Jesse Fowler stated that Mary Reome, CBO for NESD and back-office provider, requested to bring Item IV D, Approval of the Unaudited Actuals, up in the agenda to follow Item II D, Fiscal Report.

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Courtney Sonksen joined the meeting via Zoom: The Orientation Day was a great success. The PTO table had lots of new members joining. At the first meeting, 21 parents were in attendance. The PTO is looking forward to upcoming events: Movie Night at the end of September and the Harvest Festival in October.

The Home Study campus was presented by Janet Sutton, who presented via a slideshow, on the opening of school, school growth, and needs identified regarding extra clerical support and expansion of the driveway to keep traffic off Kentucky Greens Rd.

The on-campus/hybrid campus was presented by Tina Wallgren, who presented via a slideshow, on the opening of school, Back to School Night, and the recent school-wide trip to Tree Top Adventures.

Kathleen Daugherty shared via a slideshow. the current enrollment, Hybrid-117 and Home Study-215, current school-wide iReady Fall scores and how they will be used, and progress on the facilities.

Fiscal report presented by Mary Reome. The 1st interim report will be in December. She also explained the Unaudited Actuals, which showed expenses as predicted and a gain to the ending fund balance.

Kathi Daugherty reported on the actions of the Ad Hoc committee (Kathi Daugherty, Janet Sutton, and Vincent Cavanna). The committee recomended  that Jeff Sevey be seated as a community member on the Board.  Kathi Daugherty introduced the nominee, Jeff Seevey.

Kathi Daugherty shared her presentation of the Board Goals.

Kathi Daughterty shared the timeline for the search for an Executive Director/Principal. She also shared that the Board would decide later in the process if it was a combined position or if the positions would be separated into a part-time Executive Director and a full-time Principal.  Kathi shared that the process of forming the committee should include parents, students, teachers, and staff. Kathi would like to discuss the ED and principal positions with the board members next month. 

Kathi Daugherty explained her reason for wanting to purchase the Board on Track Membership, for hosting, documenting, and publicizing Board meetings. Vincent Cavanna is not convinced to spend $7,000 annually on the membership. He has asked to delay the discussion until next month. Kathi Daugherty reminded the Board that a trial was in use and the Board had until November to make a decision. She offered to explore other options. The Item was tabled until the October meeting.

Kathi Daugherty explained that the Board Governance Handbook is 10 years old and needs to be reviewed and possibly revised. She asked for permission to revisit this handbook and bring it back to the Board for approval.