Paramount Schools of Excellence
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday December 13, 2016 at 5:30 PM
Location
3020 Nowland Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46201
Paramount School of Excellence Board of Directors
December 13, 2016
Directors Present
B. Eldridge (remote), C. Park, H. Maurer, J. Hazzard, Jr., T. Rude
Directors Absent
P. Blackard
Ex Officio Members Present
T. Reddicks
Non Voting Members Present
T. Reddicks
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
Shawna Ping, Peggy Purvis, Chris Larson, Barb Richardson, Dre Knox, Adam Freeman, Kyle Beauchamp, Scott Frye, and Jasmine Burditt, Brian Dickey from the Mayor's Office.
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
T. Rude called a meeting of the board of directors of Paramount Schools of Excellence to order on Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 5:41 PM.
II. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
No comments.
III. Consent Agenda Review and Approval
A.
Review and Approval of November Minutes
T. Rude made a motion to Approval of the minutes from the Board Meeting on 11-08-16 Board Meeting on 11-08-16.
H. Maurer seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Voucher Approval for October
Chris questioned what the NSF fees were about. Shawna explained it was a bookkeeping issue with the transfer to Bookkeeping Plus. False alarm charges are for each time we have a false alarm and the police or fire department are dispatched to the school.
T. Rude made a motion to Approve the vouchers.
H. Maurer seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IV. Financial Report
A.
Approval of Budget Revision
Shawna explained the differences in the budget.
a. In the transfer from CSMC to Bookkeeping Plus some formulas were missed.
b. Due to the increase in enrollment.
c. Bookkeeping Plus found the errors.
Shawna and Hannah, along with Bookkeeping Plus will be making changes and corrections.
a. In the transfer from CSMC to Bookkeeping Plus some formulas were missed.
b. Due to the increase in enrollment.
c. Bookkeeping Plus found the errors.
Shawna and Hannah, along with Bookkeeping Plus will be making changes and corrections.
T. Rude made a motion to Approve the revision of the PSOE budget.
J. Hazzard, Jr. seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
V. Governance Update
A.
Approval of Article Amendment 18
Amendment 18 - A proposed change to the Article of Incorporation to increase enrollment numbers from 600 students to 675 students. Tom Rude suggest the amount would go up to 650 students instead of 675.
T. Rude made a motion to Amendment 18 to raise the enrollment in the Article of Incorporation to 650 maximum enrollment for the remainder of the current charter.
C. Park seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Operations Report
A.
Operations
Discussion on events of the school.
VII. New Business
A.
New Business
No new business to report.
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Next Board Meetings: January 17, 2017 and February 14, 2017
Schedule a board retreat for Friday, January 27th from 8a to 12p.
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:39 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
T. Rude