Katie Riede, a 4th grade crew leader, and two of her students presented about their Oregon Trail simulation activity.  Nicole Pape, a 5th grade crew leader, and one of her students presented about their Sage Brush ecosystem unit.  Both presentations illustrated the variety of experiences the students had and the depth of knowledge the students achieved about the topics.  

• Annie Edwards from Bluum presented the budget summary.  
• Excellent Days Cash on Hand.  The State requires 60 and Anser has 121.  
• The federal funds line is small for this month because Bluum postponed submitting requests. The funds will show up in next month's report.  Annie reported that weekly averages for reimbursed federal funds are up from about $5000-6000 per week to closer to $7,000 per week.  This is a wonderful outcome since Anser and Bluum personnel have been diligently partnering all this school year to build the system and processes to capture as much federal reimbursement as possible.  Their hard work is paying off and their efforts are greatly appreciated since the lack of these reimbursements in the past has been a significant contributor to the ongoing budget shortfall. 
• The 2024-2025 loss of $144,955.48 is a pretty firm number at this time.  It is actually smaller than what had been originally predicted.
• Heather reported that The Goose on the Loose fun run fund raiser was an outstanding success and generated over $50,000.  This is the first time Anser has done a fundraiser of this type. 
• The legislature has not finalized school funds for next year so development of the 2025-2026 Anser budget is going to be delayed.  

Heather provided an update on current bills moving through the legislative session.  Several possible bills will impact curricula, instruction, and other aspects of school functioning, along with funding.  She provided a Word document listing all of the current bills and links to them.  The Board, current administration, subcommittees, and the new executive director will need to monitor these potential legislative impacts on Anser and make sure the school meets all new legislative requirements. 

As stated above, development of the 2025-2026 budget is delayed because of uncertainty of funding from the legislature.  

Heather provided an update on enrollment and what is planned for onboarding new families and students.  More tracking and follow-up with new families are planned.  Board members suggested the following during the discussion:  send the new Goose on the Loose fund raiser video to new families; invite all families to the annual STEM night, not just those families who have accepted an enrollment slot.  

Heather reported that the middle school is full for next year.  This is a strong positive for two reasons.  First, an important expansion goal has been met.  Second, middle school students receive greater state funding per pupil.  

Brian provided an update on strategic planning.  He highlighted the essential questions list and what needs to be done with it.  The list will now go to the subcommittees.  They are to prioritize their questions and provide goals and evidence for how the organization will know when progress has been made on the questions and goals have been achieved. A certain number of prioritized questions from each subcommittee or entity will be put on the Board calendar so that they are systematically brought to the Board and reviewed at the same time each year. 

Hannah made a motion pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(b) to enter into executive session.  Eric seconded the motion.  A roll call vote was taken and all Board members present voted Yes in favor of moving into executive session.  All Board members listed as present at the beginning of this meeting were present for this vote. All other attendees that were not to be part of the executive session were excused.  The session started at 7:48 pm.

Hannah made a motion pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(b) to exit the executive session.  Suzanne seconded the motion.  A roll call vote was taken and all Board members present voted Yes in favor of exiting the executive session.  All Board members listed as present at the beginning of this meeting were present for this vote.  The session ended at 8:15 pm.

The Board took no action on the personnel matter concerning Employee A.