Cold Spring School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday March 16, 2022 at 5:30 PM
A regular meeting of the Cold Spring School, Inc. Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 5:30pm at the school.
Directors Present
C. Wise, E. Scott, J. Renbarger, P. Gill, T. Pearson (remote)
Directors Absent
M. Cumbay, T. Graves, T. Tudor
Guests Present
A. Barcome, C. Bruns, C. Stipes
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Financial Report
A.
Monthly Financial Report
B.
2022-2023 Budget
J. Renbarger and C. Bruns presented in the absence of Brian Anderson.
ESSER was given in three distributions and will be given in a larger sum in 2022-2023.
There is a bigger jump in marketing and plans for a marketing overhaul are being discussed.
J. Renbarger stated that 96% of expenses relate directly to Cold Spring students.
T. Pearson asked to hear about the marketing proposal and increase in budget before voting. C. Bruns presented the quote from Elevation Point, the producers of the school video.
III. New Business
A.
Personnel Report
B.
Innovation Agreement
J. Renbarger presented the agreement
IPS was responsive to our discussion about the agreement before we signed
The establishment of an attendance area: if IPS were to institute an attendance policy, Cold Spring School will have one year from the policy start before we are impacted.
Facilities: we will sit down with IPS in October 2022 regarding our facility
This contract is for five years
The attached contract was unanimously approved by the IPS School Board
C.
VEX Worlds 2022- May 8-12, 2022
All five teams made it to VEX Worlds
D.
Scholastic Quote
E.
General Updates
F.
Principal Report
C. Stipes reflected on the two year anniversary of the COVID closures
February 28, 2022 was the first time students and staff had the option to mask.
Enrollment is currently 407
Enrollment 2022-2023, Round 1
172 applicants, 68 have CSS as first choice
We only awarded seats in K and 1 in the first round due to openings
We have a very high retention rate of students
IREAD, ILEARN, NWEA all upcoming
New Family Welcome Night in April
Aristocats, Jr Musical in 2022 (rescheduled from 2020)
Fun in the Sun family night, May 19
STEM Camp, 2 weeks this summer
IV. Other Business
A.
For the Good of the Order
J. Renbarger thanked the board for their continued effort and work in the last two years.
B.
Executive Session
An executive session will take place April 20, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.
J. Renbarger presented in the absence of Brian Anderson
We are currently operating with a favorable budget.
No questions were asked during discussion