes
Board meeting
Date and Time
Thursday June 22, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Lowcountry Montessori School
Directors Present
C. Garnes (remote), G. Alexander, J. Dameworth, J. Iszkula, L. Young
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
B. Shaffer (remote), Chad Rentz, M. Watkins (remote), Sean McNamara
I. Opening Items
A.
Determination of Quorum
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Reading of the Mission Statement
D.
Approval of Agenda
E.
Statement of Compliance with FOIA
II. Public Comment
A.
Public comment period, limited to 3 minutes per person.
III. Director's Report
A.
June Update
- PP extra money for the gym - $220k extra COVIS money received
--approved by legal
-- need email to post
- $7k for gym - Amanda
- Need $23k more to raise
Update from Director: #7 - Parents requesting LCL from June 18th
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Finance Report
- Need codes - Chart of Accounts / sub accounts
- Need to work closer with the Admin team to determine & code appropriately
Question
- Not to pay USDA monthly payments
- Change in payment structure
- Remedied - no interest charges
- Need finance Zoom from Alyssa
- Change dates to earlier in the month - 2nd Thursday
- Becky to send emails and info
B.
Governance
Working on the Charter Renewal - not due yet. Updates to come.
C.
Facilities
See Report
V. New Business
A.
Vote on PPP Funds
Postpone to July 13th
B.
Vote on Budget
- Vote today
- Amendment will be required in a month or so
- Finance Mtg to include Greg
VI. Executive Session
A.
Executive Session
Disciplinary Plan
- Detail the plan
- Parent Involvement - Steering Committee for discipline
Three parents came to discuss and detail their concerns with bullying at the school.