Lumen Public School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday February 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Location
718 W. Riverside Ave.
Suite 201
Spokane WA 99201
Directors Present
A. Eberhardt (remote), E. Arnold, J. Ray, K. Linane-Booey, L. McDonald
Directors Absent
A. Estes, B. Gongyin, G. Sementi, J. Zappone, P. Parr
Guests Present
S. Edwards
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Land & Labor Acknowledgement
D.
Approve January Meeting Minutes
II. Finance
A.
Financial Reports
III. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve January Payroll, EFT and Accounts Payable #2468-2494 & Policy and Procedure 3205
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 totaling $129,730.16. In addition, payroll in the amount of $61,746.83 is also approved.
Voucher numbers:
totaling $ 82,131.33
Payroll totaling $ 61,746.83
Electronic Funds transfers totaling $ 47,598.83
IV. Updates
A.
ED Report
1st semester ended with a career exploration week partnering with organizations across the area for trade pathways.
1st semester ended with 37 enrolled students and we have had a few new students enroll and some move to other programs or graduate. Some students decided to change to a GED path. Board members asked about Lumens history with GED pathway and ED shared GED is not a typical path for Lumen students.
Spokane Schools is recommending that they renew Lumen for another 5-year contract.
V. Committees
A.
Academic Committee
Board was given updates from Principal on school goals and student data.
Board member asked about access for students to professionals and professions. Principal said absolutely and showed options.
How can the board support the school in day to day and student experience? Continue to make community connections and stay engaged.
B.
Governance Committee
The ZoNE is a place-based initiative located in Northeast Spokane and recently Lumen has become a part of the "ZoNE". They have recently received new funding for community listening sessions and would like to host one at Lumen to understands what a student "needs" to know before graduating.
C.
Development Committee
Everything is in order but we do need a final push for guests to purchase tickets. Sponsorships have been great this year and all auction items are ready to go.
D.
ED Eval Committee
Board President will send out ED Eval form to board members through Board OnTrack.
VI. Other Board Business
A.
Board Retreat
August 5th is the date we are holding.
Payroll deductions look negative due to a teacher who was on leave. We are also seeing a new QuickBooks process that is causing finances to look lower at the end of the month.
There was no discussion needed around the financial report today.