Lake George Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting February 2024
Date and Time
Tuesday February 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Topic: LGCS Board Meeting
Time: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 @ 5:00 pm
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Meeting ID: 702 329 3608
Directors Present
A. Redd, D. Bretag, F. Zuercher, J. Beall, J. Gilley
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
A. Patton
I. Board Work Session 4:30 PM
A.
Work Session
II. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Pledge of Allegiance
D.
Approve Agenda
E.
Information from Work Session
Julie Gilley spoke and said that they discussed:
- confidentiality with the new board members
- what restraints were on the board
- how parents need to follow the chain of command and not go to board members with complaints
- training for board members from a lawyers aspect
F.
Approve previous meeting minutes - January 9, 2024
G.
Personnel Changes
III. Administration Reports
A.
Administrator's Report
- 141 students PK - 12
- fliers w/ QR code for interest in enrollment
- 2nd grade worked w/ Ms.Barbie on LEGO STEM project
- 1st annual Chili Cook off / BINGO was a hit!
- CDE contracts, leases & labors have not been approved for 2 1/2 yrs - Sam is working on editing and getting them sent to district
B.
Preschool Director's Update
No report at this time.
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Lions Pride
- David & Mia have signed, still waiting on Cari - bank
- Chili cook off/BINGO was a huge hit - lots of community members - 1st place - Shelby Jones (5th grade) 2nd place - Kevin MacDonald - 3rd place - Zach Loop
- April is Burger Month at Red Robin fundraiser
B.
BAC
- only 2 showed up - will try again next month
C.
Policy Committee
- all policies were done over email
D.
Finance
- talked about audit
- made notes for next budget
Some numbers looked funny, but after diving in further, everything looked fine.
E.
Security & Facility
- Trying to sanitize and clean building
- Life skills class is building the new furniture for the modulars
- Modular update - 1) panic bars are installed 2) permit sticker installed 3) Tonia M. is scheduling final inspections 4) Tonya T. says modulars were added to insurance in August 2023.
F.
Development Committee
- started talking about money for stick build
- trying to get 2 grants in by March deadline
- Go Co grant for awnings
- Gates Foundation grant for water well
G.
Expansion
- meets next week - will give update at next board meeting
V. Board Communications
A.
Comments
None
VI. Public Comments
A.
Comments
None
VII. Old Business
A.
Policy - Second Reading
These are 2 graduation policies. 1) is how many credits to graduate here at LGCS 2) is a form that tells the student how many credits they have earned and still need. The state requires that each student have 22 credits to graduate. We are pushing our kids to 24 credits to graduate.
VIII. New Business
A.
Policy - First read of the policies listed below
- BEC Rev.5, Executive Sessions - new reason for Executive Session - #9 in policy
- GBGAA Rev.2, Staff Training in Crisis Prevention and Management 2
- GBGAB Rev.2, First Aid Training 2
- GBEB Rev. 2, Staff Conduct 2
- GBEB-R, Staff Conduct - New
B.
Approve Calendar for 2024-2025 school year
C.
Approve Committee Members as listed below
BAC - Juliey M. Gilley, Samantha Bissue, Mary Doty, Kathleen Ogden, Fred, Zuercher, Jeannie Diaz, Tom Hopkins
Policy - Julie M. Gilley, Samantha Bissue, Kristine Snare, Mary Doty, Fred Zuercher
Finance - Julia A. Gilley, Tonya Townsend, Lizzie Meyer, Amanda Redd, Samantha Bissue
Security/Facility - Shawn Ven Rooy, Tonia Montgomery, Lance Geffre, Samantha Bissue, David Bretag
Development - Amanda Redd, Samantha Bissue, Tonya Townsend, Lizzie Meyer, Megan Wingert, Barbara Faunce
Expansion - Samantha Bissue, Lizzie Meyer, Jim Beall, Tonia Montgomery, Kurt Connelly, Kendra George, Dane Tnesinc, Amanda Redd
Project Update - Samantha Bissue, Tonia Montgomery, Lizzie Meyer
IX. Executive Session
A.
Enter into Executive Session
B.
Exit Executive Session
C.
Vote after Executive Session
D.
Vote for Special Executive Session on 2/22/24 @ 5PM
X. Closing Items
A.
March Work Session Items
No March work session or executive session.
B.
Top 3 Communication Items
- Augment security
- Concurrent Enrollment/ continue growing
- Development opportunities
C.
Tasks/Due Outs
Sam to post for security position.
Lawyer Brad Miller came to talk to board members.