A regular meeting of the Cold Spring School (CSS) Board was held on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 in the media center at the school.  Presiding officer was Mr. Bob Albano, Board Chair.

Members present were: Mr. Bob Albano, Mr. Tyler Graves, Mr. JR Renbarger, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, and Mrs. Janice Hicks-Slaughter.

Chief Operating Officer Mrs. Carrie Bruns, Principal Cody Stipes and Assistant Principal AJ Barcome also attended the meeting.

Brian Anderson presented.  Good finance meeting with auditors yesterday.  The board reviewed the financial reports.  Discussed changes due to audit. Discussed the need to reclassify certain expenses on the income statement.  Discussed that grant funds are represented on the balance sheet, but restricted and non-restricted funds are not currently separated out until the end of the year.  Discussed being mindful fo the grant money when drafting next year's budget.

COO will submit to the board where the Walton grant money was allocated.

Mr. Barcome presented the STEM Camp 2020 Proposal

June 1-5 and June 22-26.  Discussed the various activities that will occur at the camp.  There will be a robotics portion and a STEM portion.  Food can be provided from IPS or affordable catering.  Cost $185 per child.  The camp will be staffed by Mr. and Mrs. Petty.  This is an opportunity for student development and working on the robotics competitions, this is not necessarily designed as a fund raiser.  We are targeting about 20 students. Right now this is exclusive to Cold Spring students.  Discussed partnering with Marina University's STEM camp.  The board agrees that the Petty's should be paid regardless of student attendance.

Finance:  20-21 Budget is being drafted.  March meeting it will be presented.  put out for bid for a new audit and tax vendor.  The committee will bring a recommendation to the board for approval soon.

Development:  Still brainstorming some ideas and how to leverage current connections.  Discussing a fundraiser for this year.  Scien-tech foundation they could be looking for a school that is focused on STEM.

Academics:  Discussed the purpose behind the group and information that will be helpful to the board. Discussed the AIRways information and how the board can use that information.  Discussed the Cold-Spring philosophy, which is important as we enter the hiring season.

Discussed that the middle school team has been meeting every Friday.  Discussed visiting a school in St. Louis.  As discussed betting curriculum for he 7th and 8th grade.  IPS is doing a facilities study.  The hope is to demonstrate the need for more space for our students.  Nothing would go into effect until 2021-2022 school year.

General Updates:  Discussed Title IV dollars can now be used for after school clubs and STEM projects.  Discussed that a team 4 will attend the Ron Clark Academy, additional staff will attend in the future.  It's rare for so many staff members from one school to attend.  Discussed using a google doc to house board meeting agenda, meeting minutes, etc.

Principal gave an update on 19-20 vs 20-21 Enrollment update

School Culture Update on Robotics, Jr. Robotics and The Mind Trust School Visit

Principal gave Staff Shout Outs

Principal gave an update on Upcoming Events