Lumen Public School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday August 17, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Directors Present
A. Estes, B. Gongyin (remote), C. Plager, D. McMurray (remote), G. Sementi, J. Ray, L. McDonald, P. Parr (remote)
Directors Absent
Z. Kellen
Guests Present
Jennette Perkins (remote), S. Edwards
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Land Acknowledgement
D.
Approve July Regular Meeting Minutes
II. Finance
A.
Financial Reports
B.
Budget Extension Resolution Vote
Recessed board meeting to do public hearing.
Discussion: Entered into the expanded leased space with GLOW. Need to record as a liability and as an asset. This resolution keeps us in compliance with spending our budget.
No Public Comment
Left Public Hearing to vote.
III. Consent Agenda
A.
Payroll, EFT and Accounts Payable # 1967-1968, 1970-1989, Employment Offers, Employee Handbook, Policy & Procedure 2410
The following vouchers as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified, as required by RCW 42.24.090, are approved for payment. In addition, payroll in the amount of $ 55,671.29 is also
approved.
Voucher numbers 1967-1968, 1970-1989
totaling $ 101,382.13
Payroll totaling $55,671.29
Electronic Funds transfers totaling $ 26,189.66
IV. Updates
A.
Strategic Planning Update
Board annually sets 2 board goals based on the goals of the school and the ED goals.
You will receive a board on track survey invite- to give feedback. Board members who haven't been on the board a whole cycle are excused.
The documents in this section are for review ahead of the retreat
B.
23-24 Board Calendar
Board calendar for the 23-24 school year.
Change meeting in December to the 14th.
Feedback on the calendar: Send any further comments to Governance team.
C.
State Board of Education Report
Annual report submitted by Lumen to the State Board of Education.
V. Committees
A.
Approve Board of Director Slate
B.
Development
Il-Lumen-ate the Night: March 2nd.
Similar theme to last year with local food and beverage vendors, learning about Lumen, and celebrating our school.
C.
Governance
Retreat: Location: Indigenous Birth Justice Center. Agenda will be sent out. Food Needs: contact Shauna
Board Members signed board agreements for coming year, we talked about terms and term limits set at 10 years- 5, two year terms.
Advisory Committee: has continued to meet and plan and figure out a plan for going into the year. Planning for a student leadership structure to inform the work of gathering feedback peer to peer.
Talked about recruitment: board composition and if a person with legal expertise is a missing skill set or if that can be taught to another board member. Pam said she has many years of experience with OPMA and Public records concerns.
VI. Other Board Business
A.
Linda Announcement
YWCA Equity challenge starts in September, Linda will send email to the board to get registered.
We have some large expenditures from grants we are purchases items for. Some areas that are over budget and some that are under cancel each other out, the budget was in one area and the expenditures actually were in the other area. Expenditures just under 84%, should be at 91.6%.