Anser Charter School Board of Directors
May 20th, 2025 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Anser's Mission is to educate the whole child in a collaborative learning community where individuals are inspired to be self-motivated and to feel a sense of connection and responsibility to the world.
Anser's vision is to foster learning that imagines a better world and works toward realizing it; set high academic standards; promote creativity, discovery, reflection and balance; embrace diversity; and use developmentally appropriate practices and real-world experiences to educate within a climate of collaboration, community, character, and compassion.
Agenda
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| I. | Opening Items | 6:00 PM | ||
| A. | Record Attendance | Roger Stewart | 1 m | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | Brian Whitney | ||
| C. | Approve Agenda and the Minutes of the Prior Meetings (Action) | Brian Whitney | 1 m | |
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Approve the agenda and the minutes of the April 22nd, 2025 board meeting (Action) |
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| Approve minutes for April 22 2025 Anser Board Meeting on April 22, 2025 | ||||
| D. | Opening Crew | Brian Whitney | 5 m | |
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Time to share end of year celebrations and welcome Anser's incoming Executive Director Renee Bade |
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| II. | Public Comment | |||
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The public may sign up on the sheet provided to provide comments. Comments are limited to 3 minutes and may not include personnel, student, disciplinary or other matters that are exempt from discussion iin a public meeting under Idaho's Open Meetings Law. |
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| III. | Finance | 6:07 PM | ||
| A. | April 2025 Budget Summary (Action) | Heather Dennis | 10 m | |
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Review and Approve March 2025 Budget Summary (Action)
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| B. | Draft Budget Review | Heather Dennis | 20 m | |
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Review of draft FY26 budget. |
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| C. | Appprove FY26 Contracts (Action) | Heather Dennis | 5 m | |
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Approve Contracts for the following:
Bailey- Smith S., Banner R., Banuelos H., Bingaman M., Brennan N., Enderlin P., Falk K., Gates ., Gnojeewski K., Godby H., Hegg M., Hill A., Hock J., Incorvia R., Kleman L., LaForge J., LeSeur J., McCraw S., McGinnis J., Messmer M., Moore A., Morgan R., Nichols A., Olsoe K., Pape N., Pearl A., Prouty K., Rezanovich N., Riede K., Rush, T., Smackey J., Svenson M., Tarascuro A., Wallace S.,, Wilson S., Zerwas D., Zuroff A., Zuschlag E. |
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| D. | Approve unpaid leave for Employee A (Action) | Sarah Butler | 5 m | |
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Approve unpaid leave for employee A (Action) |
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| IV. | Strategic Planning | 6:47 PM | ||
| A. | Board Succession Planning | Brian Whitney | 10 m | |
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Discussion of board succession and officer election |
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| B. | Board Strategic Planning | Brian Whitney | 20 m | |
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Strategic Planning Next Steps
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| V. | Organization Integrity | 7:17 PM | ||
| A. | Enrollment/Weighted Lottery Policy Discussion | Heather Dennis | 10 m | |
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Review outcome of weighted lottery policy and discuss developing updated long term goals for the policy |
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| B. | Legislative Update | Heather Dennis | 10 m | |
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Update on Legislation passed during the 2025 legislative session
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| C. | Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206 (1)(b) | Brian Whitney | 15 m | |
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Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206 (1)(b)
Action as needed as a result of Executive Session ( Action) |
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| VI. | Closing Items | 7:52 PM | ||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Brian Whitney | 1 m | |