Lake George Charter School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday February 21, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Topic: LGCS Board Meeting
Time: February 21, 2023 @ 5:15 pm 

 

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Directors Present

A. Redd, F. Zuercher (remote), J. Beall, J. Geffre, J. Gilley

Directors Absent

None

Ex Officio Members Present

L. Wade

Non Voting Members Present

L. Wade

Guests Present

Brian Goodwin, Julie M Gilley, K. Snare, L. Meyer (remote), Shelley Wing, T. Townsend

I. Board Work Session 4:30 PM

A.

Work Session

Three options for consideration:

1) Stop LGCS at grade xx

2) Pursue stick built facility - with modular lease until complete

3) Pursue modular as permanent facility

 

We have multiple quotes for modular purchases/leases. We are still awaiting construction estimates. Funding continues to be an area of concern; several grants have been identified.  

II. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Geffre called a meeting of the board of directors of Lake George Charter School to order on Tuesday Feb 21, 2023 at 5:20 PM.

B.

Record Attendance and Guests

C.

Pledge of Allegiance

D.

Approve Agenda

J. Gilley made a motion to approve the agenda for today's meeting.

A. Redd seconded the motion

 

Need to add two items under New Business: D) RFP for plumber & electrician and E) Teacher Advertisements

 

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Approve previous meeting minutes - January 17, 2023

A. Redd made a motion to approve the minutes from January 17, 2023 Board Meeting Jan 2023 on 01-17-23.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

F.

Personnel Changes

J. Beall made a motion to Approve personnel changes.
J. Gilley seconded the motion.

added: Heather Robinson - dishwasher

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. Administration Reports

A.

Administrator Report

Please see attached

B.

Preschool Director's Update

Please see attached

IV. Committee Reports

A.

Lions Pride

Bingo night - Feb 23, 2023

B.

Finance

Tracking revenue requests to RE-2. Waiting for QuickBooks entries to be complete. 

Budgeting will begin next month. 

J. Gilley made a motion to approve the November and December 2022 financials.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Policy Committee

Meeting Feb 28th

D.

Security & Facility

Security Meeting March 6th

Facilities is working on a list of requirement for 23/24

E.

Development Committee

Completed a flow chart for grant consideration - will be used to make recommendations to board

Developed a plan for articles to increase publicity, brochure will be considered next month

F.

BAC

BAC Minutes 2-14-2023
(Per policies AE, AE-E, and AE-R)

4:20 p.m.

Present:, Dr. Lee Ann Wade, Mary Doty, Kathleen Ogden, Jeannie Diaz, and Julie M. Gilley.
Zoom:
Absent: Tom Hopkins and Fred Zuercher.
Guest:
Items we worked on this month:
 Budget: Tonya Townsend was asked to come by but she was unavailable.
 Calendar for 2023-24. Kris Snare had presented 2 versions for us to look at. She now put all of our
suggestions into one calendar. Here are a couple of things that we could still change.
 Could the Friday in Oct. be moved until after the quarter so that teachers can work on
report cards? Make it the 20 th ?
 Could the Friday in March be moved at least one week? Right now it is on Good Friday.
Looks like you may have done that already.
 All the rest looks fine to me

The next BAC meeting will be held on a Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 4:20 p.m. 

V. Board Communications

A.

Comments

No comments

B.

Administrator Evaluation

Evaluation form distributed to Board Members. 

Survey will be sent out soon to provide feedback to Board. 

 

Option to meet in Special Meeting or extend March meeting. 

Email vote will be sent

VI. Public Comments

A.

Comments

Lizzie Meyer reminded us that we need to consider sport schedules when thinking about schedules and calendars for HS/MS expansion. 

VII. Old Business

A.

Policy - Second Reading

J. Geffre made a motion to approve second reading of policies (as listed).
J. Gilley seconded the motion.

Most of the policies related to payments and Free/Reduced prices will become obsolete in 23/24.  Will need to retain adult pricing. 

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VIII. New Business

A.

Policy - First read

J. Beall made a motion to approve the first reading of policies (as listed).
J. Geffre seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Approve 2023-2024 School Calendar

J. Gilley made a motion to approve the LGCS 23/24 school calendar.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Approve New Copiers

Tabled

D.

Approve RFP for Plumber & Electrician

J. Gilley made a motion to approve the requests for proposals of expansion plumber & electrician.
J. Beall seconded the motion.

Asked Brian to extended period of performance to late summer

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Approve Teacher Advertisements

J. Beall made a motion to approve teacher advertisements for MS/HS English, Math and Science teachers.
J. Geffre seconded the motion.

Salaries are comparable for area; difficult to match CSprings salaries

Need to consider strategy for hiring & retaining

Need consider if and how much a signing bonus could be - Finance will look at this

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IX. Closing Items

A.

March Work Session Items

Governance training with BOT

B.

Top 3 Communication Items

1) 23/24 school calendar

2) Open Positions

3) New Hires

C.

Adjourn Meeting

J. Gilley made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
J. Geffre
Aye
F. Zuercher
Absent
J. Beall
Aye
A. Redd
Aye
J. Gilley
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:09 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Geffre