Lake George Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting April 2024
Date and Time
Tuesday April 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Topic: LGCS Board Meeting
Time: Tuesday, April 16, 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
Ex Officio Members Present
S. Bissue
Non Voting Members Present
S. Bissue
Guests Present
A. Patton, Heather Olivares, Shelley Wing
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
Item B New Business - need to add Heather Olivares to motion.
E.
Approve previous meeting minutes - March 19, 2024
Change - Development committee - We have applied for 3 capital construction grants in the past that will count toward the 5 total capital construction grants needed for a discounted match on the BEST grant when we apply for it.
F.
Personnel Changes
New Hires:
James Daniel - Kitchen Manager
Chris Clare - Custodial Crew
Changes:
Heather Olivares - from Kitchen to Business Manager
Terminations/Resignations/Retirements:
Amanda Reaser - Kitchen
Sam McCune - Maintenance
Justin Smith - Custodial
Open Positions:
Special Education Teacher
School Counselor
III. Administration Reports
A.
Administrator's Report
Please see attachment.
B.
Preschool Director's Update
PreK graduation will be held May 14th from 5 - 6:30. Both Preschool and Pre-K will perform at graduation. Clarification on how slots and the wait list works - Park county takes priority to an extent - 12 slots for UPK kids (UPK chooses - county does not matter) 9 for full day & 3 for 1/2 day - we consider 1)county, 2) 1/2 or full day, 3) UPK funded or private pay.
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Lions Pride
Events coming up - 1 more BINGO in May, Staff Appreciation week - breakfast 1 day & lunch 3 days. Bought a 36" griddle for school. Bought a line painter to paint lines on turf for Flag Football (can do lines on parking lot too). Providing snacks for CMAS, PSAT, & SAT's. Providing entry fees for 4/5 EOY field trip. Prom committee is serving food to raise money for Prom. Lion's Pride is matching all sales for events for Prom.
B.
BAC
The survey is done. Next year it will go out in October & March. Will meet in May and recap.
C.
Policy Committee
We worked on 3-4 and have a couple to be removed.
D.
Finance-Approve February 2024 and March 2024 financials.
E.
Security & Facility
N/A - had 1 interview for next year.
F.
Development Committee
Did not meet. We are looking into booths at the Woodland Park Farmer's Market and Kids Fest. Would like to get shopping bags with LOGO filled with busy stuff.
G.
Expansion
We got our Certificate of Occupancy. Still waiting on approval from District ( wanting the right response from Best grant ).
V. Board Communications
A.
Comments
None
VI. Public Comments
A.
Comments
N/A
VII. Old Business
A.
Policy - Second Reading
VIII. New Business
A.
Policy - First read of the policies listed below.
B.
Approve the removal of Tonya Townsend from the ColoTrust account, and add Samantha Bissue and Amanda Redd.
C.
Approve the purchase of a Nutrisystem POS system
A motion was made, but then it was withdrawn. No vote was needed.
IX. Closing Items
A.
May Work Session Items
- Present survey results
- Sam Bissue review
B.
Top 3 Communication Items
- New hires
- Positives for state testing/accuplacer
- Enrollment opportunities - Farmer's Market
C.
Tasks/Due Outs
Evaluations & contracts
Michelle Miller talked about MOU and concurrent enrollment.