Lake George Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting May 2024
Date and Time
Tuesday May 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Topic: LGCS Board Meeting
Time: Tuesday, May 21, 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
Eli Flournoy, Heather Olivares, K. Snare
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
Amend the agenda accordingly:
Under New Business, add
Item B: Approve the Budget
Item C: Approve Staff Contracts
E.
Approve previous meeting minutes - April 16, 2024
F.
Personnel Changes
N/A
Samantha will discuss during Administrator's Report
III. Administration Reports
A.
Administrator's Report
Please see attached. Sam Bissue discussed the results of the recent parent survey, and her plan for a new staffing model.
B.
Preschool Director's Update
Preschool graduation was great! A lot of family involvement.
Preschool will sing at the senior graduation.
Preschool is full for next year.
IV. Committee Reports
A.
Lions Pride
L.P. matched funds that the prom committee raised.
Staff appreciation week went well. The Hewitt family supplied lunch the following week as well.
Will start fund raising for the Halloween carnival in August this year.
B.
BAC
Results of the parent survey. Next year it will be sent out in October, and then again in February/March.
Recap of the year.
BAC is looking for a new project for next year.
C.
IT Update
Eli Flournoy presented a proposal for additional hours for the System Administrator position.
D.
Policy Committee
Will discuss policies through email for the May meeting.
E.
Finance-Approve financials for April 2024
Not the extra amount asked for.
F.
Security & Facility
G.
Development Committee
Plan to set up a booth promoting the school at the local summer gymkhana, the annual Lake George Tractor pull, and hopefully the farmers market in Woodland Park.
H.
Expansion
N/A. Committee didn't meet.
Discussions from previous meetings, we need to evaluate all of our different committees. Do we need them all? Are some required? BAC is required and Policy will continue all the time.
V. Board Communications
A.
Comments
N/A
VI. Public Comments
A.
Comments
Michelle Normandin:
Why are the front doors to the school locked during a public school board meeting?
Are all the teachers certified?
Very disappointed to learn that a contract has been offered to the elementary physical education teacher who has had a lot of complaints brought up against her. Two elementary students also spoke with complaints concerning this teacher.
VII. Old Business
A.
Policy - Second Reading
GBGG Rev. - Staff sick leave
GBGE Rev. 3 - Staff Maternity/Paternity/Parental Leave
GBI - Criminal History Record Information
GBJ Rev. 3 - Personnel Records and Files
GBJA Rev. 2 - Disclosure of Information to Prospective Employers
GCCAA Rev. 7 - Staff Annual Leave
VIII. New Business
A.
Policy - First read of the policies listed below.
GCBA Rev. 2 - Instructional Staff Contracts/Compensation/Salary Schedules.
GBK-R Rev. 3 - Staff Concerns/Complaints/Greivances
GBGJ Rev. 2 - Staff Bereavement Leave
GBEA Rev. 2 - Staff Ethics/Conflict of Interest
IHCDA - Concurrent Enrollment
IHCDA-R - Concurrrent Enrollment
B.
Approve Budget
C.
Approve Staff Contracts
Separate out one contract until after Executive Session
IX. Record of Email Votes
A.
Record of Email Votes
N/A
X. Executive Session
A.
Enter into Executive Session
For personnel reasons per C.R.S. 24-6-402 (4)(f)(I).
When the board is ready, Samantha Bissue will be invited in.
B.
Exit Executive Session
C.
Vote after Executive Session
XI. Closing Items
A.
June Work Session Items
None
B.
Top 3 Communication Items
Contracts were awarded to most of the staff.
End of year.
Finances being worked out.
C.
Tasks/Due Outs
Farmer's Market-Sam will get us on waiting list.
Enrollment-Sam
Fairplay to talk finances-Sam, Heather, Amanda
Interviews-Sam, Michelle
The Business Manager, Heather Olivares, discussed the proposed budget. There are a lot of discrepancies between us and the district. She has discovered that we are being underpaid by a decent amount from the district on the Mill Levy payments.
Sam Bissue: The school has purchased QuickBooks again. It will all be updated over the summer.
Heather, Sam and maybe Amanda Redd will go to Fairplay this summer to work with Lisa Cinnamon on differences in financials between us.
The school district has made threats to revoke our charter contract. Heather O. thinks we hold the power in that situation because of the Mill Levy shortcomings.