Chris reviewed the financials for August 2025.  

The committee reviewed the pros and cons of hiring a grant writer.  They appreciate the opportunity to apply for even some smaller grants that can support programming.  The challenge is having the funds available up front to hire a writer without any guarantee of receiving funds for potentially a year.  The committee talked through options to have executive team members, 4th sector and the Board find and apply for grants.  They also talked through creating some new fundraisers in the spring.

Add this as a topic to the January board meeting to either consider adding fundraising to an existing committee or create a new committee.

Chris shared the draft amended budget with the committee members and reviewed all changes.

Chris shared the current policies and proposed edits.  He also proposed merging the student activities and fundraising policies into one.  The committee discussed waiting to send the updated policies to the full board for approval until we have them all updated and to move them forward as a full packet.

After reviewing, Chris felt we may want to also review the cash management policy.

Dr. Holmes recommended cross-checking the new draft against current state accounting practices bulletin.

1. Review existing business operations/finance policies and update.
2. Create a fundraising pathway for the school.