Lake George Charter School

Minutes

Board Meeting March 2024

Date and Time

Tuesday March 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Topic: LGCS Board Meeting
Time: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 @ 5:00 pm 

 

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Directors Present

A. Redd, D. Bretag, F. Zuercher, J. Beall, J. Gilley

Directors Absent

None

Ex Officio Members Present

S. Bissue

Non Voting Members Present

S. Bissue

Guests Present

K. Snare (remote), Michelle Miller, Shelley Wing

I. Board Work Session 4:30 PM

A.

Work Session

Update from Kurt Connelly.

II. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Gilley called a meeting of the board of directors of Lake George Charter School to order on Tuesday Mar 19, 2024 at 5:25 PM.

B.

Record Attendance and Guests

C.

Pledge of Allegiance

D.

Approve Agenda

D. Bretag made a motion to Approve the agenda with the following addition under New Business.
J. Beall seconded the motion.

C. Michelle Miller discussing concurrent enrollment.

Executive Session will be at 6:00 with our lawyer Brad Miller.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Approve previous meeting minutes - February 20, 2024

A. Redd made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting February 2024 on 02-20-24.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

F.

Personnel Changes

Add HR/Bookkeeping and Security.

 

No vote was made to approve.

III. Administration Reports

A.

Administrator's Report

Please see attached.

B.

Preschool Director's Update

Assessment period with just a few conferences.  IEP meetings going well.  Currently have 18 kids on the roster, with an average of 16 attending on any given day.  Waitlists for several years out.  Working on grants

IV. Committee Reports

A.

Lions Pride

Penny wars is coming to an end.  Bingo on Friday, March 22.  Student council serving burgers and hotdogs.  Lions Pride will match what student council earns to help pay for the prom.  Will provide snacks for CMAS testing again.

B.

BAC

Working on parent survey to go out after spring break.

C.

Policy Committee

Email meeting.  Policies worked on are listed under old and new business.

D.

Finance

J. Beall made a motion to approve staff pay increases for next year contingent on student enrollment.
D. Bretag seconded the motion.

No financials to approve.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Security & Facility

N/A

F.

Development Committee

Not able to file for Gates Foundation grant just yet.  Have 3 confirmed grants to try for at this time.  Will need to go after larger donations than these grants will provide.  

G.

Expansion

Branding our school.  Individualized education?  Diversity?

V. Executive Session

A.

Enter into Executive Session

J. Gilley made a motion to enter into executive session at 6:00 pm per C.R.S. 24-6-402 (b). Invited in are attorney Brad Miller and Samantha Bissue.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Exit Executive Session

J. Beall made a motion to Exit Executive Session at 7:07 pm.
D. Bretag seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VI. Board Communications

A.

Comments

Julie M. Gilley was at the Fairplay board meeting last night.  Fairplay is not happy with LGCS at this time.  They feel they are in the dark about our expansion.  A lot of their board members are new this year and are unaware of what we are doing.  They invited Julie back for the April 8 board meeting and would like a presentation about our plans.  They have not received a budget from us for the past 3 years.

VII. Public Comments

A.

Comments

N/A

VIII. Old Business

A.

Policy - Second Reading

J. Beall made a motion to approve the second reading on the policies listed on the agenda.
J. Gilley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IX. New Business

A.

Policy - First read of the policies listed below

F. Zuercher made a motion to approve the first reading of the policies listed on the agenda.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Approve renewal of BoardOnTrack membership agreement for 2024-2025

J. Beall made a motion to approve the renewal of BoardOnTrack membership agreement for 2024-2025.
A. Redd seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Discuss Concurrent Enrollment

Michelle Miller discussed concurrent enrollment.  A meeting was held last month, and 12 families attended.  We will need to enter into a contract with Pikes Peak State College.  A policy will need to be created about expectations.  The school will need to pay 100% of the tuition, which will be at a discounted rate.  We would like to have this ready to go come fall.

J. Gilley made a motion to pursue concurrent enrollment by creating policies to join with Pikes Peak State College. To make an MOU and possibly a contract to have in place for the next school year.
D. Bretag seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Vote after Executive Session

J. Beall made a motion to pursue the avenue of filing a report with the Sheriff's department.
F. Zuercher seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

X. Closing Items

A.

April Work Session Items

Work on MOU for concurrent enrollment and maybe a contract.

B.

Top 3 Communication Items

Concurrent enrollment

Open positions

Capital campaign.

Approval of first stage of staff pay increases.

C.

Tasks/Due Outs

Sam will post security position.

Work on MOU and contract.

D.

Adjourn Meeting

D. Bretag made a motion to adjourn meeting at 8:05 pm.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
K. Snare
Documents used during the meeting
  • March LGCS Board Admin Report.pdf
  • BEC Rev. 5, Executive Sessions.pdf
  • GBGAA Rev. 2, Staff Training in Crisis Prevention and Management.pdf
  • GBGAB Rev. 2, First Aid Training.pdf
  • GBEB Rev. 2, Staff Conduct.pdf
  • GBEB-R, Staff Conduct.pdf
  • GBG Rev. 2, Liability of School Personnel-Staff Protection 2 (1).pdf
  • GBGB Rev. 2, Staff Personal Security 2.pdf
  • GBGF Rev. 2, Federally-Mandated Family and Medical Leave 2.pdf
  • GBGF-R Rev. 2, Federally-Mandated Family and Medical Leave 2.pdf
  • GBGA, Staff Health.pdf
  • GBGA-R, Staff Health.pdf
  • BoardOnTrack - Lake George Charter School - Renewal 2024-2025.pdf